During today’s official My Little Pony panel at San Diego Comic-Con, Hasbro, Inc. and Lionsgate announced music powerhouse Sia as the latest addition to the cast of My Little Pony: The Movie. Best known for her iconic music videos and tremendous songwriting ability, her role as pony pop star Songbird Serenade will be one of Sia’s first forays into acting. She will also contribute two original songs to the film’s soundtrack.
Sia will play an integral role in the first big screen adventure of the “Mane 6” from the My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic TV series. She joins a growing list of A-List talent that will appear in the movie, including Emmy Award-winning, Golden Globe-nominated actress Uzo Aduba (“Orange is the New Black”), Golden Globe-winning actress Emily Blunt (Into the Woods, Gnomeo & Juliet), Tony, Emmy Award-winning actress Kristen Chenoweth (Rio 2, The Peanuts Movie), Taye Diggs (“Murder in the First” and Best Man Holiday), Michael Pena (Ant-Man, The Martian) and Golden Globe-nominated actor Liev Schrieber (“Ray Donovan” and Spotlight).
My Little Pony: The Movie is being scripted by Rita Hsiao (Toy Story 2, Mulan) and My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic writer Meghan McCarthy and directed by Jayson Thiessen. The film will be produced by Brian Goldner, Stephen Davis and Josh Feldman, for Hasbro’s Allspark Pictures. My Little Pony: The Movie is scheduled to land in theaters globally on October 6, 2017.
