Hold onto your pearls and hide the Kermit memes, because the ultimate Hollywood BFFs are finally joining forces for the big screen!
Jennifer Lawrence and Emma Stone, who have teased fans with their iconic friendship for years, are officially working on their first-ever movie together. The subject? None other than the legendary, glamorous, and perpetually -year-old diva herself: Miss Piggy.
The viral news broke during Lawrence’s recent appearance on the Las Culturistas podcast with hosts Matt Rogers and Bowen Yang. While chatting about the Broadway sensation Oh, Mary!, the Hunger Games alum dropped the bombshell that she and Stone are producing a film centered on the Muppets’ resident superstar.
According to Lawrence, the project is being penned by Tony Award winner Cole Escola, the creative force behind the irreverent Broadway hit.
When the hosts asked if the two Oscar winners would actually appear in the film alongside the porcine icon, Lawrence didn’t hesitate. “I think so… We have to,” she told Rogers and Yang.
The internet immediately went into a tailspin following the announcement. “The power this has, the international implications, the sheer glamour,” one fan raved on X (formerly Twitter). Another TikTok creator joked, “Miss Piggy finally has co-stars who can match her level of drama.”
While the two stars have walked very similar paths—both rising to fame in YA-adjacent hits like The Hunger Games and Easy A—they have surprisingly never acted opposite one another.
Between them, they boast three Academy Awards (one for Lawrence’s Silver Linings Playbook and two for Stone’s La La Land and Poor Things), making this one of the most high-powered collaborations in recent memory.
Details on the plot remain under wraps, but the choice of writer has fans particularly excited. Escola is known for a specific brand of high-camp, “irreverent” humor seen in shows like The Other Two and Ziwe.
Their ability to reinvent iconic female figures suggests that this won’t be your average puppet show. Miss Piggy, who first graced our screens in , has always been a character that demands a certain level of prestige and chaos—qualities Lawrence and Stone have in spades.
While it’s unclear if they will play humans or perhaps provide voices for new Muppet friends, the franchise has a long history of A-list interactions. The hit Muppets Most Wanted featured everyone from Lady Gaga to Tom Hiddleston.
Whether it’s a starring role or a blink-and-you’ll-miss-it cameo, fans are just happy to see the “J-Stone” era finally move from the red carpet to the cinema.
As Miss Piggy herself would say: “Moi is ready for my close-up!”
