Hello Kitty Is Going To Star In A Hollywood Feature Film
Iconic character set for big-screen stardom...
Movie over Grumpy Cat and Garfield, there's a new feline film star in tinseltown and she's already globally famous.
That's right, Hello Kitty is set to star in her own debut feature film - which is expected to hit cinemas in 2019.
Sanrio has recently established a US branch of its media and entertainment department to oversee the project - the budget for which is expected to be big. And we mean really big.
Somewhere between $160m and $240m to be precise.
To provide a bit of perspective, Disney reckons it spent $170m on last year's smash hit Guardians Of The Galaxy.
Keep it MTV.co.uk for more news as it arrives.