Apple Original Films has landed the rights to “The Beanie Bubble,” a movie about the ’90s craze surrounding the lovable plush Beanie Babies toys that will star Zach Galifianakis, Elizabeth Banks, Sarah Snook and Geraldine Viswanathan.
“The Beanie Bubble” is co-directed by Kristin Gore, an Emmy nominee known for “SNL” and “Futurama” and Damian Kulash, best known as the front man of the rock band OK Go.
Their film is inspired by the Beanie Babies craze and particularly the female relationship to the toys and the idea of the American Dream. It follows the women who helped surround the craze and helped make Ty Warner’s toys into a phenomenon but whose names and legacies weren’t represented on each Beanie’s heart-shaped tags.