“Monster High” also marks Holland’s first time directing a movie musical, which, unlike some directors, wasn’t something he had a burning desire to do. … We went through many iterations of these characters to tackle that side of the IP.” “The technique to change skin tones and paint Frankie blue and make it look rich and real and not like Halloween makeup or not make it look cheap, the skin tone was a big problem. “There were things we had to change just because, in a physical form, not everything works,” Holland said of the adaptation. Themes of kindness, acceptance and not bothering those who are different predominate.Īlthough Holland has previously adapted foreign formats for American TV, “Monster High” represents his first time working with well-known American IP (intellectual property). “Monster High” follows half-human, half-werewolf Clawdeen Wolf (Miia Harris) after she arrives at her new school, where she befriends Frankie Stein (Ceci Balagot) and Draculaura (Nayah Damasen) as the school is threatened with destruction. Holland wasn’t the only Western Pennsylvania native involved in the project: Zack Olin, raised in Warren and Bradford, is co-head of Nickelodeon and Awesomeness live-action series and films and was the studio executive on the project. 6 on Nickelodeon, “Monster High The Movie” takes the 12-year-old Mattel fashion doll franchise, already adapted into an animated series, and brings it to live-action life as a movie musical directed by TV veteran Todd Holland (“Wonderfalls”), a Kittanning native who grew up in Meadville.
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