Kristin Chenoweth to Lend Voice to New Animated MY LITTLE PONY Film

Deadline reports that Broadway star Kristin Chenoweth will lend her voice to an upcoming animated film based on Hasbro's MY LITTLE PONY toy line.

Hasbro will join forces with Lionsgate on the project, set to hit theaters in 2017. The two companies recently announced plans for a film based on the iconic board game, Monopoly.

Lionsgate CEO Jon Feltheimer shared that the MY LITTLE PONY film is "currently in production," and that Chenoweth will "voice an all new My Little Pony character in the film." The production, along with the Monopoly project, "will be repeatable franchises." The studio will distribute and market MY LITTLE PONY worldwide, except in China.

Chenoweth received a 2015 Tony Award nomination for Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical for her role as Mildred Plotka/Lily Garland in ON THE TWENTIETH CENTURY.

Her Broadway credits include You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown (Tony, Drama Desk, Outer Critics Circle Awards); Steel Pier (Theatre World Award) Wicked;Promises, Promises; Epic Proportions; Scapin. Off-Broadway: A New Brain, Dames at Sea, The Fantasticks, On a Clear Day You Can See Forever and Strike Up the Band.

Film work includes The Boy Next Door, Strange Magic, Rio 2, A Bet's a Bet, Hard Sell, Bewitched, The Pink Panther, RV, Running With Scissors, Stranger Than Fiction, Deck the Halls, Four Christmases.

On TV, she recently starred Disney's "Descendants," and has starred in "Pushing Daisies" (Emmy Award), and guest appearances in "Glee," "The West Wing," "GCB," "The Good Wife," "12 Men of Christmas," "The Music Man," "Annie" and "Kristin."

An Oklahoma Hall of Famer, Chenoweth has performed her solo concerts across the globe at legendary venues, including Carnegie Hall, the Royal Albert Hall and Sydney Opera House. She holds honorary doctorate degrees from UNCSA and OCU.

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