Quinta Brunson to be both artist and creation for Betty Boop movie

Though she’s been a pop culture icon for nearly a century, Boop is especially on the brain lately. There’s one of those public domain horror movies about her on the way. And last year brought Boop! The Musical to Broadway, the plot of which felt strikingly similar to Barbie. In that version, Betty is beloved but ill-defined in her native cartoon world before she’s transported to present day New York City and solves social issues (though here it’s political corruption instead of gender equality). That production was just fine save for a star-making performance from Jasmine Amy Rogers and some clever transitions between black-and-white and color cartoons. The synopsis of Brunson’s movie certainly sounds quite different from that plot, though the whole “icon begins to take on a life of its own” element feels slightly similar. We assume Brunson’s script will also have at least one “Boop-oop-a-doop” in it, too.