--- description: New Line Cinema and Sanrio have announced plans to bring the beloved character to film title: Hello Kitty to Hit the Big Screen for the First Time image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltae47ec05e83085f8/6989464c4ee262c744314214/gettyimages-879190682.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [movies](/tag/movies/) ## movies Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Hello Kitty Is About to Make Her Big Hollywood Debut by [Amy Gunia](/author/amy-gunia/) ## Amy Gunia Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Gunia was a reporter for TIME based in Hong Kong. Mar 6, 2019 6:43 AM CUT  Hello Kitty balloon at the 91st annual Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York City on Nov. 23 2017. Hello Kitty balloon at the 91st annual Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York City on Nov. 23 2017.NBC—NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images by [Amy Gunia](/author/amy-gunia/) ## Amy Gunia Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Gunia was a reporter for TIME based in Hong Kong. Mar 6, 2019 6:43 AM CUT A Hollywood production company announced plans on Tuesday to make the first ever [Hello Kitty movie](https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/05/business/media/hello-kitty-movie-warner-bros.html "undefined"). Warner Bros. New Line Cinema division and producer Beau Flynn announced an agreement with [Sanrio](https://www.sanrio.com/pages/new-line-cinema-and-sanrio-announce-plan-to-bring-hello-kitty-to-the-big-screen-worldwide "undefined") Corporation to make an English-language movie, the New York _Times_ reports. “I am extremely pleased that Hello Kitty and other popular Sanrio characters will be making their Hollywood debut,” Shintaro Tsuji, Sanrio’s founder and chief executive, said in a statement. The deal reportedly allows New Line Cinema to use about twenty Sanrio characters and includes merchandising rights, but specific terms of the deal have not been released. [Hello Kitty](http://time.com/3197794/hello-kitty-not-a-cat/ "undefined") was created by Tokyo-based Sanrio in 1974\. Initially introduced on a coin purse, she has become a global sensation and can be found in more than 130 countries, including a [Hello Kitty-themed bullet train](http://time.com/5323107/japan-hello-kitty-bullet-train-fukuoka/ "undefined") in Japan, a Hello Kitty [restaurant](http://time.com/3850034/hello-kitty-chinese-restaurant-cuisine-hong-kong/ "undefined") in Hong Kong, and even an EVA Air [plane](http://money.com/money/5161331/best-international-airlines-2018/ "undefined"). 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