DreamWorks to Make Movie Based on Troll Dolls

Posted on June 23, 2010

DreamWorks Animation SKG has announced plans to make a movie based on the Good Luck Troll dolls by Dam Things, a Denmark based toy company. The Troll doll phenomenon was born in 1959 when Danish fisherman and woodcutter Thomas Dam, too poor to afford a Christmas present for his young daughter Lajla, carved a doll for her based on the legendary Scandinavian troll. Troll dolls became one of the biggest toy crazes of the 1960s. The dolls also experienced a resurgence in the 1990s.

Brother-sister writing team Adam Wilson and Melanie Wilson LaBracio will pen the screenplay and Dannie Festa of Festa Entertainment, who brought the package to DreamWorks Animation, will executive produce the feature film.

"My father would have been very happy to know that his Troll has found its dream partner in DreamWorks Animation," said Niels Dam, who now owns the family business. Calle Ostergaard, CEO of Dam Things, added, "We have been planning to bring the Good Luck Troll toy line back into homes around the world and we are excited to see how the talented storytellers and artists at DreamWorks Animation will bring them to life."