Material Girls is comedy film starring (Hilary Duff)Tanzie Marccheta and (Haylie Duff) Ava Marchetta which is scheduled for release in the USA on August 18 2006. It is based on a script written by John Quaintance and is directed by Martha Coolidge, and it also stars Anjelica Huston, Lukas Haas, and Brent Spiner. It is co-produced by Patriot Pictures and Madonna's film production company, Maverick Entertainment.


The film began production on April 18, 2005, in Los Angeles, California. For the film's soundtrack, Hilary Duff and Haylie Duff recorded a cover version of Madonna's song "Material Girl", which was the inspiration for the film's story. Timbaland produced the track.[1]


On March 31, 2006, the entertainment site AndPop.com reported that Lukas Haas had said he did not expect the film to be released. These statements were confirmed on April 5, in an article in The Ryersonian. Haas expressed his unhappiness with the film, and said they had been trying to sell the film for a long time with little success.[2] On April 6, the website Box Office Mojo reported that MGM had picked up the rights to Material Girls and would be releasing it on August 25 (this was later changed to August 18). On May 2 the official website for Martha Coolidge reported that it will be released on around 2,000 screens