Debbie Harry to Star as Pamela Anderson's Mother in New Movie

"The movie follows "Maitreya (Anderson), a rising star in the New Age Healing community who is about to head off to a conference in India when she receives a call from her estranged sister, Monica: their father is dying. Rather than stay home with him, Maitreya decides to bring her entire family-including her mother, Barbara (Harry)-to the conference and put her New Age healing theories to the test (all while surreptitiously gathering material for her next book).""

"Debbie Harry formed Blondie in 1974; one year later, she landed her first acting gig, marking the beginning of dozens of film roles over the following decades, including parts in David Cronenberg's Videodrome, John Waters' Hairspray, and the underrated Heavy by James Mangold. It's been over a decade since her last acting credit in a feature film, but she's returning to the big screen for Maitreya, a new movie in which she stars as Pamela Anderson's mother."

"Billed as a comedy movie, Maitreya will be directed by Portlandia co-creator Jonathan Krisel and boast a script by Samuel D. Hunter, reports . The movie follows "Maitreya (Anderson), a rising star in the New Age Healing community" who is about to head off to a conference in India when she receives a call from her estranged sister, Monica."

"In 2022, Blondie collected remastered versions of their first six studio albums, alternate takes, and demos for the box set Against the Odds: 1974 - 1982. A few years later, their classic album Parallel Lines was added to the Library of Congress' National Recording Registry to be preserved among " the defining sounds of history.""

Debbie Harry formed Blondie in 1974 and began acting a year later, building a long film career that included roles in Videodrome, Hairspray, and Heavy. More than a decade has passed since her last feature-film acting credit, and she is now returning in Maitreya. The comedy film is directed by Jonathan Krisel and written by Samuel D. Hunter. The story follows Maitreya, a New Age Healing rising star preparing to travel to a conference in India when she receives a call that her estranged father is dying. She brings her estranged family, including her mother Barbara, to the conference to test her healing theories while secretly collecting material for her next book. Blondie also released remastered early albums and had Parallel Lines preserved in the National Recording Registry.

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