Amy Schumer Is BARBIE

*TheSkeletonMan939* · 12-02-2016, 02:42 PM

The ever-charming, totally classy "comedian" is apparently in talks to play an all-new, all-different Barbie in the surefire-hit movie.

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Amy Schumer will star in Sony’s live-action Barbie movie.

Mattel and producers Walter F. Parkes, Laurie MacDonald, and Amy Pascal have teamed up for the project, which will try to take a contemporary spin on beauty, feminism and identity.

A year ago, Sony hired three scribes to pen separate screenplays with the studio picking Hilary Winston’s idea and script with which to work off. It is expected that Schumer will rewrite the script with her sister, Kim Caramele.

A search for a director is also underway.

The Barbie doll, launched in March 1959 from El Segundo, California-based Mattel, is one of the biggest toy brands in the world, bringing in $3 billion annually. But it’s a brand that has had to address issues of self-image and race in modern times.

The feature, with Schumer in the lead, will try to address those in a story that begins in a perfect land of Barbies where one woman slowly awakens to the fact that she doesn’t fit it. She is expelled from the idealistic land and journeys to the real world, where she discovers that being unique is an asset.

The studio is hoping to make an imaginative family comedy with plenty of heart, using the Tom Hanks classics Splash and Big, as well as Disney’s more recent Enchanted, which starred Amy Adams, as touchstones.

The road to a Barbie movie has not been an easy one and finding the right take has been critical. One point the project was looking to be a buddy comedy, a two-hander that teams Barbie with an overworked bureaucrat looking for an assistant.

Schumer’s casting is sure to raise eyebrows. One, it goes against the classic image of Barbie being a thin beauty that has come under fire in recent times, which is precisely the point of this casting. And two, Schumer has cultivated a brand of saucy comedy that can clash with Mattel’s pristine image of a gal who has unlimited career options.

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/new...ie-sony-952279

*ToTheNines* · 12-02-2016, 02:46 PM

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*DestronMirage22* · 12-02-2016, 02:53 PM

WTF!? Is hollywood really THAT out of ideas?

*TurtleTitan97* · 12-02-2016, 03:01 PM

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Originally Posted by DestronMirage22

WTF!? Is hollywood really THAT out of ideas?

Nope, just Sony.

*Raph's Girl* · 12-02-2016, 02:57 PM

*snake* · 12-02-2016, 02:59 PM

Amy Schumer has a nice rack

*Autbot_Benz* · 12-02-2016, 03:03 PM

I like Amy Schumer she is hot

*DestronMirage22* · 12-02-2016, 03:04 PM

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Originally Posted by snake

Amy Schumer has a nice rack

Classy

Anyways, who would be the market for a movie like this anyways? Let me rephrase that; who would WANT to watch a movie like this? Or better yet, WHO was the guy who came up with this (and what was he on)?

*TheSkeletonMan939* · 12-02-2016, 03:07 PM

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Originally Posted by DestronMirage22

Anyways, who would be the market for a movie like this anyways? Let me rephrase that; who would WANT to watch a movie like this?

That's what I'm wondering too. There's no obvious demographic I can see this appealing to. Hell, I'll bet it's going to be rated PG-13.

kaptainmyke · 12-02-2016, 07:25 PM

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Originally Posted by snake

Amy Schumer has a nice rack

But, no, she doesn't. She's a gross chubby, not a hot chubby. There are some truly gorgeous overweight females out there. In abundance. Not with Amy. I greatly dislike her. Especially for her crack at Ryan Dunn at the comedy central roast. I hope her career dies.

*snake* · 12-02-2016, 07:53 PM

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Originally Posted by kaptainmyke

But, no, she doesn't. She's a gross chubby, not a hot chubby. There are some truly gorgeous overweight females out there. In abundance. Not with Amy. I greatly dislike her. Especially for her crack at Ryan Dunn at the comedy central roast. I hope her career dies.

I hate her too, but she's not THAT chubby. Like aside from her face she's alright.

*Spike Spiegel* · 12-02-2016, 08:05 PM

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Originally Posted by kaptainmyke

There are some truly gorgeous overweight females out there. In abundance.

I'm curious as to who makes your list.

*Allio* · 12-05-2016, 09:06 PM

as mentioned on Rangerboard, if it can have the same quality as Barbie's life in the dreamhouse, count me in, that sh!t is hilarious

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Originally Posted by plastroncafe

I've heard there are already Barbie CGI movies, and that they're actually pretty good. So if you're really jonesing for that kind of entertainment, it already exists.

They are pretty generic little girl' film, only Dreamhouse is the only thing of value.

*ZariusTwo* · 10-05-2018, 02:44 PM

Well, it now appears development has shifted from Sony to Warner Bros.

During the course of the film's stay at Sony, Schumer departed and Ann Hathaway was put in the frame, but she also departed.

WB are apparently keen on getting Margot Robbie involved

https://deadline.com/2018/10/anne-ha...20-1202267729/

*CylonsKlingonsDaleksOhMy* · 10-05-2018, 04:04 PM

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Originally Posted by ZariusTwo

Well, it now appears development has shifted from Sony to Warner Bros.

During the course of the film's stay at Sony, Schumer departed and Ann Hathaway was put in the frame, but she also departed.

WB are apparently keen on getting Margot Robbie involved

https://deadline.com/2018/10/anne-ha...20-1202267729/

Now THERE'S a Barbie. And I mean that as a compliment.

Still waiting on Amy Schumer to be cast as Pam Poovey for the live-action Archer movie...

*ProphetofGanja* · 10-05-2018, 04:57 PM

Amber Heard is who I would cast as Barbie, personally

*Leo656* · 10-05-2018, 04:58 PM

Would she come with Johnny Depp Ken, with a gallon of bourbon and spring-loaded kicking action?

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