The Washington Times reports on health, fitness, and beauty icon Amy Schumer:
Sony Pictures wants Amy Schumer to portray “Barbie” in a live-action movie inspired by the iconic doll.Hollywood sure is in touch with middle America! Everyone knows that men dream of Amy Schumer.
Generations of Barbie fans around the world fill Mattel’s coffers with more than $3 billion per year. Movie producers are now convinced that 2015’s “Trainwreck” star can add to those profits with a summer 2018 release.
Industry sources told Vanity Fair on Friday that producers Walter F. Parkes, Laurie MacDonald and Amy Pascal envision a “Barbie” film that “will try to take a contemporary spin on beauty, feminism and identity.” The magazine said the story currently involves Ms. Schumer playing a doll that is “expelled” from an idealistic land of toys before venturing off into “the real world.”
