It looks like Sony has found its Barbie for the upcoming live-action adaptation of the iconic Mattel toyline, with Amy Schumer finalising a deal to take on the title role in the film, as well as rewriting the screenplay from Hilary Winston with her sister Kim Caramele.
Deadline reports that the film will see Schumer’s Barbie living in Barbieland, home to all the various incarnations of Barbie from its 57-year-history, who is kicked out because she’s not quite perfect enough. We’ll then get a fish-out-of-water tale where Barbie “goes on an adventure in the real world and by the time she returns to Barbieland to save it, she has gained the realization that perfection comes on the inside, not the outside, and that the key to happiness is belief in oneself, free of the obligation to adhere to some unattainable standard of perfection.”
With Shumer on board, the studio will now seek to lock in a director – with rumours linking Thea Sharrock (Me Before You) to the project – ahead of a planned release in the summer of 2018.
Originally published December 3, 2016. Updated April 16, 2018.
