Comic in talks over film role

Amy Schumer could be the new Barbie.

The comedian is reportedly in talks to play the title role in a new live-action film based on the dolls.

Production will start on the kids’ movie in the spring, with an expected release in the summer of 2018.

Now Hollywood website Deadline reports that the comic – who is hardly known for PG-friendly material – is in negotiations to play the title role.

The site claims that: ‘Schumer’s growing stature as a role model for female empowerment fits perfectly with how the film will exploit Barbie’s evolution into dolls of different sizes and shapes.’

The story for the film, written by My Name Is Earl and Community scribe Hilary Winston, has Barbie kicked out of Barbieland and into the real world  as ‘she’s not perfect enough’. 

Her adventures then teach her that ‘perfection comes on the inside, not the outside, and that the key to happiness is belief in oneself’. 

Published: 3 Dec 2016