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[alfredofroylan]

Because Sony see potential for a brand new movie franchise on this, of course, after all look at Transformers.

EXCLUSIVE: Sony Pictures has found what the studio believes will be its next global franchise. The studio has closed a partnership with Mattel and Parkes+MacDonald/Image Nation on a live-action comedy built around Barbie, the top-selling fashion doll. This is no development deal, it’s all moving very quickly. Studio chief Amy Pascal oversaw this deal herself, along with production president Hannah Minghella, and this movie is getting made. Jenny Bicks is writing the script and the intention is to begin production before year’s end.

The film will be produced by Walter Parkes and Laurie MacDonald, who are also rebooting Men In Black for the studio. The exec producers are Parkes+MacDonald president Marc Resteghnini and Julia Pistor for Mattel’s Playground Productions.

https://movies.yahoo.com/news/sony-pictures-teams-mattel-fashion-film-franchise-based-160136471.html

 

[SouSouRocket]

I just can't even begin to imagine what could make this cute and interesting if it's live-action. Then it's just... a woman. With a boyfriend. And possibly an interesting job.

 

[Log4Girlz]

Because Sony see potential for a brand new movie franchise on this, of course, after all look at Transformers.

https://movies.yahoo.com/news/sony-pictures-teams-mattel-fashion-film-franchise-based-160136471.html

Wtf MIB being rebooted? *throws up a little in mouth*

 

[Amagon]

Make it into a porno staring Marie Claude Bourbonaise, I'll fap watch it.

 

[Delta Assault]

They should get that Russian girl who got all that plastic surgery to make herself look like Barbie.

 

[Skel1ingt0n]

I just can't even begin to imagine what could make this cute and interesting if it's live-action. Then it's just... a woman. With a boyfriend. And possibly an interesting job.

I actually think it could legitimately be a great comedy. Have Barbie balancing 40 jobs - vet, doctor, lawyer, model, consultant, etc. Have her complaining about her perfect boyfriend who has a great job, six pack abs, and buys her flowers. Things like her boobs getting in the way, or her needing to buy ridiculously proportioned clothes.

I don't know... but I think there could be something there, ala the modern spoof on the Brady Bunch. That said, we'll probably get something non-satirical and absolutely awful.

 

[faridmon]

I am actually surprised it took this long to make one.

 

[Dai101]

rebooting Men In Black for the studio

WTF? ugh.... sony pics, please die already.

 

[ZealousD]

I actually think it could legitimately be a great comedy. Have Barbie balancing 40 jobs - vet, doctor, lawyer, model, consultant, etc. Have her complaining about her perfect boyfriend who has a great job, six pack abs, and buys her flowers. Things like her boobs getting in the way, or her needing to buy ridiculously proportioned clothes.

This presumes that the movie is going to be handled with any sort of intelligence.

More than likely, we're going to get a Legally Blond knockoff.

 

[G-Fex]

Make it into a porno staring Marie Claude Bourbonaise, I'll fap watch it.

Ah you know of her? She's my favorite R. Mika.


I can't think of any reason that would make Barbie interesting at all. It's a dull concept.

 

[Alphahawk]

WTF? ugh.... sony pics, please die already.

You know, you don't have to watch it right ?

 

[Paper Sparrow]

 

[PaulExcellent]

Huh.
Well, that's a franchise I didn't expect to see in live-action.
What could the plot possibly be? Maybe it explores the fact that Barbie does EVERYTHING and makes it a comedy or something.

 

[jett]

What? And Men In Black getting rebooted? What? Sony should just leave the movie business.

 

[Eusis]

I just can't even begin to imagine what could make this cute and interesting if it's live-action. Then it's just... a woman. With a boyfriend. And possibly an interesting job.

Makes perfect sense from the perspective of an exec though. Very popular, enduring toyline, and on the flipside that's a vanilla enough template to make up whatever to go with it. Just do some romantic comedy crap with it.

 

[jwk94]

Didn't we already do this with Tyra Banks and Lindsay Lohan?

 

[SouSouRocket]

Makes perfect sense from the perspective of an exec though. Very popular, enduring toyline, and on the flipside that's a vanilla enough template to make up whatever to go with it. Just do some romantic comedy crap with it.

Oh definitely. The LEGO Movie's success is probably going to have us seeing a lot of other toy brands trying to make the leap (and probably not understanding what made the LEGO movie so great). But you never know, I guess!

 

[fertygo]

Nina Dobrev as brunette friend pls

 

[DrkSage]

I'm not going to lie. She looks like one of those new sex toy dolls that look real lifelike

 

[MisterHero]

I actually think it could legitimately be a great comedy. Have Barbie balancing 40 jobs - vet, doctor, lawyer, model, consultant, etc. Have her complaining about her perfect boyfriend who has a great job, six pack abs, and buys her flowers. Things like her boobs getting in the way, or her needing to buy ridiculously proportioned clothes.

I don't know... but I think there could be something there, ala the modern spoof on the Brady Bunch. That said, we'll probably get something non-satirical and absolutely awful.

Citizen Kane spoof.

For years Barbara Babs Barbiesworth lived in seclusion at Xanamalibu, the world's pinkest mansion. Barbie passed away suddenly but not before uttering her final words. The woman who knew everything and did everything left only a puzzle that could only to be retold through secondhand accounts.

Who was Barbie? Some say she was a racecar driving role model for girls everywhere. Others say she became an astronaut for political gain. Whatever side they were on, no matter the story, there was a single truth: there was never a greater person than Barbara Babs Barbiesworth.

And what does the word "Bratz" have to do with anything? How much are you willing to pay to find out?

 

[alfredofroylan]

Oh definitely. The LEGO Movie's success is probably going to have us seeing a lot of other toy brands trying to make the leap (and probably not understanding what made the LEGO movie so great). But you never know, I guess!

Topless Robot made interesting points about this
http://www.toplessrobot.com/2014/02/5_lessons_hollywood_studios_should_learn_from_the.php?page=2