Amy Schumer's Barbie would've made her the butt of the joke

[genbu_no_miko24]

Amy Schumer’s #Barbie pitch was reportedly more comedic but “made Barbie the butt of the joke,” according to Mattel CEO Ynon Kreiz.

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- Pop Crave (@PopCrave) July 9, 2023
-a small tidbit in an article about the road to making a Barbie movie. A bit of long read but interesting. Some plot points are

Comments

[itwontchange]

Box office analysts predict a possible 100M for opening weekend, they are hoping that if the movie becomes a hit, it will lead to more films from the Mattel line. Such as Hot Wheels, Barney, Magic 8 ball, UNO etc..etc

it's kind of wild to think about how they're willing to make movies off of these board games rather than original stories/ideas

[you_hermit_crab]

This is annoying. Signed, a person whose favorite move is Clue.

[butt_or_skotch]

Same!

[cassismagic]

[noodlecookie]

It’s so good though!

[sandstorm]

Doing my part to prevent that by seeing it 2 weeks later

[smilerocket]

If they can somehow make it into an interesting/creative story then I would be fine with it, but we all know it doesn’t go beyond money-grabbing scheme reasons so I hate it - studios can’t even be bothered to treat writers fairly so f all of them and their stupid ideas

[umilicious]

Can’t wait for Ari Aster’s Magic 8 Ball movie to become a critical darling!

[genbu_no_miko24]

You joke but I really want this now. You could totally make a horror of that 🎱👀

[archersangel]

*Shakes Magic 8 Ball* Outlook not so good.

[theylezharold]

There will be deeply fucked up family dynamics and beheading.

[bruxelles]

It's so funny to me because even if Barbie broke box office records it doesn't mean anyone cares about the other Mattel brands.

[sandstorm]

I said it in my post;

outside of Hot Wheels probably, the second biggest property that could make the impact is delegated to a tv movie series.

[mila_s_garden]

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[a_files06]

They dont understand that none of those are nearly as big as Barbie.

Plus an UNO movie will only piss off people because none of us follow their rules

[tonicol]

I'd love a drama about a group of friends playing UNO and how it breaks them appart forever.