January ,24 2018
Director Althea Jone's live-action film "Barbie" will now
release on May 8, 2020.
Sony has pushed the release of the film, which
was supposed to open in June 29, 2018, and then August 2018, reports
variety.com.
Actress Anne Hathaway is expected to star in the movie.
Actress Amy Schumer left the project last March, citing scheduling issues, and
Hathaway is reportedly in talks.
The film has been developed in the vein
of "Splash", "Enchanted" and "Big", with the main character getting kicked out
of Barbieland for not being perfect enough and winding up in a real-world
adventure.
Lindsey Beer, Jenny Bicks, Kim Caramele, Diablo Cody, Bert V.
Royal, Hilary Winston and Schumer have all worked on the script.
Walter
F. Parkes, Laurie MacDonald and Amy Pascal are producing the film.
Parkes
and MacDonald initiated the original deal with Sony and Mattel in 2014.
Mattel began selling Barbie dolls in 1959. Since then, Barbie has had 150
careers including serving as a princess, president, mermaid and movie star. Her
signature pink Malibu mansion and sports car are also likely to be featured on
the big screen. She's also appeared in all three "Toy Story" films.