Barbie and He-Man are next

[Dave U. Random]

The Independent
http://tr.im/BarbieHeMan

After fifty years, countless changes of costume, and more
than 120 official jobs, Barbie has decided to take her
golden hair, blue eyes and hourglass figure to its natural
home: Hollywood.

The world's most famous plastic doll has been signed by
Universal Pictures in a multi-million dollar deal that will
see her portrayed by a real-life actress in a series of
"family-friendly" live-action movies.

And Ken will be worried to hear that she is not making the
transition alone. News of the move came as Mattel, the toy
manufacturer responsible for Barbie, announced that it had
also agreed to sell-off similar rights to its most famous
boy's toy, He-Man. The muscle-bound superhero and his
fellow "Masters of the Universe" have joined the stable of
rival studio Sony.

The critics will doubtless groan: this summer has seen live-
action concept films inspired by toys like Transformers and
G.I. Joe released to a near-universal drubbing. But given
they nonetheless make hundreds of millions of dollars at
the box office, Barbie and He-Man's journeys to the big
screen make solid business sense..

[ahsan.sa...@gmail.com]

On Oct 22, 8:49 pm, Dave U. Random <anonym...@anonymitaet-im-

inter.net> wrote:
> The world's most famous plastic doll has been signed by
> Universal Pictures in a multi-million dollar deal that will
> see her portrayed by a real-life actress in a series of
> "family-friendly" live-action movies.

Where are they going to find a 7-foot actress with a neck that's twice
as long as those of normal people?

[Cody]

On Oct 22, 10:03 pm, "ahsan.salahud...@gmail.com"

You kidding? Jessica Simpson's not doing anything.
maxmike

[Chad Rushing]

On Oct 23, 12:03 am, "ahsan.salahud...@gmail.com"

<ahsan.salahud...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Where are they going to find a 7-foot actress with a neck that's twice
> as long as those of normal people?

Barbie herself will be done all in CGI in order to have the same
proportions as her dolls; otherwise, the long-time fans will be
disappointed. They'll introduce Skipper in the sequel, and she'll be
played by Alicia Silverstone.

- Chad
whose sister was once a big Barbie collector

[ahsan.sa...@gmail.com]

On Oct 23, 3:03 pm, Chad Rushing <notu...@aol.com> wrote:
> On Oct 23, 12:03 am, "ahsan.salahud...@gmail.com"
>
> <ahsan.salahud...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Where are they going to find a 7-foot actress with a neck that's twice
> > as long as those of normal people?
>
> Barbie herself will be done all in CGI in order to have the same
> proportions as her dolls; otherwise, the long-time fans will be
> disappointed.  They'll introduce Skipper in the sequel, and she'll be
> played by Alicia Silverstone.

Well. Thank heavens for that. And here I was afraid it was going to be
something freaky.