After half a century of phenomenal success as a toy, Barbie is finally set to star in her very own movie. Universal have acquired the rights to produce a film based on the 50 year old icon. It's surprising when according to Matell Barbie has 99% global brand awareness, you'd have thought they'd have tapped that shit a long time ago. Matell have been pretty protective of babs in the past so it's going to be interesting to see how this one pans out. Universal have a pretty miute line to tread between the image of a sexehfied bombshell on screen, and the attendant in jokes needed to hook the adult fanbase, with the squeaky clean image Matell have built
Also, how are they going to explain how a high school senior can be the president, a pilot, a nurse, a popstar, and a teacher all at once...
Not quite sure how they're going to cast it though, I mean i'm pretty sure those slammin stats don't translate well into reality. As the the BBC pointed out a while ago...
Seriously though, who the hell can live up to the impossible ideal? Brigite Bardot is kinda over the hill for this gig. Heather Graham Maybe?
'cept maybe a bit old... and pottymouthed... Maybe Sophie Monk?
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