Reese Witherspoon is making a film about Barbie. But while that might sound like Reese Witherspoon is about to live out the fantasy of many a young girl by portraying the world’s most famous blonde doll, that’s not exactly the case. It’s something much more alluring instead. That’s because Witherspoon, along with her producing partner Bruna Papandrea, is currently developing an origin story that revolves around the woman who created Barbie, Ruth Handler. In fact, accordig to The Tracking Board, the proposed movie took quite a giant leap forward over the last few days. Bold Films decided to add the project to their slate after Witherspoon and Papandrea's Pacific Standard picked up the rights to Barbie and Ruth: The Story Of The World’s Most Famous Doll And The Woman Who Created Her, written by Robin Gerber, which revolves around ...
- 11/27/2015
- cinemablend.com
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The story of Ruth Handler, the woman who came up with the idea for Barbie, is heading to the movies...
The story behind the Barbie doll is set to be explored in a new film being developed by Reese Witherspoon and Bruno Papandrea.
The pair have picked up the rights to the book Barbie And Ruth: The Story Of The World’s Most Famous Doll And The Woman Who Created Her, by Robin Gerber.
As you probably gleamed from that title, the 2010 book tells the story of Ruth Handler, who came up with the idea for what would become Barbie whilst watching her daughter playing with paper dolls.
There’s no screenwriter in place yet, so this is clearly early days for the project. Furthermore, this is entirely different from the Barbie film that Sony is developing. That one will be based on the Barbie character itself.
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The story of Ruth Handler, the woman who came up with the idea for Barbie, is heading to the movies...
The story behind the Barbie doll is set to be explored in a new film being developed by Reese Witherspoon and Bruno Papandrea.
The pair have picked up the rights to the book Barbie And Ruth: The Story Of The World’s Most Famous Doll And The Woman Who Created Her, by Robin Gerber.
As you probably gleamed from that title, the 2010 book tells the story of Ruth Handler, who came up with the idea for what would become Barbie whilst watching her daughter playing with paper dolls.
There’s no screenwriter in place yet, so this is clearly early days for the project. Furthermore, this is entirely different from the Barbie film that Sony is developing. That one will be based on the Barbie character itself.
- 11/26/2015
- by simonbrew
- Den of Geek
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