Amy Schumer has parted ways with Sony’s live-action “Barbie” over a scheduling conflict, Variety has learned. 
 
 “Sadly, I’m no longer able to commit to Barbie due to scheduling conflicts,” the actress said in a statement to Variety. “The film has so much promise, and Sony and Mattel have been great partners. I’m bummed, but look forward to seeing Barbie on the big screen.” 
 
 The big screen adaptation of Mattel’s iconic toy line was expected to start production this summer on June 23, but Schumer’s busy schedule includes a lengthy promotional tour for her new Fox comedy “Snatched,” which opens in May, as well as an upcoming shoot for Rebecca Miller’s “She Came to Me” opposite Steve Carell. 
 
 Sony needed to stick to its June 29, 2018 release date since Mattel already has merchandise and product cycles in motion–shifting the production to accommodate Schumer would have put on a strain on other partners on the film, according to insiders. 
 
 “We respect and support Amy’s decision,” a spokesperson for Sony said in a statement. “We look forward to bringing Barbie to the world and sharing updates on casting and filmmakers soon.” 
 
 Sony is still trying to find a director for the comedy. The “Barbie” movie is said to be in the vein of “Splash”, “Enchanted” and “Big.” In it, the main character gets kicked out of Barbieland for not being perfect enough and lands in a real-world adventure. 
 
 Schumer recently did a polish of the script. It’s unknown whether the same tone will be kept with the comedian no longer attached. 
 
 Walter F. Parkes, Laurie MacDonald and Amy Pascal are producing the film. Parkes and MacDonald initiated the original deal with Mattel in 2014. 
 
 Schumer can be seen next in the action-comedy “Snatched,” which opens on May 12, 2017, and also has “Thank You for Your Service” opening in October. She is repped by UTA, Carrie Byalick at B Company and Maverick Management. 

 The Sony project is currently without a director. 
 
 Amy Schumer won't play Barbie after all. 
 
 The actress has dropped out of Sony's Barbie, in which she was supposed to play the character that inspired the iconic doll. 
 
 “Sadly, I’m no longer able to commit to Barbie due to scheduling conflicts," Schumer said Thursday in a statement. "The film has so much promise, and Sony and Mattel have been great partners. I’m bummed, but look forward to seeing Barbie on the big screen.” 
 
 Schumer, who had joined the project in December, recently did a polish on the script by Hilary Winston. Schumer's schedule has become quite busy: Her latest comedy Snatched is due out in May, and on Thursday it also was announced that she is joining the cast of Rebecca Miller’s She Came to Me with Steve Carell. 
 
 Mattel and producers Walter F. Parkes, Laurie MacDonald and Amy Pascal are teaming on the Barbie project, which will try to put a contemporary spin on beauty, feminism and identity. 
 
 The pic also is currently without a director. In December, Sony pushed its release from May 12, 2017, to June 29, 2018. 
 
 “We respect and support Amy’s decision," said a Sony spokesperson. "We look forward to bringing Barbie to the world and sharing updates on casting and filmmakers soon.” 

 OddLot Entertainment, which made 'Hell or High Water,' is producing the comedic drama. 
 
 Steve Carell, Amy Schumer and Nicole Kidman have signed on to star in She Came to Me, the latest film project from writer-director Rebecca Miller. 
 
 Gigi Pritzker and Rachel Shane are producing via OddLot Entertainment, which was one of the companies behind last year's surprise hit Hell or High Water. Miller, the daughter of playwright Arthur Miller and who has written directed such movies as The Many Lives of Pippa Lee and Maggie’s Plan, is also producing with Damon Cardasis via their banner Round Films. 
 
 Plot details were not revealed, but the project is described as a sweeping comedic drama, a multigenerational story about family and the complexities of modern life with a through line of two intertwining love sagas. 
 
 OddLot is readying to unveil its first-ever scripted series, Genius, on National Geographic in April. Ron Howard directed the first episode of the show, which focuses on Albert Einstein (played by Geoffrey Rush). 
 
 Carell is about to start shooting the father-son meth addiction drama Beautiful Boy for Amazon Studios and has true-life tennis drama Battle of the Sexes with Emma Stone slated for a September release from Fox Searchlight. 
 
 Schumer will next be seen in the mother-daughter comedy Snatched, which is set to open May 12. 
 
 Kidman is currently starring in HBO’s Big Little Lies with Shailene Woodley and Reese Witherspoon. 
 
 Carell is repped by WME and Media Four Management; Schumer is with UTA and B Company; and Miller and Kidman are repped by CAA. Kidman is additionally repped by Media Talent Group.
– Ken will have to find another Barbie. Amy Schumer, who was set to star in the live-action version of the movie based on the doll, has pulled out of the film, Variety reports. It's apparently not because she thinks the Sony flick will be some kind of train wreck, however: Schumer, who says the movie "has so much promise," simply can't get her schedule to sync up with Sony's. Schumer's upcoming itinerary includes shooting another movie—She Came to Me, co-starring Steve Carell and Nicole Kidman—and going on tour to promote Snatched, the movie she's co-starring in with Goldie Hawn that opens in May. The Hollywood Reporter hints at some setbacks, including the fact that there's no director lined up yet and that the movie's release has already had to be pushed back more than a year: It's now set to open in June 2018. Variety quotes insiders who say Mattel's timeline made for the deal-breaker, as the company has moved forward on the production of film-related merchandise and needs to stick to the June date. "I'm bummed," Schumer says. (She thought she'd be the perfect Barbie, too.)