Melissa Mccarthy To Play Tinker Bell For Shawn Levy

Melissa McCarthy To Play Tinker Bell For Shawn Levy

By Angie Han/Nov. 20, 2014 10:30 am EST

When the Tinker Bell movie will get going is unclear. Levy just finished up his latest film, Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb, and has yet to choose his next one. His to-do list is already getting long. Just in the past few weeks he’s attached himself to the video game adaptation Minecraft and the Ali Baba retelling 40 Thieves.

McCarthy’s involvement should help make Tinker Bell a priority. Since her breakout in Bridesmaids she’s proven to be a major box office draw. Identity Thief and Tammy did big business at the box office despite poor reviews. The Heat fared even better, with stronger reviews. Her most recent, the Bill Murray vehicle St. Vincent, wasn’t a smash, but did reasonably well for an indie.

Then again, McCarthy is pretty busy too. Since wrapping Spy, she has been getting the ball rolling on Michelle Darnell, a comedy she wrote with her husband Ben Falcone. Stoller, meanwhile, has been working on the animated children’s adventure Captain Underpants.