Tina Fey and UFC fighter Ronda Rousey are set to throw comedy punches for Universal Pictures. The pair will star in “Do Nothing Bitches” from “Sisters” screenwriter Paula Pell.
The script sparked from a pre-fight interview Rousey gave this summer about female self-worth that has clocked over three million hits on YouTube. The speech led to Rousey selling 57,000 t-shirts with the “Do Nothing Bitches” phrase, generating a new record for the site Represent.com.
Fey will produce the comedy under her Little Stranger Productions along with EP Eric Gurian. Pell will also serve as producer.
Fey and Pell last teamed for the aforementioned “Sisters,” which held its own against “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” upon its December opening for a current worldwide gross of $85 million.
This won’t be the first time entertainment world has repurposed the rousing (no pun) speech, in which the fighter celebrates her athletic body and states that she has never been a pampered type — or “a do nothing bitch.”
Beyonce sampled Rousey’s message at July’s Made in America festival, during her song “Diva.”
Rousey is also set to star in “Road House,” a remake of the classic in which she assumes the iconic Patrick Swayze role, with director Nick Cassavetes. She’ll also host “Saturday Night Live” on Jan. 23.