Per the Variety report, the movie titled Slinky will center on the wife of Slinky inventor Richard James, Betty James, after she inherits the toy business following his death. Richard James died of congestive heart failure at the age of 60 during a time when business on Slinky was in a rough patch, teetering on bankruptcy. Betty James was left with rights to the toy and six children to support at the time in 1974. The movie will tell Davis’ story of struggle-turned-success story as she navigates a man’s world and makes the toy a hot item.
