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Barbie
Directed byGreta Gerwig
Screenplay by
Based onBarbie
by Mattel
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyRodrigo Prieto
Production
companies
Distributed byWarner Bros. Pictures
Release date
  • July 21, 2023 (2023-07-21)
Countries
  • United States
  • United Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

Barbie is an upcoming film based on the eponymous fashion doll line by Mattel and directed by Greta Gerwig, who co-wrote the screenplay with Noah Baumbach. Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling lead an ensemble cast as Barbie and Ken, respectively. It serves as the first live-action film adaptation after a number of animated direct-to-video films.

Development of a film based on the Barbie toy line began in September 2009, when it was announced that Mattel had signed a partnership to develop the movie with Universal Pictures and with Laurence Mark as producer, but this did not materialise. In April 2014, Mattel teamed with Sony Pictures to produce the project, which would have Jenny Bicks writing the screenplay and Laurie Macdonald and Walter F. Parkes producing through their Parkes+MacDonald Image Nation banner. Filming at the time was anticipated to begin by the end of the year. In March 2015, Diablo Cody was brought onto the project to rewrite the screenplay, and Amy Pascal joined the producing team. Sony would again have rewrites done to the screenplay later that year, hiring Lindsey Beer, Bert V. Royal and Hillary Winston to write drafts.

Barbie is scheduled to be released in the United States on July 21, 2023, by Warner Bros. Pictures.

Cast

Margot Robbie at the 2019 Cannes Film Festival in Cannes, France.
Ryan Gosling at the 2018 San Sebastián International Film Festival in San Sebastián, Spain.
Margot Robbie (left) and Ryan Gosling (right) portray Barbie and Ken, respectively.

Production

Development of a film based on the Barbie toy line began in September 2009, when it was announced that Mattel had signed a partnership to develop the movie with Universal Pictures and with Laurence Mark as producer, but this did not materialise.[16] In April 2014, Mattel teamed with Sony Pictures to produce the project, which would have Jenny Bicks writing the screenplay and Laurie Macdonald and Walter F. Parkes producing through their Parkes+MacDonald Image Nation banner. Filming at the time was anticipated to begin by the end of the year.[17] In March 2015, Diablo Cody was brought onto the project to rewrite the screenplay, and Amy Pascal joined the producing team.[18] Sony would again have rewrites done to the screenplay later that year, hiring Lindsey Beer, Bert V. Royal and Hillary Winston to write drafts.[19]

Greta Gerwig at the 2018 Berlin International Film Festival in Berlin, Germany.
Director Noah Baumbach speaks about the courtroom scene in his film Marriage Story.
Barbie director Greta Gerwig (left) co-wrote the screenplay with her partner Noah Baumbach.

In December 2016, Amy Schumer entered negotiations to star in the title role, with the Winston screenplay being used that would be rewritten by Schumer and her sister Kim Caramele.[20] In March 2017, due to scheduling conflicts with the planned June 2017 filming start, Schumer exited negotiations.[21] In July 2017, Anne Hathaway began circling the title role, with Sony hiring Olivia Milch to rewrite the screenplay and approaching Alethea Jones to direct as a means to interest Hathaway into signing on.[22] Jones was attached to direct by March 2018.[23] However, the expiration of Sony's option on the project in October 2018 and its transfer to Warner Bros. Pictures would see the departures of Hathaway, Jones, Macdonald, Parkes, and Pascal. Margot Robbie would enter early talks for the role, with Patty Jenkins briefly circling the director position.[24] Robbie's casting was confirmed in July 2019, with Greta Gerwig and Noah Baumbach now penning the screenplay.[1] Gerwig officially signed on to direct the film in July 2021.[25] Robbie said the film's goal was to subvert expectations and give audiences "the thing you didn't know you wanted."[26]

In October, Ryan Gosling entered final negotiations to play Ken in the film.[2] Gosling and the rest of the cast were confirmed to star in the first half of 2022.[10] Principal photography began in March 2022, at Warner Bros. Studios, Leavesden in England.[27] The costume designer is Jacqueline Durran, who previously collaborated with Gerwig on Little Women (2019).[28] Filming wrapped on July 21, 2022.[29]

Release

The film is scheduled to be theatrically released in the United States on July 21, 2023, taking over the original release date of Coyote vs. Acme.[30] It was previously set for June 2, 2017,[31] May 12, 2017,[32] June 29, 2018,[33] August 8, 2018,[34] and May 8, 2020.[35]

References

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