If you’ve been excited by the few snippets of the new Greta Gerwig directed Barbie movie over the past few weeks then you’re not alone. The internet has consistently been going into meltdown over Ryan Gosling’ peroxide blonde hair and the various outfits that we’ve seen him and Margot Robbie don so far.
With Academy-nominated writer and director Gerwig also working with her longtime partner Noah Baumbach on this one, it would be unwise to expect this to be a straight-up remake of the various small-screen adaptations of Barbie. It will most likely try to play with the ideas we have of Barbie in our heads.
But we’re going to have to wait a little while yet before we even get a look at a trailer for this much-anticipated film. Here is everything we know so far.
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When will the Barbie movie be released?
The good news is that there is a release date for the Barbie movie, but fans of the Mattel doll are going to have to wait until July 21, 2023 to see this live action film in theatres. However, if social media over the last few weeks is anything to go by we’re probably going to see lots of tactically leaked content to keep the film in the headlines between now and then.
What is the cast of the new Barbie movie?
Unsurprisingly the cast of the new Barbie film is stacked with talent, with Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling as Barbie and Ken respectively. But apart from that, there is little information about who else will appear in the film.
Will Ferrell is set to play the CEO of a toy company and there are rumours about who may play the other versions of the Ken doll. But we do know some famous faces will be making an appearance.
Some stars set to make an appearance include:
- Kate McKinnon (Ghostbusters)
- Simu Liu (Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings)
- Ncuti Gatwa (Sex Education)
- Emma Mackey (Sex Education)
- America Fererra (Ugly Betty)
- Michael Cera (Juno)
- Alexandra Shipp (Straight Outta Compton)
- Kingsley Ben-Adir (The OA)
- Rhea Perlman (Cheers)
- Emerald Fennell (The Crown)
- Jamie Demetriou (Fleabag)
What will the plot be of the Barbie movie?
We don’t know much about the plot of the new film. Margot Robbie was equally cryptic when she discussed the film with The Hollywood Reporter.
In an interview, she said: “People immediately have an idea of, 'Oh, Margot is playing Barbie, I know what that is,' but our goal is to be like, 'Whatever you're thinking, we're going to give you something totally different — the thing you didn't know you wanted.'”
With not much to go on apart from a few stills of Robbie and Gosling rollerblading on Venice Beach, speculation has been rife about what kind of story Greta Gerwig is going to present. A potential key to the plot would seem to be the rumour that there will be multiple Ken characters (or dolls) played by Ncuti Gatwa and Simu Liu as well as Ryan Gosling. Also, Emma Mackey’s resemblance to Margot Robbie has got people suggesting that there might be multiple versions of Barbie in the movie itself.
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