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Keen to chuck its entire back catalogue at the big screen, Mattel has JJ Abrams working on a deadly earnest drama inspired by tiny cars. Can someone find the brakes?

A mass of hot pink emerges violently amid the green foliage, palm trees and shrubbery. Located in Malibu, the oceanfront Barbie DreamHouse created by Airbnb is the latest in a series of global marketing stunts to promote Greta Gerwig’s new film Barbie, the first live-action adventure movie about the iconic…

The boomer icon Barbie is making a comeback, but in an inclusive way to keep up with a Gen Z audience.

We want the Vin Diesel Rock 'Em Sock 'Em Robots movie and we want it now

Mattel's post-Barbie plans include 45 toy-related films

The star has been enlisted to head up a live action response to the big purple dinosaur

"If they hadn’t made that change... I don’t think I would have wanted to attempt to make a Barbie film."

Pink and beige handbags at dawn!

There have been Barbie TV shows since the 1980s, and animated feature films since the beginning of this century. However, the new film promises to be something of a step-change in the doll’s media profile.