It’s official: Following reports that Margot Robbie was in talks to star in and produce the long-developing Barbie movie for Warner Bros., Variety now confirms that the most obvious project in history is moving forward. The studio has closed a deal with Mattel, the toy manufacturer behind the iconic doll who has held pretty much every career you can think of (as long as it doesn’t involve cleaning toilets).
“Playing with Barbie promotes confidence, curiosity and communication throughout a child’s journey to self-discovery,” Robbie says in an official statement. “Over the brand’s almost 60 years, Barbie has empowered kids to imagine themselves in aspirational roles from a princess to president.” Aspirational roles not mentioned: Astronaut, dog walker, the second time she ran for president, dolphin trainer, the third time she ran for president, white girl rapper, baby photographer, and the fourth time she ran for president.
Barbie is the second iconic blonde Robbie will play for the studio: In addition to the live-action Mattel film, Robbie is set to reprise her role as Harley Quinn for Birds Of Prey, an all-female DC character ensemble co-starring Mary Elizabeth Winstead and Chris Messina. Also known by the ridiculous title Birds Of Prey (And The Fantabulous Emancipation Of One Harley Quinn), the film will be directed by Cathy Yan from a screenplay by Christina Hodson.
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I can’t shake the image of that girl getting hit by that car four years ago outside of my dream house. Anyway, I was holding a chocolate bar, like this one.
I’d say she’s too good for this kind of thing, but a Barbie movie can only be better than Suicide Squad, so whatever.
I’d say she’s too good for this kind of thing, but a Barbie movie can only be better than Suicide Squad, so whatever. Get some other dolls and toys in there, and a Barbie movie can be Suicide Squad.
Who’s gonna play cock-ring err… I mean Earring Magic Ken.
Last I heard he’s still shacked up with Gay Bob: https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/the-story-behind-gay-bob-the-worlds-first-outandproud-doll
Meekus ….. er, Alexander Skarsgard.
I hope they turn Barbie into a Buckaroo Banzai-type character. Musician, brain surgeon, scientist, etc.
I would watch the fuck out of that.
I want her to be an immortal wizard who patrols the boundaries between the known and the unknown like Doctor Strange, fighting off Lovecraftian menaces to reality.Because then she can make the joke, “I deal with things that are beyond mortal Ken.”
Can’t wait to see it win the Oscar for best SFX for the most realistic CGI of unrealistic body images.
At least it’s not the Cabbage Patch Doll-like Amy Schumer playing Barbie. Yeesh.
I’m hoping they throw a curveball and this movie is all about the institutional sexism that female political candidates face. Like Veep crossed with Legally Blonde.
Aqua must be starring at their collective phones every. single. sec.on.d…Aw, Christ on a popsicle stick (the original Barbie?), they’re going to get Grimes or Poppy instead aren’t they?
I’m popping in to say Barbie: Life in the Dreamhouse(not to be confused with the mediocre Barbie: Dreamhouse Adventures) is amazing, hilarious and on Netflix. Watch it, nerds.
I thought Baby Photographer Barbie was a joke but it somehow actually exists. Is that really somebody’s dream profession at age 7?
Babies are cute and photography is a profession, so why not? It’s probably a better job than most people will likely get anyway. Or was. Maybe not so much now that everyone has cameras in their phones with a gazillion filters.
I was going to say who I thought who would be good to play Barbie but it just sounds weirdly sexist/insulting to say someone would be good for being cast as Barbie.I was going to say Gwyneth Paltrow.
I thought it was going to be Amy Schumer
Trixie Mattel was robbed
I can’t see how she could pull off the bust-waist-hips ratio without surgery?
Remember when they cast Amy Schumer in this for some kind of subversion bullshit?