Barbie (movie)

Barbie is a 2023 American fantasy comedy movie directed by Greta Gerwig. The movie is based on the popular Barbie fashion dolls by Mattel and is inspired by the book "Reviving Ophelia" by Mary Pipher. It is the first live-action Barbie movie, featuring Margot Robbie as Barbie and Ryan Gosling as Ken, along with a talented supporting cast. The movie is about Barbie and Ken travelling to the real world in Los Angeles after Barbie suffers from an existential crisis.

Cast
 Margot Robbie as Barbie, often referred to as "Stereotypical Barbie"
 Main variations of Barbie played by:
 Issa Rae as President Barbie
 Kate McKinnon as Weird Barbie
 Alexandra Shipp as Writer Barbie
 Emma Mackey as Physicist Barbie
 Hari Nef as Dr. Barbie
 Sharon Rooney as Lawyer Barbie
 Ana Cruz Kayne as Judge Barbie
 Ritu Arya as Journalist Barbie
 Dua Lipa as Mermaid Barbie
 Nicola Coughlan as Diplomat Barbie
 Ryan Gosling as Ken, often referred to as "Beach Ken"
 Main variations of Ken played by:
 Simu Liu as Tourist Ken/"Rival Ken"
 Kingsley Ben-Adir as Basketball Ken
 Ncuti Gatwa as Artist Ken
 Scott Evans as Stereotypical Ken
 John Cena as Kenmaid, a merman Ken
 America Ferrera as Gloria, a Mattel employee who helps Barbie in the real world
 Ariana Greenblatt as Sasha, Gloria's daughter
 Rhea Perlman as Ruth Handler, the co-founder of Mattel
 Helen Mirren as the narrator
 Will Ferrell as the CEO of Mattel
 Michael Cera as Allan
 Connor Swindells as Aaron Dinkins, a low-level Mattel employee
 Jamie Demetriou as the CFO of Mattel
 Emerald Fennell as Midge
 Asim Chaudhry as a Mattel warehouse employee
 Ray Fearon as Dan at the FBI
 Erica Ford as Skipper
 Hannah Khalique-Brown as "Growing Up" Skipper
 Mette Narrative as Barbie Video Girl
 Marisa Abela as Teen Talk Barbie
 Lucy Boynton as Proust Barbie
 Rob Brydon as Sugar Daddy Ken
 Tom Stourton as Earring Magic Ken
 Ann Roth as the woman on the bench
 Annie Mumolo as Anxiety Mom
 Lauren Holt as Time Mom
 Ryan Piers Williams as El Esposo de Gloria (Gloria's husband)

Filming
The movie's development began in 2014 when Sony Pictures acquired the rights, but it went through various changes in writers, directors, and casting. Eventually, Warner Bros. Pictures took over the project in 2018, with Margot Robbie attached as the star and producer. Greta Gerwig was confirmed as the director and co-writer with Noah Baumbach in 2021. The filming took place at Warner Bros. Studios in England from March to July 2022.

Release
Barbie premiered at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles on July 9, 2023. It was released in the United States on July 21 by Warner Bros. Pictures. 

The movie was released the same day as Oppenheimer, a biographical thriller movie directed by Christopher Nolan. Since both movies are from opposite genres and are being released on the same day, the term "Barbenheimer" describes this and has become an internet meme.

The movie crossed the $1 billion mark worldwide on August 6, 2023, making it the first movie by a solo female director to do so. Barbie became the highest-grossing live-action-comedy movie of all time.
Possible sequel
In December 2024, Warner Bros. confirmed that a second film is in early development.

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