New York, NY (Top40 Charts) To live in Barbie Land is to be a perfect being in a perfect place. Unless you have a full-on existential crisis. Or you're a Ken.
From Oscar-nominated writer/director Greta Gerwig ("Little Women," "Lady Bird") comes "Barbie," starring Oscar-nominees Margot Robbie ("Bombshell," "I, Tonya") and
Ryan Gosling ("La La Land," "Half Nelson") as Barbie and Ken, alongside
America Ferrera ("End of Watch," the "How to
Train Your Dragon" films), Kate McKinnon ("Bombshell," "
Yesterday"), Issa Rae ("The Photograph," "Insecure"), Rhea Perlman ("I'll See You in My Dreams," "
Matilda"), and Will Ferrell (the "Anchorman" films, "Talladega Nights").
The film also stars Michael Cera ("Scott Pilgrim vs. the World," "Juno"),
Ariana Greenblatt ("Avengers:
Infinity War," "65"), Ana Cruz Kayne ("Little Women"), Emma Mackey ("Emily," "Sex Education"), Hari Nef ("Assassination Nation," "Transparent"),
Alexandra Shipp (the "X-Men" films), Kingsley Ben-Adir ("One Night in Miami," "Peaky Blinders"), Simu Liu ("Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings"), Ncuti Gatwa ("Sex Education"), Scott Evans ("Grace and Frankie"), Jamie Demetriou ("Cruella"), Connor Swindells ("Sex Education," "Emma."), Sharon
Rooney ("Dumbo," "Jerk"), Nicola Coughlan ("Bridgerton," "Derry Girls"), Ritu Arya ("The Umbrella Academy"), Grammy Award-winning singer/songwriter
Dua Lipa and Oscar-winner Helen Mirren ("
The Queen").
Gerwig directed "
Barbie" from a screenplay by Gerwig & Oscar nominee Noah Baumbach ("Marriage Story," "The Squid and the Whale"), based on Barbie by Mattel. The film's producers are Oscar nominee
David Heyman ("Marriage Story," "
Gravity"), Robbie, Tom Ackerley and Robbie Brenner, with Gerwig, Baumbach, Michael Sharp, Josey McNamara, Ynon Kreiz, Richard Dickson, Courtenay Valenti, Toby Emmerich and Cate Adams serving as executive producers.
Gerwig's creative team behind the camera included Oscar-nominated director of photography Rodrigo Prieto ("The Irishman," "Silence," "Brokeback Mountain"), six-time Oscar-nominated production designer
Sarah Greenwood ("Beauty and the Beast," "Anna Karenina"), editor Nick Houy ("Little Women," "Lady Bird"), Oscar-winning costume designer Jacqueline Durran ("Little Women," "Anna Karenina"), visual effects supervisor Glen Pratt ("Paddington 2," "Beauty and the Beast") and music supervisor
George Drakoulias ("White Noise," "Marriage Story"), with music by Oscar winners
Mark Ronson and Andrew Wyatt ("A Star Is Born"). Warner Bros.
Pictures Presents a Heyday Films Production, a LuckyChap Entertainment Production, a NB/GG
Pictures Production, a Mattel Production, "Barbie."
The film will be distributed worldwide by Warner Bros.
Pictures and released in theaters only nationwide on July 21, 2023 and beginning internationally on July 19, 2023.
