Damien Chazelle’s$80M 1920s-set Hollywood epic Babylon went up in a blaze of fire at the domestic box office this past weekend with an awful $5.3M 4-day start.
17.12.2022 - 20:19 / usmagazine.com
Barbie is known for her impeccable sense of style — and the first trailer footage for Margot Robbie’s Barbie movie already proves that tenfold.
“Since the beginning of time, since the first little girl ever existed, there have been dolls,” a voiceover proclaimed in the Friday, December 16, clip. “But the dolls were always and forever baby dolls until [Barbie].”
The YouTube footage included clips of young girls playing with baby dolls in a desert until the arrival of a tall, perfectly coiffed Barbie doll surprises them. The Birds of Prey star, 32, donned a black-and-white one-piece bathing suit and white sunglasses, which pays homage to the very first Barbie doll, released in March 1959, who sported a similar swimwear getup.
While Friday’s teaser did not reveal the plot of the Greta Gerwig-directed picture, fans did see a glimpse of Robbie’s Barbie and her friends in their most stylish ensembles. Ryan Gosling (Ken), Simu Liu and Issa Rae were also spotted in the video in doll-inspired getups.
Barbie — written by Gerwig, 39, and partner Noah Baumbach — has been in development since 2020. While Amy Schumer was initially attached to play the doll come-to-life, Robbie later landed the gig.
“It comes with a lot of baggage!” the Australia native told British Vogue in June 2021 of taking on the role of the iconic doll. “And a lot of nostalgic connections. But with that come a lot of exciting ways to attack it. People generally hear ‘Barbie’ and think, ‘I know what that movie is going to be,’ and then they hear that Greta Gerwig is writing and directing it, and they’re like, ‘Oh, well, maybe I don’t.’”
Ken, the beloved boyfriend of Barbie, was eventually revealed to be the 42-year-old La La Land star — to the delight of his real-life
Damien Chazelle’s$80M 1920s-set Hollywood epic Babylon went up in a blaze of fire at the domestic box office this past weekend with an awful $5.3M 4-day start.
Jerry Bruckheimer is a legendary producer, especially if you’re someone who grew up on ‘80s and ‘90s action films. But even after decades in the business, he’s still a powerhouse in the industry, producing things like the most recent “Bad Boys” sequel and “Top Gun: Maverick.” Bruckheimer is responsible for some of the biggest franchises in Hollywood right now.
Dressed to impress! Kelly Rowland, Margot Robbie, Olivia Wilde and more stars turned heads at the Babylon premiere on Thursday, December 15.
Babylon, and sent the internet into meltdown.Fans were shocked by the uncanny similarity between the 32-year-old and her 65-year-old physiotherapist mother following their appearance at the Los Angeles premiere. So who is Sarie Kessler? The and her mother are fiercely close and Sarie raised Margot and her three siblings as a single mother in Queensland, Australia, after their father Doug Robbie, a sugarcane tycoon, apparently left home.Margot and her mother are so close that Margot once told Vogue Australia that she spent her first-ever paycheck on her mother. “I spent it on paying you back, mum.
Fans finally have a first look at the much anticipated and long-awaited 'Barbie' movie starring Margot Robbie, Ryan Gosling and Scots stars Sharon Rooney and Ncuti Gatwa.
Everyone’s got to shoot their shot, right? After two beloved films, the Academy Award-nominated indie “Lady Bird” and the bigger, more ambitious “Little Women,” actor turned filmmaker Greta Gerwig really went for it with “Barbie.” Even though we still don’t really know what the movie is—other than seemingly a big subversion of the Barbie brand— Gerwig making the giant leap to a big IP brand, what is a big studio tentpole coming out and the summer and a star-studded cast really seemed to blow away most pundits and cineastes.