Barbie and Beyond: How Mattel Studios Executive Robbie Brenner Brings Beloved Toys to Screen

EXCLUSIVE: The A-list ensemble for Warner Bros. Barbie movie continues to grow as sources tell Deadline that Kate McKinnon is set to join the cast of the new film centered on the iconic doll line starring Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling. America Ferrara and Simu Liu are also on board with Greta Gerwig directing. Robbie is on board to play Barbie with Gosling set to play Ken. It is unknown who McKinnon will be playing.

Marvel‘s new movie Shang-Chi And The Legend Of The Ten Rings, is set to appear in the upcoming Barbie film.The new film, directed by Greta Gerwig (Little Women), will star Margot Robbie in the titular role, with Ryan Gosling taking on the character of Ken.News of Liu’s involvement was reported by Deadline, though there is no indication yet of exactly what role he will play in the film.Others confirmed for the film include American Ferrera (Superstore) in a role that is also currently unidentified.Gerwig wrote the film’s script with Noah Baumbach, with Robbie and Tom Ackerley set to procuce the film alongside Robbie Brenner and David Heyman, with executive production coming from LuckyChap’s Josey McNamara and Mattel’s Ynon Kreiz.Reviewing Shang-Chi And The Legend Of The Ten Rings, NME wrote: “Like so many MCU movies, Shang-Chi slightly overbakes its action-packed climax, but Cretton peppers the overwhelming visual effects with some sneaky sprinkles of levity. It all adds up to a smart and satisfying superhero romp that suggests Marvel is nowhere near ready to relinquish its hold on the genre.”Elsewhere, Margot Robbie said last summer that she has no plans to reprise her legendary role as Harley Quinn in the future.The actor played the DC villain in recent James Gunn film The Suicide Squad, having previously portrayed her in 2016’s Suicide Squad and 2020’s Birds Of Prey.

The latest incarnation of the live-action “Barbie” feature film is quickly a wild and utterly unexpected affair. After moving to Warner Bros., the movie was gifted a script from an unlikely duo, Greta Gerwig (“Little Women,” “Lady Bird”) and Noah Baumbach (“Marriage Story”).

Margot Robbie. Robbie will play Barbie and Gosling will play Ken, but it is not yet known which role Ferrera will play.Gerwig wrote the screenplay, along with her partner Noah Baumbach, an individual with knowledge told TheWrap. This will be Gerwig’s third feature film following her debut, “Lady Bird,” and her adaptation of “Little Women,” both of which scored Best Picture nominations at the Oscars.Executive producers are Josey McNamara for LuckyChap Entertainment.

Rebecca Rubin Film and Media ReporterCome on, Simu Liu, let’s go party.Marvel’s “Shang Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings” star has been cast in “Barbie,” a new movie based on the popular doll. As previously announced, Margot Robbie is playing Barbie and Ryan Gosling is playing her boy toy Ken.

Naman Ramachandran Protagonist Pictures has closed multiple deals for several key territories on Sundance selection and Berlin Film Festival competition title “Call Jane.”Territories sold include DCM for Germany, Austria and Switzerland, Umbrella Entertainment for Australia and New Zealand, Mis.label for Scandinavia, Eagle for Italy, Shaw for Singapore and Empire for South Africa.Directed by Phyllis Nagy, the Oscar nominated writer of “Carol,” the film stars Elizabeth Banks, Sigourney Weaver, Kate Mara and Chris Messina. The film follows Joy (Banks), a traditional 1960s housewife who unexpectedly falls pregnant and finds the Janes, an underground abortion movement led by Virginia (Weaver).

Margot Robbie. Robbie will play Barbie and Gosling will play Ken, but it is not yet known which role Ferrera will play.Gerwig wrote the screenplay, along with her partner Noah Baumbach, an individual with knowledge told TheWrap. This will be Gerwig’s third feature film following her debut, “Lady Bird,” and her adaptation of “Little Women,” both of which scored Best Picture nominations at the Oscars.Executive producers are Josey McNamara for LuckyChap Entertainment.

EXCLUSIVE: America Ferrera is set to co-star opposite Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling in Warner Bros. Barbie, the studio’s new movie centered on the classic doll line. Greta Gerwig is directing the pic, with Robbie playing the titular role and Gosling playing Ken. It is unknown who Ferrera will play in the new film. Gerwig also co-wrote script with Noah Baumbach.

As the Oscars wrestle with grabbing a larger millennial audience, the dissing of tentpoles in the Best Picture category continues this year. In addition to AMPAS voters overlooking the sixth highest grossing movie ever at the global box office, Sony/Marvel’s Spider-Man: No Way Home ($1.77 billion) for Best Picture, they also snubbed Daniel Craig’s swan song as James Bond in MGM/UAR/Eon’s No Time to Die in that slot as well.

Barbie Ferreira is opening up about the pressures of being in the public eye and navigating body positivity, calling out the “backhanded compliments” that she receives, from online users who pressure her into being “this person who ‘loves themselves’.”The ‘Euphoria’ star who plays Kat Hernandez in the popular HBO show, discussed the assumptions that people make about her, revealing during a recent interview that “It’s not radical for me to be wearing a crop top.”Barbie explained that people automatically assume that she is confident for expressing herself through clothes, and she thinks those comments are “backhanded compliments.”She explained, “It’s so funny that people just assume that. What — did I say that? I never said that.

Not holding back. Euphoria fans have seen Barbie Ferreira‘s character, Kat Hernandez, deal with body image issues on the show — and the pressure “of being this person who loves themselves” is just as difficult for the actress in real life.

highest quarter in two years but still lost over $100 million, despite revenue soaring in Q4 2021 compared to the same time in 2020 when many theaters remained shuttered ahead of the vaccines. AMC also had some help throughout the pandemic thanks to its position as a “meme stock” from retail traders, which enabled the company to sell shares at an inflated price.

Jennifer Lopez and Halle Berry know how to remain youthful despite their busy schedules, lack of sleep during tours and movies, and of course, the passing of time.Each year on January 31, in the United States, we celebrate National Backward Day; therefore, the experts at NoDepositDaddy.com decided to uncover which celebrities have aged in reverse statistically.The team scraped multiple online articles to conclude which celebrities don’t look their age — even when they took photos a decade apart. Using the face age calculator, ToolPie, the experts noticed who has aged backward!The American actress Bianca Lawson tops the list with an impressive six years in reverse between two pictures taken ten years apart.

Amazon Prime Video, Vudu, or Apple TV.The film, which was released after over a year of delays due to the coronavirus, features a star-studded cast of Ben Whishaw, Naomie Harris, Ralph Fiennes', Lashana Lynch, Ana de Armas and Rami Malek, and is the first James Bond film to to be shot with Imax film cameras. Not only does it feature over an hour of scenes in the large format expanded aspect ratio, but there will also be an exclusive Q&A featuring Daniel Craig and director Cary Joji Fukunaga broadcasted before select Imax screenings.  picks up after James Bond has recused himself from his work and is attempting to live a quiet life in Jamaica.

Mattel’s live-action Masters of the Universe based on its iconic 1980s muscular action figure toy line is determined to live on.