Filming on ‘Barbie’ led to a worldwide shortage of pink paint

Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling are doing Barbie promo!

Nicki Minaj and Ice Spice have joined forces to release “Barbie World,” an Aqua-interpolating instant summer hit they first teased last month in the global trailer for Greta Gerwig’s Barbie movie. The track follows PinkPantheress’ “Angel,” Karol G’s “WATATI” feat.

Nicki Minaj and Ice Spice have teamed up for a version of Aqua‘s ‘Barbie Girl’ for the new Barbie soundtrack – hear it below.The song’s release date was confirmed last week and hears the pair sample original snippets of the Aqua classic. The full title of the song is ‘Barbie World (With Aqua)’.It was previously reported last year that Aqua’s version of ‘Barbie Girl’ would not feature in the film.The new track arrives almost a month before the eagerly awaited Barbie movie hits cinemas worldwide.Watch the video for ‘Barbie Girl’ below.Dua Lipa most recently released ‘Dance The Night’, the lead track from the upcoming Barbie film’s soundtrack.Written in collaboration with Mark Ronson and Andrew Wyatt — who both composed the music for the film — and Norwegian singer Caroline Ailin, the song comes alongside a Barbie-inspired music video that sees the pop star strut around the hot-pink film sets.

Nicki Minaj and Ice Spice have released their new single, «Barbie World,» for Greta Gerwig’s highly anticipated Barbie movie. Throughout the music video, there’s no shortage of pink as the duo is seen riding jet-skis through the clouds and living in their Barbie houses as they rap about being fabulous and «pulling in» Ken. The music video director, Hannah Lux Davis, exclusively tells ET, «It was a privilege to work with Nicki and Ice in close collaboration with the movie studio and Atlantic Records to create the visual for 'Barbie World.' The goal of the video was to create fantastical worlds that both artists could thrive in that could feel like an extension of Greta Gerwig's masterfully-crafted creative vision.»She adds, «Our 'Barbie World' coexists with the film’s effervescent, contagiously happy, playful, witty and empowering tone where anything is possible — and everything is pink! I’m such a huge fan of Greta Gerwig’s work, so to be even this close to one of her films has been an honor.»Produced by Ice Spice’s go-to hitmaker, RiotUSA, the rappers rhyme over a sampling of Aqua's hit 1997 song, «Barbie Girl.» This is the second musical collaboration between the female rappers following their last hit, the top-10 Billboard Hot 100 single «Princess Diana Remix.»«Barbie World» is the fourth single from Barbie the Album, following Dua Lipa’s «Dance the Night,» Karol G’s «Watati,» and PinkPantheress' «Angel.» The soundtrack and movie are out on Friday, July 21.Nicki Minaj—who released «Barbie Tingz» in 2018 and whose fans are known as Barbz— is planning to release her Queen follow-up on Oct.

Anna Tingley If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Variety may receive an affiliate commission. If Barbie ends up successfully escaping Barbie World, her mission in Greta Gerwig’s upcoming “Barbie” movie, she might find that the human world isn’t so different after all. Here on Earth, there are Barbie Lego sets and Barbie pillow cases, Barbie roller skates and Barbie underwear — the culmination of the dozens of brands jumping on the Barbie hype ahead of Gerwig’s highly anticipated and high-wattage film, out July 21. The latest product in the string of Barbie collaborations is a new electric toothbrush from the oral hygiene company Moon, who was announced today as the exclusive oral beauty partner to the “Barbie” movie. The limited-edition Barbie x Moon set, available today for $79.99, comes with a hot pink electric toothbrush and bubble mint whitening toothpaste.

Anna Tingley If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Variety may receive an affiliate commission. Once upon a time in New York City, the three shopping havens for those in the know were referred to, in the words of Blair Waldorf, “the three B’s”: Bendel’s, Barneys and Bloomingdale’s. Bendel’s shuttered after 123 years in 2018. Next came the Hollywood-adored Barney’s, who closed its doors in 2020. Now, the last old-school, luxury retailer standing is Bloomingdale’s — and one more bold-faced “B” to revel in its glory: Barbie. In honor of Greta Gerwig’s “Barbie,” which releases July 21, Bloomingdale’s decided to go all out in celebrating Mattel’s iconic plastic doll, who we can only assume would be a loyal Bloomies customer if she ever manages to escape Barbie World. On June 20, the retailer announced a series of Barbie-themed exclusive products, collaborations and pop-up shops ahead of the film’s anticipated release on July 21.

Margot Robbie took on the role of the world's most iconic toy figure in the upcoming and hotly anticipated, there was another actress the filmmakers had in mind — Gal Gadot.The stunning star walked the carpet at Netflix's Tudum: A Global Fan Event, held in São Paulo, Brazil, and she stopped to talk with ET's Denny Directo about reports that producers — including Robbie herself — first thought of Gadot for the titular role.Robbie told, in an interview published in May, that Gadot was considered, but wasn't available, and yet served as a sort of template for the character, explaining, «Gal Gadot Barbie energy.»«Margo, I love you!» Gadot told ET in response to the actress' remarks. «I'll do anything with you, I'll be [in] anything with you!»According to Robbie's comments to Vogue, Gadot embodies the ideals of Barbie «because she is so impossibly beautiful, but you don’t hate her for being that beautiful because she’s so genuinely sincere, and she’s so enthusiastically kind, that it’s almost dorky.

Selome Hailu “American Auto” has been canceled after two seasons on NBC. Created by Justin Spitzer, “American Auto” was a workplace comedy following the executives of Detroit-based Payne Motors as they struggle to adapt to the changing times, all the while being led by the company’s first female CEO, Katherine Hastings (Ana Gasteyer). Along with Gasteyer, the cast included Harriet Dyer as Sadie Ryan, Jon Barinholtz as Wesley Payne, Humphrey Ker as Elliot Chisholm, Michael B. Washington as Cyrus Knight, Tye White as Jack Fortin and X Mayo as Dori Ovens. Season 2 was averaging 2.3 million total viewers and a 0.3 rating among adults 18-49 according to Nielsen’s Live + 7 data from late April.

Margot Robbie is taking fans inside Barbieland! In a video for , the 32-year-old actress gives a tour of the Barbie Dreamhouse ahead of the release of the movie next month.The tour starts in the all-pink kitchen and bar area, which features both «obviously artificial» 2D decals and '50s-themed props. From there, Robbie walks fans outside to her «favorite design feature» of the house — the slide that takes Barbie from her bedroom into the waterless pool. «Not super practical, but nothing is for Barbie,» Robbie quips.Like the pool, the shower is sans water, as there are no elements in Barbieland.

Kim and Khloe Kardashian took a trip to Barbie land on Monday during a fun-filled day with their kiddos. The reality stars shared a handful of pink-washed snaps from inside the World of Barbie immersive experience in Santa Monica, California, with their daughters, Chicago, True, as well as their nieces, Dream and Stormi.«Thank you for the most fun experience for our girls,» Kim wrote on her Instagram Story, sharing a photo of 5-year-old Chicago posing atop a unicorn inside one of the life-size toy box replicas. Khloe also got in on the fun, smiling alongside the kids in another life-size box and Barbie's iconic camper van.

Anna Tingley If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Variety may receive an affiliate commission. Ever since those internet-breaking photos of Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling on the set of Greta Gerwig’s “Barbie” were leaked last summer, the color pink has become omnipresent and Mattel’s plastic doll a style muse to everyone from Kim Kardashian to Lizzo to Conan Gray to Machine Gun Kelly. As the Warner Bros. film’s anticipated July 21 release inches closer, more and more brands have hopped on the Barbie-core train to launch their own pink-hued, Barbie-inspired collections. The affordable haircare company Kitsch is the most recent brand to Barbie-fy their products, with a new line of accessories whose rhinestone details and neon colorways would look right at home in the famed Malibu Dreamhouse. The lineup includes a bright pink silk pillowcase, a checkered blue heatless curling set, satin scrunchies, nylon elastics and a shimmering, marble-patterned claw clip — all of which are $22 or less.

Margot Robbie has revealed the one request she made to director Greta Gerwig before filming the new Barbie movie.Set for release on July 21, Gerwig’s film stars Robbie in the titular role, with Ryan Gosling as Ken.Speaking about the film in an interview on The Kelly Clarkson Show, Robbie discussed how she fell in love with the character as a child when she was gifted a Barbie Dreamhouse for Christmas.Such was the impact the gift had on her, that she revealed she asked Gerwig to allow her to live out the real-life fantasy of the Dreamhouse in the film.“I’ll follow your vision. Whatever you want this Barbie movie to be, let’s do that,” she remembers telling the director.

Barbie film has revealed that Ryan Gosling‘s Ken was given far fewer clothing options compared to Margot Robbie‘s titular character.Speaking to British Vogue, designer Jacqueline Durran shared that the character of Ken – portrayed by Gosling – plays second fiddle to Robbie’s Barbie in the film, at least when it comes to fashion.“No one cares about Ken, everybody just wants to play with Barbie. He matches Barbie and changes too but he has very, very, many less options,” Durran said. As Durran puts it, Ken’s primary job in the film was to be “beach”, with his wardrobe consisting mainly of retro sportswear.

Ice Spice and Nicki Minaj have announced the release date for their anticipated collaboration ‘Barbie World’.According to social media posts from both rappers, the upcoming track is set to release on June 23, almost a month before the eagerly awaited Barbie movie hits cinemas worldwide.The track is available to pre-save now. Upon clicking the pre-save link, the track’s full title is revealed as ‘Barbie World (With Aqua)’.

With Gerta Gerwig at the helm, a massive ensemble cast, and a soundtrack complete with new tracks from Dua Lipa and Ryan Gosling (it’s true), “Barbie” will surely be one of the biggest films this summer. And it’s a long time coming: the film was first announced in 2009, the finally hit development five years later, going through multiple iterations before Gerwig and Noah Baumbach penned their screenplay.

infamously set to play Barbie in the eponymous flick that follows the Mattel doll, during early development in 2016 — but stepped away from the high-profile project just months later.Now, the “Life & Beth” star explained why she actually left the pink and plastic-filled feature.“I can’t wait to see the movie, it looks awesome,” Schumer told Andy Cohen on Thursday’s episode of “Watch What Happens Live.”Officially, all those involved cited “scheduling conflicts” for their failed partnership, Schumer recalled — but behind the scenes, she explained that she and Sony Pictures had contrasting opinions: “It really was just creative differences.”She continued, “But you know, there’s a new team behind it, and it looks like it’s very feminist and cool so I will be seeing the movie.”“Barbie” is directed by Greta Gerwig and will be driving its hot pink convertible to the silver screen on July 21.Margot Robbie, 32, was ultimately cast as the blonde-haired character alongside Ryan Gosling as Ken and an ensemble cast that includes Will Ferrell, Helen Mirren, Due Lipa, Simu Liu, Kate McKinnon, Nicola Coughlan and Alexandra Shipp.Schumer was set to star and even co-write the initial version when it was first announced in 2016 in conjunction with Sony.The New York City native dished to The Hollywood Reporter last year how she had a different idea for the screenplay than what the studio desired.Her angle was described as “a fish-out-of-water tale about a woman who gets kicked out of Barbieland for not being perfect enough.”“They definitely didn’t want to do it the way I wanted to do it, the only way I was interested in doing it,” she explained at the time.Schumer wanted her version of Barbie to be an inventor; Sony reportedly wanted her

The production needs of making the “Barbie” movie required so much pink paint that it led to a worldwide shortage.

Charna Flam With a few mystifying teasers and less than two months until the premiere of the live-action “Barbie” film, audiences still don’t know exactly how the film will unfold. But the production team has started to reveal insight into the film — including how they caused an international pink paint shortage. In a recent Architectural Digest profile with production designer Sarah Greenwood, set decorator Katie Spencer and director Greta Gerwig, the group explain that they set out “to capture what was so ridiculously fun” about Barbie’s world, but especially that of Architectural Digest’s subject: Barbie’s Dreamhouse. “I wanted the pinks to be very bright, and everything to be almost too much,” Gerwig stated. She shared that “the ‘kid-ness’ was paramount” — evoking the feeling of never forgetting “what made [her] love Barbie” as a young girl.

 director Greta Gerwig enlisted production designer Sarah Greenwood and set decorator Katie Spencer to bring Barbie's Dreamhouse to life they never envisioned causing an international shortage of pink paint.The trio opened up to  about the gargantuan effort, which drew inspiration from Palm Springs midcentury modernism. For starters, Gerwig wanted to «literally» create «the alternate universe of Barbie Land» as they aimed for «authentic artificiality» whenever possible.So instead of opting for CGI when it came to the picturesque sky and San Jacinto Mountains backdrop, Gerwig wanted the backdrop to be hand painted.«Everything needed to be tactile, because toys are, above all, things you touch,» Gerwig told the venerable magazine.And, in order to maintain the «kid-ness» of the Dreamhouse, the director said everything needed to be pink.«I wanted the pinks to be very bright, and everything to be almost too much,» she added.And it too much.According to Greenwood, construction of the Dreamhouse — which was erected at the Warner Bros.

Last year, while Greta Gerwig‘s “Barbie” was in production, Ryan Gosling promised the press that he would bring the “ken-ergy” in his performance as Barbie’s plastic beaux. And based on the trailer for the film so far, Gosling certainly brings that “ken-ergy” (whatever that is).