Matt Bomer ‘Played a Bunch of Different Kens’ for ‘Barbie’ Audition Tape, but Walked Away From the Film to Spend Time With Family

Anne Hathaway has shared her support for Margot Robbie‘s and Greta Gerwig‘s Barbie movie.Before Robbie’s and Gerwig’s take on Barbie, Hathaway was in 2017 attached to star in a Barbie movie with Australian filmmaker Alethea Jones attached to direct. Comedian Amy Schumer was first attached to star in the film but dropped out over “scheduling conflicts”.However, nothing would become of Jones’ and Hathaway’s project, leading to Greta Gerwig and Margot Robbie teaming up for this year’s Barbie.Speaking to Variety, Hathaway said of Robbie’s film: “What’s so exciting about what Greta and Margot and that phenomenal team [did] is they hit a bullseye.

Zack Sharf Digital News Director Anne Hathaway appeared on the latest “Happy Sad Confused” podcast and called it “lucky” that her iteration of the “Barbie” movie never got off the ground considering the phenomenon that Margot Robbie and Greta Gerwig’s “Barbie” became over the summer. Back in July 2017, Hathaway was announced as the star of Sony’s “Barbie” movie. Comedian Amy Schumer was originally cast, but Hathaway took over the role after Schumer departed.

Barbie has topped a list of the top-trending Google searches across the year in movies.Greta Gerwig’s film, which is the highest-grossing movie of the year, came out on top of Google’s year-in-review 2023 lists for movie search data in the US and globally.The lists, released on Monday (December 11), track queries that had the highest spikes in traffic over a sustained period this year as compared with 2022.Unsurprisingly, due to the Barbenheimer phenomena, Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer placed in second across both lists.

GQ Hype. The actor, known for his roles in various TV shows and films, including White Collar and The Normal Heart, gave his Fellow Travelers costar Jonathan Bailey a tour around New York City’s West Village for the cover story chat, and the whole time he was reminiscing about his stint in the area before achieving stardom.

Matt Bomer is opening up about his decision to pass on a role in Barbie.

Jonathan Bailey and Matt Bomer are opening up about identity and religion.

The stars of Fellow Travelers are stepping out to promote their hot new Showtime series.

In addition to starring as the lead Barbie in the massive blockbuster “Barbie,” Margot Robbie is also a producer on the film. This meant, way before Greta Gerwig and Noah Baumbach were attached, Robbie was out there trying to find a home for this film, as well as trying to find the right storytellers to bring it to life.

Margot Robbie and Cillian Murphy — she the star of “Barbie,” he of “Oppenheimer” — have shared an experience, one unique in film history. On July 21, 2023, their two movies came out, and instead of cannibalizing one another during a time when box office receipts were sluggish, they actually boosted each other, creating the global phenomenon known as “Barbenheimer.” On paper, the two movies couldn’t be more different.

Zack Sharf Digital News Director “Barbie” screenwriters Greta Gerwig and Noah Baumbach joined together for a “60 Minutes” interview in which they were asked about the surprising “anti-man” backlash to their blockbuster comedy. Several conservative figures blasted “Barbie” after it opened in theaters over the summer for its patriarchy jokes, which they perceived as being anti-man. Bill Maher even went on record calling the film “man-hating.” “The movie is meant to be a big-hearted thing, even though it’s poking fun at everyone,” Gerwig said when such accusations were brought up in the interview.

Taylor Swift, Barbie and Hollywood strikers are among the nine contenders for Time’s 2023 Person of the Year, the magazine announced today.

There have been quite a few hot takes revolving around “Barbie.” This is just something that happens to any film that turns into a surprisingly massive hit and the biggest film (financially) of 2023. But with “Barbie,” it’s also a film that invites all sorts of debate surrounding its social message, which has been twisted by lots of different folks in an attempt to claim the film isn’t just feminist but it’s also “anti-men.”  READ MORE: ‘Barbie’: Noah Baumbach Thought The Film Was A “Terrible Idea” When Greta Gerwig Signed Up For It In a new interview with “60 Minutes,” “Barbie” co-writer Noah Baumbach talked about the film being perceived as “anti-men.” And not surprising at all, the writer, who co-wrote the film alongside director Greta Gerwig, doesn’t think his film has some sort of anti-man agenda.

Caroline Brew editor Time has released its 2023 Person of Year Shortlist, which includes Taylor Swift, Hollywood strikers, Trump prosecutors and Barbie among the final contenders. The Person of the Year will be announced Wednesday morning. The Writers Guild and SAG-AFTRA both went on strike this year, pausing the development and filming of many shows and movies.

Margot Robbie is continuing the Barbie press tour!

Jem Aswad Executive Editor, Music Whether it’s a soundtrack, a score or a song placement, there are countless wrong ways to do music for film and so few ways to make it feel right. There’s very little leeway, which is why it can be so challenging for even the most successful hitmakers to make the transition to film music — especially with a major film event like “Barbie.” To say that the music for the summer blockbuster has been a success is a vast understatement: Not only is the film’s companion album Variety’s Hitmakers Soundtrack of the Year, the music from the film scored a whopping 11 Grammy nominations across seven categories — including song and record of the year — and four of the five entries nominated for Best Song Written for Visual Media.

Greta Gerwig is reflecting on the phenomenon that was Barbie!

UK Chancellor Jeremy Hunt wants North East England to get in on the all-consuming Barbie hype. 

Matt Bomer and Jonathan Bailey have revealed how their first IRL meeting went down.

Marc Malkin Senior Film Awards, Events & Lifestyle Editor “Fellow Travelers” stars Jonathan Bailey and Matt Bomer will not be competing against each for a Golden Globe. Sources tell me that Bailey has decided to submit for supporting actor in a limited series for his work in the Showtime series, clearing the way for Bomer to go for lead. “Fellow Travelers,” written by Ron Nyswaner and based on the Thomas Mallon novel of the same name, tells the story of a decades-long romance between a Washington D.C.

Emerald Fennell’s dark comedy Saltburn takes a massive jump from to over 1,500 screens today as Bradley Cooper’s Maestro, Hayao Miyazaki’s latest The Boy and the Heron, animated They Shot The Piano Player and other festival favorites launch awards season runs this Thanksgiving specialty weekend.