My total disinterest in Amy Schumer’s Barbie movie had completely evaporated when I heard that Greta Gerwig and Noah Baumbach had taken over the project andsigned on to co-write the upcoming doll movie— with Gerwig directing. Schumer also dropped out of the role, Margot Robbie came in to replace her.
Shooting on the film is said to start in the coming weeks. The crew is already in London doing prep work. Baumbach, Gerwig and Robbie are supposed to join them very soon as well. Oh, and Ryan Gosling will be joining the cast, he’ll be playing Ken. Top-notch and a good sign that this will be a very satirically-minded film.
Although we know Baumbach as a director, he has written screenplays for both Wes Anderson (“The Life Aquatic,” “The Fantastic Mr. Fox”) and, of course, himself (“Frances Ha,” “The Squid and the Whale,” “Greenberg”). Gerwig is coming off her first two critically-acclaimed movies, “Lady Bird,” and “Little Women.”
The current IMDB synopsis for the film states, “A doll living in 'Barbieland' is expelled for not being perfect enough and sets off on an adventure in the real world.”
A 2023 theatrical release is planned.
While James L. Brooks teased last year that "we'll soon be seeing" Jack Nicholson, 89, act again, and that he was "reading scripts," that idea has now been shut down by his close friend Michael Douglas, 82.