An official teaser trailer for Greta Gerwig’s “Barbie” was released last December.
There was supposed to be a full-length trailer released on March 9th, which was national “Barbie Day”. That day came and went with nothing.
Now it’s almost a done deal that the 2-minute trailer will be released next Tuesday. So, mark your calendars. No messing around this time. We’ll be getting it.
It’ll be interesting to watch actual footage of the film, especially after the glowing test-screening reactions from last month. Ryan Gosling is said to steal the show as Ken. There’s also an inordinate number of celebrity cameos in the film.
Gerwig and Noah Baumbach wrote the screenplay for “Barbie,” which is said to be a very meta tackling of the famous Mattel doll.
In fact, “Barbie” has an all-star tech team behind it, including cinematographer Rodrigo Prieto and composer Alexandre Desplat. Not to mention none other than Noah Baumbach co-writing the screenplay with Gerwig.
The film is a $100 million risk.
“Barbie” will also not be going to Cannes. It was confirmed by Variety’s Elsa Keslassy on Twitter and it’s probably all for the better. I’m not so sure how a movie like this one would have fared with the high-brow attending press on the Croisette.