Barbie is a fantasy comedy film directed by Greta Gerwig from a screenplay she wrote with Noah Baumbach. Based on the Barbie fashion dolls by Mattel, it is the first live action Barbie film after over 40 computer animated direct to video and streaming television films. The film stars Margot Robbie as Barbie and Ryan Gosling as Ken, who go on a journey of self-discovery after their expulsion from the utopian Barbie Land, alongside a large ensemble cast that includes America Ferrera, Simu Liu, Kate McKinnon, Issa Rae, Rhea Perlman, and Will Ferrell.
A live action Barbie film was first announced in September 2009 by Universal Pictures with Laurence Mark producing, but development began in April 2014, when Sony Pictures acquired the film rights to the character. Following multiple writer and director changes and the casting of Amy Schumer and later Anne Hathaway in the titular role, Sony lost the rights, which were transferred to Warner Bros. Pictures in October 2018, with Robbie being cast in 2019. Gerwig was announced as director and co-writer with Baumbach in 2021. Gosling and the rest of the cast were announced in early 2022. Filming took place primarily at Warner Bros. Studios, Leavesden in England from March to July 2022.
Barbie premiered at The Shrine in Los Angeles on July 9, 2023, and is scheduled to be released theatrically in the United States and the United Kingdom on July 21, 2023, by Warner Bros. Pictures.
Barbie: The Album is the soundtrack album for the 2023 film Barbie, directed by Greta Gerwig. It was released by Atlantic Records on July 21, 2023, the same day as the film’s theatrical release.
Tracklist:
- Lizzo (Pink)
- Dua Lipa (Dance the Night)
- Nicki Minaj and Ice Spice (Barbie World/with Aqua)
- Charli XCX (Speed Drive)
- Karol G (Watati /Ft. Aldo Ranks)
- Sam Smith (Man I Am)
- Tame Impala (Journey to the Real World)
- Ryan Gosling (I’m Just Ken)
- Dominic Fike (Hey Blondie)
- HAIM (Home)
- Billie Eilish (What Was I Made For?)
- The Kid Laroi (Forever & Again)
- Khalid (Silver Platter)
- PinkPantheress (Angel)
- Gayle (Butterflies)
- Ava Max (Choose Your Fighter)
- Fifty Fifty (Barbie Dreams /Ft. Kali)
