Barbie vs. The Super Mario Bros. Movie Is a Perfect 2023 Hollywood Microcosm
When all is said and done, the biggest movies of 2023 are going to be based on a 60-year-old doll and a 40-year-old video game. Barbie and The Super Mario…
Barbie Is Closer to Digital This September
Screenshot: Warner Bros. Barbie, the billion-dollar sensation from Greta Gerwig starring Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling, is going to digital release on September 5. It’s already available to pre-order on…
Ken Stars in the Second Wave of Barbie Movie Dolls
Image: Mattel Looks like a good old fashioned visit to the toy aisle might be in order if you want a chance at the second drop of Barbie movie dolls.…
Warner Bros. Japan Calls on Western Studio to Apologize for Interacting With Barbenheimer Tweets
It’s the summer of Barbenheimer in the west, as the twin successes of Greta Gerwig’s Barbie and Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer have bought a soothing balm to an industry wracked by…
Barbie and Oppenheimer’s Box Office Is Proof Studios Need to Make a Fair Deal
Barbie and Oppenheimer opened this weekend, and crossing theater aisles for both films was a cultural phenomenon; Barbenheimer. Double-billing both films may not have been most people’s cup of tea…
Barbie Is Pretty to Watch, Fun to Play With, and Hard to Make Sense of
In the millennial search for meaning, much has been made of the recontextualization of childhood toys. It seems we’re desperate to turn many things that are relatively harmless into something…
Ryan Gosling Brings the Kenergy in His Barbie Movie Power Ballad
Screenshot: Warner Bros. Pictures The wait for Greta Gerwig and Margot Robbie’s Barbie movie is almost over and we can hardly wait. We just got a preview of Ryan Gosling’s…
We’re So Ready for Barbie’s New Billie Eilish Music to Wreck Us
Photo: Andreas Rentz (Getty Images), Screenshot: Warner Bros. (Getty Images) The Barbie movie has achieved what was once thought impossible: getting us even more hyped for its release, as pop…
Greta Gerwig Explains the ‘Long Journey’ to Cast Ryan Gosling as Ken
Ken (Ryan Gosling) and Barbie (Margot Robbie) Image: Warner Bros. The lore that’s already been built up around Barbie has taught us that star Margot Robbie was instrumental from the…
After Barbie, Here Are 14 Other Toys Mattel Might Make Into Movies
Image: Mattel In the article, a Mattel executive uses this toy, basically a fake fishing rod, to illustrate how random some of the takes get. A writer pitched a story…