According to foreign media Deadline, "High Commander" Ryan Gosling is expected to join the live-action version of the "Barbie" movie and will play Barbie's boyfriend Kenny! The role of Barbie was confirmed as early as 2019 to be played by Margot Robbie.
Gosling and Warner Bros. Pictures have entered the final stages of negotiations, and people familiar with the matter said that Gosling initially rejected the role due to scheduling reasons, but with the extension of the film's pre-work and Warner Bros. Pictures' insistence on using Gosling as the only candidate, the actor finally had a vacancy in the schedule and is expected to cooperate.
Once Gosling confirms his joining, the "Barbie" live-action movie is scheduled to start shooting early next year and is expected to be released in 2023. Little Women, Miss Bird, directed by Greta Gerweger, and with boyfriend Noah Baumbach (The Squid and the Whale, The Great Fox Daddy, The Story of Meyerrowitz), Margot Robbie will also be the producer.
It is reported that the film has been developed for many years, and in 2014, Sony signed a contract with Mattel (the manufacturer of Barbie dolls) to shoot the Barbie live-action series of movies. 2016 was initially starred by Amy Schumer, but due to scheduling conflicts, it was later replaced by Anne Hathaway, Patty Jenkins (Wonder Woman) is expected to direct, after Which Sony announced that the film was postponed, and a few months later the adaptation rights returned to Mattel, after which Mattel collaborated with Warner Bros.
At the beginning of 2019, the live-action version of the Barbie movie was officially launched by Warner Bros., and confirmed that the Barbie doll was played by Margot Robbie, to which Robbie said: "It is a great honor to play Barbie and act as a producer, and I am sure that we will definitely produce a film that will have a significant positive impact for audiences and children around the world." She also said in an interview afterwards that the film would bring you some thinking topics, but said that the specific script should be kept secret!
I have to say that the appearance of Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling is really quite similar to Barbie dolls, netizens learned that this casting said that "they are simply out of the Barbie movie", "these two people are too suitable", "really look like barbie characters" and so on, I don't know if the final success of the film will be what effect?
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