Did you guys see The LEGO Movie? I eventually saw it when it came on HBO or something, and I was charmed by it. They did it really well, despite my concern that making a movie out of a kids’ toys was the beginning of the end. Of course, other toy companies wantto get involved now too, which is why Mattel has been trying to put together a live-action Barbie movie for a few years. At first, the Barbie movie was supposed to be about how every woman is an individual and that Barbie doesn’t have to be this perfectly proportioned blonde. Amy Schumer was attached. Then Schumer left the project, and they cast Anne Hathaway. I thought Hathaway was an interesting choice too. But now Hathaway has left the project and they’ve got their eye on someone else: Margot Robbie. Oh, God.
Barbie has found a new studio lot for her Malibu Dream House. A movie about the popular doll was in development for years at Sony, but now Mattel is partnering with Warner Bros. for a feature film, with Margot Robbie in talks to star. Robbie would also produce the project through her LuckyChap banner.
Sources say that Wonder Woman director Patty Jenkins is circling the Warners project but indicate there are no substantive talks that have taken place. If a deal is made, the Barbie movie would continue a partnership between Robbie and Warner Bros., where her LuckyChap banner has a first-look deal. The studio is currently gearing up for the Robbie-produced Birds of Prey, which will see her reprise her DCU role as Harley Quinn.
To be completely fair, I think Margot Robbie is a wonderful and talented actress. She’s more than just her “sexy It Girl” hype. I believe in her as an actress and producer. But I think this is a terrible idea. After paying a lot of lip service to the idea that a Barbie movie would be somewhat woke, somewhat body positive and somewhat feminist, now Mattel is just hiring an actress who looks just like Barbie? It’s like they’re saying to little girls “lol, women like Margot Robbie are still the ideal beauty.” Someone needs to put this movie out of its misery.
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— Barbie (@Barbie) September 22, 2018
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Oh, brother. Ridiculous.
Le puke.
never been a huge margot fan. she’s average in teh acting department but pretty. I guess I’m still salty that she was thirsty enough to work with scumbag tarantino to tell the graphic violent story of tate’s murder. just grosses me out. now barbie? yikes. hollywood is getting desperate
Have to tarnish all the men involved with the same comments though.
For her it could be a huge ‘get’. For Leo? He has awards and prestige already… so why be involved?
I’ll give Barbie credit that it was one of the few doll lines that featured women in careers – airline pilots, doctors, etc. Little girls weren’t just getting the pretty blonde woman experience by the time the 90s rolled around, even if they’ve had the occasional PR stumbles.
But yeah, pass on the movie. It makes a cute kids show but not a workable movie.
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I think that MR is attractive but still is boring and basic. I think of Faith Hill as being more in line with the Barbie type of pretty, and even Carrie Underwood. I don’t know why they are making this movie though or why anyone would want to be attached to it. I guess we all have bills to pay and there are pretty shoes to be bought…Stars, they ARE just like us /s
I agree. She was stunning in Wolf and in that airline TV series but has lost weight and styles herself differently. They softened her rather strong features and jaw in that film. I think she’s attractive but not the beauty she’s made out to be, and nothing wrong with that. Her imdb is crazy busy.
Give the starring role to Blohan!
Disaster. Just what we need. I am sure there are plenty of adult movies with “barbies”
They screwed up the Jem movie and there was much more plot to work with there. Barbie has always been an empty shell and while that can work for cartoons, it would come off horribly as a real life person.
They had a series of Barbie movies on tv done with computer animation that actually were pretty good. I think they mostly had her in remakes of old fairy tales like Cinderella with some exceptions. I was never a fan of the doll, but those were quite watchable.
Not sure why they didn’t just do another one of those for theaters, since animation fits a doll-based character better than live action ever could. If they want to do live action targeting girls, there are much better ideas to use.