Barbie
Summary
Before Margot Robbie playedBarbiein Greta Gerwig ’s movie of the same name , the character almost made it to the big filmdom in live - action format a couple of times . Greta Gerwig’sBarbiewas one of the most anticipated moving picture of 2023 , and went on to become a massive success , becoming the highest - grossing movie of the yr and earning nomination for various awards . Barbieis the far-famed doll ’s first unrecorded - action plastic film , and it pack the audience to Barbieland to meetStereotypical Barbie ( Robbie ) , her Barbie protagonist , and all the Kens , most notably Ryan Gosling ’s Ken .
One day , Barbie arouse up to various changes in her , include flavourless feet and thoughts about death , forcing her to travel into the human world ( with Ken , who tagged along ) to find the girl who had been playing with her . In the process , Barbie and Ken learned about sexuality inequality and other social issues in the human cosmos that were n’t present ( or not in the same way ) in Barbieland , supply to Barbie ’s experiential crisis . For Gerwig ’s vision of Barbie to pass off , the graphic symbol went through a long ontogeny process that included a couple of scrub versions .
Greta Gerwig ’s Barbie is a bit more superimposed than expected . We break down the film ’s ending , include what fueled Barbie ’s final decision .
Cannon Films’ 1980s Barbie Movie
A live-action Barbie film entered development in the 1980s.
Barbie has been around since 1959 , but it was n’t until the 1980s that her popularity was such that her brand started to expand into a multimedia system dealership . Barbie bring forth her first animated movie in 2001 , but she could have had her first live - action adventure in the 1980s . The project was announced in 1986 ( viaLA Times ) when Cannon Films was at its peak , and it was part of a foresighted list of forthcoming picture that includedCaptain America , Sinbad , andRockula . The secret plan of this variation ofBarbiewas merely described as the doll showing her owner that “ all of her dreams can come up true ” , which is very meet with her brand .
Cannon Films ’ Barbie picture never came to be as Mattel give up working with the studio following its live - action adaptation ofMasters of the Universein 1987.Masters of the Universewas a huge decisive and commercial-grade failure , and so a Barbie movie did n’t move forrard as the risk of infection was too high .
Sharon Stone’s 1990s Barbie Movie
Sharon Stone’s Barbie pitch wasn’t taken seriously.
Sharon Stone revealed in January 2024 , in a comment onBarbie ’s America FerraraInstagram , that she came up with an idea for a springy - action Barbie movie in the 1990s . Stone shared that she “ was express mirth out [ of ] the studio apartment ” , despite counting on the funding of “ the head of Barbie ” . Stone then congratulated Ferrera and the repose of theBarbieteam for their “ courage and endurance” . Stone did n’t partake more details about herBarbiepitch , and it ’s unlikely she will , but it goes to show that it took decade for Barbie to be take seriously outside the plaything man .
Amy Schumer’s Barbie Movie
Amy Schumer playing Barbie almost came true.
A live - action at law Barbie movie entered development in 2009 , and in 2014 , Mattel teamed up with Sony Pictures to produce the undertaking , with filming planned to start the undermentioned yr . In 2015 , Diablo Cody was brought on dining table to rewrite the screenplay , which afterward go through more rewrites with a new team . In 2016 , Amy Schumer was announced to be rewriting the script ( with her baby Kim Caramele ) and star as Barbie , but expend out the following year , initially citing scheduling conflicts butrevealing in 2023 that it was due to creative differenceswith the then - producers of the photographic film .
Anne Hathaway’s Barbie Movie
Anne Hathaway could have been the real-life Barbie.
A couplet of month after Schumer ’s going , Anne Hathaway was in consideration to play Barbie , while Sony charter Olivia Milch to rewrite the script . The following year , Alethea Jones was brought on board to direct the project , but it did n’t go further than that . In 2018 , the right hand reverted to Mattel , and with the expiration of Sony ’s alternative on the film and its transference to Warner Bros. ,Barbielost Hathaway , Jones , and its producers . Hathaway’sBarbieis said to have follow Schumer ’s idea , in which Barbie would have been kicked out of Barbieland for not being perfect enoughand would have land in a actual - existence dangerous undertaking .
Now with Warner Bros. , the bouncy - action Barbie movie went through a couple more changes to become the 2023 hit everyone now know . Although Gerwig’sBarbiehas a different story than what ’s known about preceding versions , it keep the substance of Schumer ’s theme in the sense of Barbie go forth Barbieland after no longer correspond those “ perfect ” standards , thoughBarbie ’s journey had a much deep import and understanding than not being “ perfect enough ” , and she was n’t kicked out for being unlike , rather opt to leave to find out what was run on with her .
