Photo: Amy Sussman/Getty Images; Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty; Jean Baptiste Lacroix/WireImageDid Barbie just get some new famous friends?Issa RaeandMichael Ceraare joining the cast of directorGreta Gerwig’s upcomingBarbiefilm, PEOPLE can exclusively reveal.Barbie, which stars Margot Robbie as the ever-popular Mattel doll, will also feature Ryan Gosling as Barbie’s dashing beau Ken, along with America Ferrera, Simu Liu, Kate McKinnon and Will Ferrell. Production on the film is underway in the U.K.Details around the film’s plot and characters are being kept under wraps, thoughThe Hollywood ReportersaidFerrell, 54, will play the CEO of a toy company.Never miss a story — sign up forPEOPLE’s free daily newsletterto stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from juicy celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.Robbie, 31, who is also producing the big screen comedy, previously toldThe HollywoodReporterone of her goals is to subvert audience expectations with the film.“The name itself, people immediately have an idea of, ‘Oh, Margot is playing Barbie, I know what that is,’ but our goal is to be like, ‘Whatever you’re thinking, we’re going to give you something totally different — the thing you didn’t know you wanted,’ " she said back in December 2020.Oscar nominee Gerwig, 38, is directing the film after making 2017’sLady Birdand 2019’sLittle Women. She and partner Noah Baumbach, who share 3-year-old son Harold, wrote the script together.Barbieis expected to hit theaters next year.
Photo: Amy Sussman/Getty Images; Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty; Jean Baptiste Lacroix/WireImage
Did Barbie just get some new famous friends?Issa RaeandMichael Ceraare joining the cast of directorGreta Gerwig’s upcomingBarbiefilm, PEOPLE can exclusively reveal.Barbie, which stars Margot Robbie as the ever-popular Mattel doll, will also feature Ryan Gosling as Barbie’s dashing beau Ken, along with America Ferrera, Simu Liu, Kate McKinnon and Will Ferrell. Production on the film is underway in the U.K.Details around the film’s plot and characters are being kept under wraps, thoughThe Hollywood ReportersaidFerrell, 54, will play the CEO of a toy company.Never miss a story — sign up forPEOPLE’s free daily newsletterto stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from juicy celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.Robbie, 31, who is also producing the big screen comedy, previously toldThe HollywoodReporterone of her goals is to subvert audience expectations with the film.“The name itself, people immediately have an idea of, ‘Oh, Margot is playing Barbie, I know what that is,’ but our goal is to be like, ‘Whatever you’re thinking, we’re going to give you something totally different — the thing you didn’t know you wanted,’ " she said back in December 2020.Oscar nominee Gerwig, 38, is directing the film after making 2017’sLady Birdand 2019’sLittle Women. She and partner Noah Baumbach, who share 3-year-old son Harold, wrote the script together.Barbieis expected to hit theaters next year.
Did Barbie just get some new famous friends?
Issa RaeandMichael Ceraare joining the cast of directorGreta Gerwig’s upcomingBarbiefilm, PEOPLE can exclusively reveal.
Barbie, which stars Margot Robbie as the ever-popular Mattel doll, will also feature Ryan Gosling as Barbie’s dashing beau Ken, along with America Ferrera, Simu Liu, Kate McKinnon and Will Ferrell. Production on the film is underway in the U.K.
Details around the film’s plot and characters are being kept under wraps, thoughThe Hollywood ReportersaidFerrell, 54, will play the CEO of a toy company.
Never miss a story — sign up forPEOPLE’s free daily newsletterto stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from juicy celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.
Robbie, 31, who is also producing the big screen comedy, previously toldThe HollywoodReporterone of her goals is to subvert audience expectations with the film.
“The name itself, people immediately have an idea of, ‘Oh, Margot is playing Barbie, I know what that is,’ but our goal is to be like, ‘Whatever you’re thinking, we’re going to give you something totally different — the thing you didn’t know you wanted,’ " she said back in December 2020.
Oscar nominee Gerwig, 38, is directing the film after making 2017’sLady Birdand 2019’sLittle Women. She and partner Noah Baumbach, who share 3-year-old son Harold, wrote the script together.
Barbieis expected to hit theaters next year.
source: people.com
