Uncertainty and curiosity for the movie “Barbie” are through the roof, despite the fact that its protagonist had already been announced, Margot Robbie, her partner, the Ken doll, had not been confirmed. The Deadline portal reported this Friday, October 22, that Ryan Gosling is negotiating his incorporation to the project.
Not much else is known about the film, except that in addition to directing it, Greta Gerwig will write it with her partner Noah Baumbach. However, given Gerwig’s history as a director, it can be expected that the film will not portray the typical version of the doll’s story.
The role of the mythical plastic boyfriend of Barbie doll was naturally offered to Ryan Gosling.
But he had to say no due to scheduling problems. But the project was delayed and with a Gosling who has just finished filming ‘The Gray Man‘, he finally negotiates the incorporation of him into the film.
Warner Bros will be the studio that will carry the main part together with Mattel Film, the audiovisual division of popular toys. The interpreter of ‘Blue Valentine‘ has advanced the negotiations to be under the command of Greta Gerwig. Filming will begin in 2022 in London (United Kingdom).
The film project on the famous doll has been in development in Hollywood for years.
In the first place, he was linked to the Sony studio, which in 2014 reached an agreement with Mattel to address this film adaptation.
In 2016 it became known that Amy Schumer was chosen by Sony to star in a film about a woman who lived in Barbieland and that she was expelled from that world for not being perfect enough. The following year, Schumer resigned from this film due to scheduling problems.
After so much waiting, Sony’s agreement to film the Barbie character expired in 2018, so Mattel is now working with Warner Bros to make this feature a reality with an approach that will be different from that of the initial project.
