In the interview, Margot Robbie spoke about the project and how the mere mention of Barbie “comes with a lot of baggage and a lot of nostalgic connections.”
It seems almost unthinkable to put these two things in a sentence together, but it looks like Margot Robbie’s Barbie movie has managed to land Oscar-nominated director Greta Gerwig to helm the new big screen take on Mattel’s iconic doll.
The movie is set to shoot in early 2022 with a release in 2023.
Eventually, a fresh idea of a Barbie movie was kicked around with Warner Bros. with Oceans 8 scribe Olivia Milch writing the script.