Sharon Stone discusses her failed Barbie pitch in the ’90s, saying that executives “didn’t think Barbie should be powerful.” Barbie was easily the biggest movie of the year; not only generating $1.4 billion worldwide but dominating pop culture discourse for months on end. It was a fitting conclusion for a project that had spent decades … Read more
What was the biggest movie of 2023? It all depends how you measure it. In terms of box-office performance, the biggest movie of the year was Barbie with $1.4 billion in worldwide grosses. But Zack Snyder says that’s just one way of looking at things. If you look at pure viewers, he said in a recent appearance … Read more
Werner Herzog reacts to Barbie in a way only he can, calling it “sheer hell as close as it gets” after watching the first 30 minutes. Whether you love it or hate it, there’s no denying that Barbie was the biggest movie of the year, but what did Werner Herzog think of the film? When … Read more
Greta Gerwig says that she wrote a draft for her upcoming The Chronicles of Narnia adaptations before she started working on Barbie. Speaking with Time Magazine, Gerwig discussed laying the groundwork for her upcoming Narnia movies prior to 2023’s Barbie began filming. “Knowing that I’d laid the groundwork for Narnia and wanted to return to it—that’s probably … Read more
Michael Cera called rumors that his Barbie character, Allan, could lead a sequel “weird”, saying he doesn’t do anything. Allan was one of the runaway characters in Barbie. Introduced by Mattel as a bit of a supporting character to a supporting character — he was first labeled as “Ken’s buddy” — Michael Cera’s interpretation of … Read more
Future Best Supporting Actor winner Robert Downey Jr. doesn’t think that Margot Robbie is getting enough credit for her Barbie performance. Margot Robbie’s run on the awards circuit won’t extend nearly as far as many think she’s deserving of, as the actress was snubbed (if that’s even a thing) by the Academy Awards. When the … Read more
Ryan Gosling reacts to Barbie Oscar snub, says he’s disappointed that Margot Robbie and Greta Gerwig weren’t nominated. The nominations for the 96th Academy Awards were announced earlier today, and as with every year, they came complete with a few surprises and a few snubs. One Oscar snub in particular seems to be rubbing folks … Read more
Sharon Stone was “laughed” at by studio executives when she pitched a Barbie movie in the 1990s. The Basic Instinct actress recalled how film chiefs poured scorn on her idea for a film about the iconic toy doll and is grateful for the changes that have happened in Hollywood that led to Margot Robbie’s hugely … Read more
Margot Robbie remains skeptical that Barbie 2 could — or should — happen, saying people care too much about sequels. She’s a Barbie girl in a Barbie world…But don’t expect that world to expand, as Margot Robbie has passively dismissed Barbie 2, even if the first movie was the highest-grossing movie of last year. Robbie … Read more
Hi Barbie. Given the fact that it was the #1 movie of 2023 in theaters — grossing an incredible $1.4 billion worldwide — most of you reading this have probably already seen Greta Gerwig’s Barbie. Maybe you saw it more than once. Probably a few of you saw it upwards of five times. If you didn’t see … Read more