The Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling-led film hits theaters on July 21
May 25, 2023 | 12:21 PM ET
Warner Bros. has revealed the most comprehensive look yet BarbieGreta Gerwig’s upcoming film starring Margot Robbie.
The new trailer confirms the film’s plot: Robbie’s Barbie experiences a full-on existential crisis that prompts her to leave the monotonous paradise of Barbie Land and travel to the real world, where she interacts with real people. Fearing the disastrous consequences of Barbie’s quest for self-discovery, Will Ferrell, who plays the head of Mattel’s CEO, goes after her.
The trailer also previews Dua Lipa and Nicki Minaj’s original contributions to the soundtrack: Lipa contributed a song called “Dance the Night” (out later tonight), and Minaj put her own spin on AQUA’s classic “Barbie Girl.” ” The trailer also features Cass Elliott’s “Make Your Own Kind of Music” and Indigo Girls’ “Closer I Am to Fine.”
Barbie hits theaters on July 21. The impressive cast also features Dua Lipa, Issa Rae, Emma Mackey, Alexandra Shipp and Kate McKinnon (playing different versions of Barbie), Simu Liu, Ncuti Gatwa and Kingsley Ben-Adir (playing different Kens), America Ferrera, Michael Cera, Connor Swindells, Emerald Fennell, Ariana Greenblatt, Rhea Perlman and John Cena, with Helen Mirren as narrator. Gerwig co-wrote Barbie with his partner and longtime collaborator Noah Baumbach.
In the lead up to BarbieSam Rosenberg recently traced the film’s origins back to the Baumbachs Frances Hawhich starred Gerwig.
