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Did we live in it?” she says. “Probably not. But many lived in something that looked a little bit like this.” Vogue reports that the Barbie storyline is somewhat inspired by the 1994 book Reviving Ophelia, which Gerwig read as a kid, that details problems girls face when they enter adolescence. “They’re funny and brash and confident, and then they just—stop,” the director told the magazine. While writing the screenplay, she realized that the film would ultimately cover: “How is this journey the same thing that a teenage girl feels? All of a sudden, she thinks, Oh, I’m not good enough.” Barbie herself is living her best life in her perfect Barbie world, partying of an evening with Barbies who are political leaders, supreme court judges and Nobel laureates (including Dua Lipa and Issa Rae), and a castrato chorus of beach-bunny Ken clones (including John Cena and Simu Liu) and Ken’s gloomy beta-male mate Allan (Michael Cera) when suddenly she is assailed with the terrible thought of dying. This is a large playset - once set up it measures 70.1 x 157 x 114.3cm and it requires three AA batteries. If you can deal with all that, it’s a great buy - and could be a great one to get now to take advantage of the saving and put it away for Christmas.

Also in the pic were Alexandra Shipp and Ana Cruz Kayne, plus a few other members of the studio ensemble.

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America Ferrara, Ariana Greenblatt, Alexandra Shipp, Kingsley Ben-Adir, Rhea Perlman, Sharon Rooney, Scott Evans, Ana Cruz Kayne, Connor Swindells, Ritu Arya, and Jamie Demetriou also are slated to appear in the movie. Emerald Fennell, writer-director of 2020’s Promising Young Woman, has a role as well.

If you thought the Barbie Land lettering in the film was just a cute design introductory to the fantasy world, you didn't look close enough. "When you go into Barbie Land, you go into the dot of the 'i' of Barbie Land," production designer Sarah Greenwood tells House Beautiful. "So the streets are written as Barbie Land, and the 'i' is the circle that they live in." Barbie Land is layered with 3-D and 2-D elements. The Dreamhouse offer is also not a competition, the listing explicitly states; people merely need to log in to Airbnb at 10 a.m. PDT on July 17 to access the chance to book one of two stays on offer. Move right in and customize the space – the grass area and pool can be placed in multiple configurations on the first and third floors. Plus, the slide in your Barbie Dreamhouse fits in four second-floor locations. Play out any story, from an ordinary day to the ultimate get-together with a kitchen, living room, dining room, bedroom, bathroom, pool, balcony, party room and more And whoever manages to land the Dreamhouse stay will also be taking home some of that famous merch, as the listing notes guests will be “taking home a piece of the Kendom with their very own set of yellow-and-pink Impala skates and surfboards.” She continued, “I think it was that feeling I had that it would be really interesting terror. Usually, that's where the best stuff is. When you're like, ‘I am terrified of that.’ Anything where you're like, ‘This could be a career-ender,’ then you're like, ‘OK, I probably should do it.’”

Barbie’s breakfast setting is modelled on the 1965 Eero Saarinen Pedestal range of white moulded plastic chairs, first imported to Australia in 1961 – and often called the Tulip range – and is the only identifiable piece of furniture in the movie set you can still buy.

While staying at the property—which is based on the famous Mattel dollhouse design—guests can also enjoy a couple of Ken’s favorite activities. Gerwig will pen the script with Marriage Story's Baumbach, which means this won't be your typical toy-to-television adaptation. It felt like we had to give the counterargument to Barbie, and not give it short shrift, but give it real intellectual and emotional power,” she said. “And Mattel was incredibly open to it. I said, ‘We have to explore it, because it’s a lie any other way. And we can’t make it a lie.’ I think they heard it.” Is there a trailer? Something like Barbie where the IP, 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,’” Robbie said. “Now, can we truly honor the IP and the fan base and also surprise people? Because if we can do all that and provoke a thoughtful conversation, then we’re really firing on all cylinders.” Well, the movie technically caused an international shortage of a shade of pink paint, so there’s that. Costume designer Jacqueline Durran also t old Vanity Fair that the beach is a crucial setting in the movie, so “Malibu Barbie is key.” In what will surely be great news for many mood-board enthusiasts, she noted that the outfits in Barbieland all use summertime pastel color combinations that riff “off the idea of a French Riviera beach in the early 1960s.” In addition to clothing items sourced by Durran’s team, Robbie’s Barbie wears some vintage pieces from Chanel, where Robbie is a fashion ambassador. As for Barbie’s boy toy? Expect to see the results of a lot of intentional shopping for retro sportswear (though Durran gives Gosling full credit for coming up with the Ken-branded underwear).

Schumer left the project because she very specifically wanted Barbie to be an “ambitious inventor.” She dropped out before Gerwig and Baumbach came onto the project but after the studio asked her if Barbie’s invention could be a “high heel made out of Jell-O.” That was absolutely sexist but sounds fun to try on. Barbie is a bit outside the norm for Gerwig and Baumbach. Gerwig, who is also an actress, is best known for her quirky and insightful comedy-dramas. Baumbach tends to make highly mannered and somewhat dry films like The Squid and the Whale. Neither’s filmography necessarily screams “the obvious person to make a movie about a famous toy.” But, that’s perhaps what makes Barbie so intriguing. Robbie trusted Gerwig, but she had a simple request before singing on. “I’ll follow your vision. Whatever you want this Barbie movie to be, let’s do that. Except I just have one favor,” she recalled telling the director on The Kelly Clarkson Show. “Please, please, please can we have a Dreamhouse where she has a slide that goes from her bedroom down to her pool, because that is my goal in life.” We get it. Is production for Barbie over?

And if you're itching for an at-home "Barbenheimer" double feature, you'll have to wait a little longer on that: “Oppenheimer,” Christopher Nolan’s true-life drama detailing the birth of the atomic bomb, is still in theaters only. Is the 'Barbie' movie suitable for kids?

Barbie’s 1950s origins inspired the Dream House aesthetic

But only a bit. Modernist houses didn’t try to hide their “materiality”, or cover over what they were made with. The original Barbie Dreamhouse, a cardboard fold-out home, was bright blue and yellow, with wood-coloured furniture. It’s see-through, so we can see each other,” Robbie explains in a movie trailer that explores the set of the Barbie movie, which opens next month. “All the Barbies in their own Barbie dream houses wake up in the morning and they can wave at each other.”