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English actor Jodie Comer has been working on-screen since 2008, accruing a growing number of major television and film projects over the years. By 2018, Comer had expanded beyond working in British productions, appearing in everything from prestige American television to blockbuster action movies. Throughout her career, Comer has worked with some of the biggest filmmakers in Hollywood, including Ridley Scott, Shawn Levy, and J.J. Abrams. This impressive filmography has earned Comer plenty of accolades for her work, including winning multiple BAFTAs, an Emmy, and being nominated for scores of other major acting awards.

Simply put, Jodie Comer's profile is one of the fastest growing and steadily acclaimed in the entertainment industry and showing no signs of slowing down. With that in mind, there are several movies and television shows Comer has appeared in that are standouts across her entire body of work. Here are Jodie Comer's ten best movies and TV shows ranked.

In a first-look and development deal, Fremantle will become the primary home for all of Fudge Park’s upcoming scripted projects.

The news was unveiled Tuesday following the success of BBC Three’s Daddy Issues, starring Aimee Lou Wood (Sex Education) and David Morrissey (The Walking Dead, Sherwood), which debuted on BBC iPlayer in August and has already been green-lit for a second season.

The U.K. indie will work closely with Fremantle’s Global Drama and International Distribution divisions to help develop its drama and comedy slate, with an aim to break ground in new territories. The deal was brokered by Jill Kellie, vp commercial strategy, commercial & international, and Jonathan Blyth, managing director at Fudge Park.

Set in Stockport, Daddy Issues sees Gemma (Wood) discover she’s pregnant after a one-night stand. With her sister Catherine (Sharon Rooney) in prison and her mum Davina (Susan Lynch) traveling around the world,...

Sharon Rooney thought her agent was joking when she told her Greta Gerwig wanted her for 'Barbie'.The 'My Mad Fat Diary' star, 35, was obsessed with the Mattel doll growing up, noting "I had Barbie everything", and landed a small role as Lawyer Barbie alongside Margot Robbie (Barbie) and Ryan Gosling (Ken) in director's 2023 blockbuster.But when she heard the 'Lady Bird' filmmaker wanted her to appear in her film, she didn't quite believe it and had to double check her agent wasn't playing a prank.She told The i newspaper: “My agent said: ‘I was just phoning to see if you fancied making a film with Greta Gerwig?’. I was like: ‘Shut up. What did you actually phone me for?’“You don’t think something like that is going to happen on a random midweek evening."Sharon - who shot to fame playing Rae, who...

Daddy Issues, the BBC sitcom written by Danielle Ward and starring David Morrissey and Aimee Lou Wood, has been renewed for a second series.

Sex Education is one of those shows where you could legitimately call every main actor a breakout star. Asa Butterfield continues to star in a wide variety of films, Ncuti Gatwa is the Fifteenth Doctor, and Emma Mackey and Connor Swindells snagged roles in Barbie.

Aimee Lou Wood is no exception. She was recently seen in the terrific Living, opposite Bill Nighy, and British comedy Seize Them!

She recently headined BBC sitcom Daddy Issues opposite David Morrissey, which has now been renewed for a second series.

The synopsis reads as follows:

When hedonistic 24 year old Gemma (Aimee Lou Wood) discovers she’s pregnant after a random hook-up, she has no choice but to turn to her hapless father Malcolm (David Morrissey) for support. Recently divorced from...

Exclusive: Daddy Issues has secured a second season on the BBC.

The series, starring BAFTA-winning Sex Education actress Aimee Lou Wood and The Walking Dead’s David Morrissey, will return after becoming the biggest comedy launch on BBC3 since 2022.

Created by Danielle Ward (Brassic), Season 1 of Daddy Issues followed Stockport-based Gemma (Lou Wood), who discovers she’s pregnant after a random hook-up.

With her sister Catherine (Sharon Rooney) in prison and her mum Davina (Susan Lynch) traveling around the world to find herself, Gemma had no choice but to turn to her hapless father Malcolm (Morrissey) for support.

Daddy Issues is produced by Fudge Park Productions, the company founded in 2015 by Iain Morris and Damon Beesley, writers and creators of The Inbetweeners.

Jon Petrie, director of comedy at the BBC, and Fiona Campbell, the BBC’s controller of youth audience, commissioned the second, six-part season alongside Seb Barwell.

The director...

Intense thriller Nightsleeper comes to the BBC in September, and here’s the trailer for the train-based series.

One of the most thrilling scenes to come out of a BBC drama in recent years was the opening of Jed Mercurio’s Bodyguard, in which the titular character foils a terrorist on a train.

New BBC thriller Nightsleeper takes this to the extreme by setting all six episodes on a high speed train. Think of it as Under Siege 2: Dark Territory, but on a modern BBC budget. And with no Steven Seagal.

The synopsis reads as follows:

Nightsleeper is a six-part series in which a train is ‘hackjacked’ while travelling from Glasgow to London, and suddenly finds itself on an uncertain journey with an even less certain destination. Part fast-moving heart-in-the-mouth action-adventure and part twisty-turny whodunnit detective story, it’s a roller coaster ride set across a single night where...

Life threw Gemma a serious curveball—one minute swearing off relationships to focus on fun with friends, the next facing an unplanned pregnancy alone. Yet this new comedy from writer Danielle Ward shows even the most daunting situations can be weathered with the right support.

Gemma loves her life in Manchester, working as a hairdresser and spending weekends lighting up the town. But after a fling on a flight goes farther than expected, suddenly she’s dealing with morning sickness and wondering how to tell her estranged dad Malcolm the news. As if that’s not stressful enough, her flatmate’s moving out, leaving Gemma on the verge of homelessness too.

Enter Malcolm, who’s still struggling after his wife left. Living with only the barest life skills, he seems less father figure and more extra dependent. But with her sister in prison and mom who knows where, Gemma realizes...

David Morrissey and Sex Education star Aimee Lou Wood headline new sitcom Daddy Issues. Here’s the trailer.

Sex Education is one of those shows where you could legitimately call every main actor a breakout star. Asa Butterfield continues to star in a wide variety of films, Ncuti Gatwa is the Fifteenth Doctor, and Emma Mackey and Connor Swindells snagged roles in Barbie.

Aimee Lou Wood is no exception. She was recently seen in the terrific Living, opposite Bill Nighy, and British comedy Seize Them!

She now headlines BBC sitcom Daddy Issues opposite David Morrissey.

The synopsis reads as follows:

When hedonistic 24 year old Gemma (Aimee Lou Wood) discovers she’s pregnant after a random hook-up, she has no choice but to turn to her hapless father Malcolm (David Morrissey) for support. Recently divorced from Gemma’s mother (who made off with their joint savings to ‘Eat Pray Love’ her...

Banijay Rights, the global distribution arm of Banijay Entertainment, has closed a significant scripted package deal with Spain’s Movistar Plus+, the country’s leading pay TV and SVOD service.

The agreement, encompassing over 60 hours of drama content, includes several of Banijay Rights banner titles at the London TV Screenings this year. Among them are the BAFTA and Golden Globe-winning “Wolf Hall,” Steven Knight’s “This Town,” the upcoming “The Hardacres,” historical drama “Marie Antoinette,” BAFTA award-winning “The Sixth Commandment” and the coming-of-age series “My Mad Fat Diary.”

Upscale mass audience entertainment, the dramas carefully observed social context makes them a good fit for Movistar Plus+, whose auteur-driven original series enrolling often some of the best movie directors in Spain, aim to be part of Spain’s cultural conversation.

Marion Vergnaud, senior VP Iberia, Italy and Malta, Banijay Rights, who brokered the deal, said: “From the inner workings of the...

The BBC has revealed exclusive first-look images and announced a stellar cast for the upcoming third series of the popular comedy The Cleaner. Greg Davies returns as crime scene cleaner Paul ‘Wicky’ Wickstead, and he’s joined by an impressive lineup of guest stars, including Steve Pemberton (Inside No 9), Sharon Rooney (Barbie), Ben Willbond (Ghosts), […]

First Look at Series 3 of Greg Davies Comedy The Cleaner...

Golda Rosheuvel (Bridgerton, Dune)and Priya-Rose Brookwell (The Lazarus Project) are set to take up the lead roles of ‘Dinah’ and ‘Charlie’ in ‘Grow,’ produced by Double Nickel Entertainment in association with Sky and Orogen Entertainment.

The story of Dinah Little, a no nonsense, curmudgeonly farmer with a heart of gold, and Charlie, the unknown and unloved niece Dinah begrudgingly takes in after discovering Charlie in an orphanage. Dinah’s farm is in the self-proclaimed “Pumpkin Capital of the World” where the biggest event of the year is a high-stakes cutthroat giant-pumpkin-growing contest where the entire town gets their pumpkin patches ready to compete for a cash prize and pumpkin glory.

Charlie has a special bond with plants and, combined with her feisty personality and determination, decides to grow a gigantic pumpkin for the competition, to attempt to win the coveted prize. Charlie and other pumpkin growers face sabotage and...

Golda Rosheuvel, Nick Frost, Jeremy Swift, Tim McInnerny and Jane Horrocks lead the cast of Sky Original feature Grow which is being sold internationally by Gfm Film Sales at the Cannes Market.

The film has commenced principal photography in Scotland and will be released in cinemas globally and on Sky Cinema in the UK and Ireland in 2025.

Rosheuvel, best known for Dune and Bridgerton, stars in the family comedy as a curmudgeonly farmer of a pumpkin farm who takes in her newly discovered niece from an orphanage. When the annual pumpkin-growing contest is sabotaged, the farmer learns to nurture her...

Golda Rosheuvel (Bridgerton, Dune) and Priya-Rose Brookwell (The Lazarus Project) are set to take up the lead roles of Dinah and Charlie in family feature Grow, Sky have announced.

It is the story of Dinah Little, a “no-nonsense, curmudgeonly farmer with a heart of gold,” and Charlie, “the unknown and unloved niece” that Rosheuvel’s character begrudgingly takes in after finding Charlie in an orphanage. Dinah’s farm is in the self-proclaimed “Pumpkin Capital of the World,” and Charlie, who just so happens to have a special bond with plants, decides to produce her own for a cutthroat pumpkin-growing contest.

The film will also star Nick Frost (Hot Fuzz, How To Train Your Dragon) as the eco-loving pumpkin pundit Arlo and Jeremy Swift (Ted Lasso, Downton Abbey) as Mr Gregory, a pumpkin-obsessed mad scientist.

Tim McInnerny (Notting Hill, One Day), Jane Horrocks (Absolutely Fabulous, Bloods) and British comedian/presenter Alan Carr will also appear.

Aimee Lou Wood Comedy ‘Daddy Issues’ Rounds Out Cast

Aimee Lou Wood BBC comedy Daddy Issues has rounded out cast and unveiled first-look image. Joining the Sex Education star and David Morrissey are David Fynn (Am I Being Unreasonable?), Sharon Rooney (Barbie), Sarah Hadland (Miranda), Taj Atwal (Hullraisers), Arian Nik (Count Abdulla), Tom Stourton (Stath Lets Flats), Susan Lynch (Sex Education), Susannah Fielding (This Time with Alan Partridge), Lauren O’Rourke (Henpocalypse), Cyril Nri (Death in Paradise), Cora Kirk (Grantchester), Perry Fitzgerald (Line of Duty), Claire Keelan (The Trip), Damien Molony (Brassic), Sherrie Hewson (Benidorm), Humphrey Ker (Welcome to Wrexham) and David Reed (Ghosts). Daddy Issues follows a hedonistic woman in her mid-20s, played by Wood, who discovers she’s pregnant after a random hook-up and has no choice but to turn to her hapless father Malcolm for support. The show will air on BBC Three, producer is Fudge Park and distributor is Fremantle.

Ana Cruz Kayne, Sharon Rooney, Alexandra Shipp, Margot Robbie, Hari Nef, and Emma MacKey in ‘Barbie’ (Photo Courtesy Warner Bros. Pictures)

The Alliance of Women Film Journalists (AWFJ) announced their 2023 Eda Awards nominees, with voting members showing their support of awards season favorites including Anatomy of a Fall, Barbie, Killers of the Flower Moon, and Past Lives. The 95 voting members also showered The Holdovers, Oppenheimer, and The Zone of Interest with multiple nominations.

The year-end awards are divided into three main categories: Best Of, Eda Female Focus (for women only), and Special Mention.

“2023 has been a banner year for women working in film. We are particularly proud that this year’s member-determined roster of nominees included a goodly number of female contenders in non-gender specific categories, including Greta Gerwig, Justine Triet, and Celine Song, who are nominated in both the Best Director category and Best Screenplay categories,” stated Jennifer Merin,...

Forget the fear of flying. In the upcoming six-episode thriller “Nightsleeper,” the real danger awaits on a train travelling from Glasgow to London.

“When we were developing the show, we got all these experts in one room and asked: ‘How do you hack a train?’ An hour later, they said: ‘This is scary. We could easily do it now, between ourselves’,” says writer Nick Leather.

“We will do for trains what ‘Jaws’ did for sharks.”

Produced by Fremantle’s Euston Films and set to premiere on BBC One and BBC iPlayer in early 2024, “Nightsleeper” is directed by Jamie Magnus Stone and John Hayes.

While Abby Aysgarth (Alexandra Roach) at the U..K’s National Cyber Security Centre is trying her best to stop the train, some remaining passengers also join forces – including off-duty cop Joe Roag (“Peaky Blinders” actor Joe Cole). But they only have six hours and one satellite phone.

Following the box office success of Barbie, there’s been a lot of chatter about a potential sequel that would see Margot Robbie reprise the titular character role.

However, in a new interview, Robbie seems to shoot down any possibilities of a follow-up to the Greta Gerwig-directed film.

“I think we put everything into this one. We didn’t build it to be a trilogy or something,” Robbie told the Associated Press in an interview. “Greta put everything into this movie, so I can’t imagine what would be next.”

Barbie made over $1.4 billion at the box office and Robbie also reflected on the success of the film noting that “original films can still hit huge.”

“It doesn’t have to be a sequel or a prequel or a remake,” Robbie continued. “It can be totally original. It can still be big given the big budget to do that.

The BBC has released two first-look images from its upcoming real-time thriller ‘Nightsleeper.’

The story is about the hacking of a sleeper train travelling from Glasgow to London, and a government agency’s frantic efforts to intervene in the rapidly-escalating events onboard. Can two people who’ve never met, one on the train and one not, work together to save the lives of its disparate group of passengers as the Heart of Britain overnight service hurtles towards what might quite literally be its final destination?

Alexandra Roach (The Light in the Hall) and Joe Cole (Gangs of London) lead the cast of the suspense thriller, written by BAFTA award-winning writer Nick Leather (Murdered For Being Different) from Fremantle’s Euston Films, coming to BBC One and BBC iPlayer in early 2024.

Roach plays Abby Aysgarth, the Acting Technical Director at the UK’s National Cyber Security Centre, who’s finally about...

Stars: Margot Robbie, Ryan Gosling, Issa Rae, Kate McKinnon, Alexandra Shipp, Emma Mackey, Hari Nef, Sharon Rooney, Simu Liu, Ncuti Gatwa, John Cena, Michael Cera, America Ferrera, Rhea Perlman, Will Ferrell | Written by Greta Gerwig, Noah Baumbach | Directed by Greta Gerwig

In a world that has gifted Greta Gerwig the possibility to focus all her creative skills and talents on Barbie, the film becomes the pink dream we all hoped it would be. After months and months of their marketing campaign, which often felt like seeing a sea of pink slowly wash towards us, the creators behind Barbie were right to put everything they had into getting people into the theatres to see this on the big screen. Not only does Barbie reach something on a creative and entertaining level, but it touches deeper and lingers on the mind longer than any movie about a doll has the right to.

Come on, Barbie, let’s go party at my house when Greta Gerwig’s Barbie comes to 4K HD, Blu-ray, and DVD later this month! The physical release of 2023’s highest-grossing film hits shelves and online retailers on October 17, bringing laughter, existential crisis, and harsh lessons about social constructs to your living room!

Barbie converted the summer into a dance party when the musical comedy turned most theater tickets pink, earning $1.4B worldwide! The film presents the iconic blonde bombshell in ways we’ve never seen while taking Mattel to task for decades of questionable motivation concerning its portrayal of “toys for girls.” To Mattel’s credit, the legendary toy company leans into Gerwig and Noah Baumbach’s biting script, giving the Hollywood couple plenty of room to play in Barbie Land. Barbie is a unique film experience worth watching, and you can pre-order a copy of the film by clicking this link.

Greta Gerwig’s Barbie might as well wear the Infinity Gauntlet because the pink-powered meta-comedy has defeated Avengers: Endgame as the best-selling movie ever at Alamo Drafthouse. The theater chain isn’t keen on releasing ticket sale totals for either film. However, Barbie is sitting pretty at the box office, with $596 million in North America and $1.343 billion worldwide. For those who want to compare, Avengers: Endgame snapped up $858 million in North America and $2.799 billion globally. While Barbie is bigger than Endgame at Alamo Drafthouse, the Marvel event film is still the second-biggest movie in history behind James Cameron’s Avatar.

A portion of Barbie’s popularity at Alamo Drafthouse could point toward the theater chain’s merchandise push, with Drafthouse cinemas offering limited edition items to guests, including lunch boxes, t-shirts, and sunglasses. Alamo Drafthouse says Barbie is responsible for selling more merch than any other film hosted by the boutique theater.

C’mon, Barbie! Let’s go party! Greta Gerwig’s existential comedy Barbie is making history after becoming the highest-grossing Warner Bros. film at the global box office! Say farewell to the top spot, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2. There’s a new champion at the pinnacle of the chart!

Today’s news is another win for Barbie after the film inspired by the classic toy line surpassed Christopher Nolan’s The Dark Knight as WB’s biggest movie in the studio’s history in North America. Before leaving Batman in the dust, Barbie pounced on Illumination and Universal’s The Super Mario Bros. Movie, becoming the top-grossing title of 2023 in North America. If Barbie remains on track – and there’s no reason to think it won’t – it could become the world’s top-earning film of the year. With enough time, Barbie could overtake Disney’s...

If you thought Greta Gerwig’s Barbie was done making waves at the box office, think again! The existential comedy is now the highest-grossing Warner Bros. movie in the studio’s 100-year history! With $537.4M in domestic receipts, the blonde bombshell’s meta dance party has driven its Pink Convertible past the previous record holder, Christopher Nolan’s The Dark Night (534.9M). In addition to the milestone, the Barbie Digital release date has been set for September 5, 2023. You can pre-order your copy now through Google Play, iTunes, Microsoft Store, and Vudu!

Barbie crossed the half-billion mark in the United States and Canada after its 22nd release day, flying past Top Gun: Maverick (30 days) and The Super Mario Bros Movie (31 days). Globally, Barbie stands atop $1.2 billion in box office returns. The doll’s delightful adventure is the second-highest-grossing movie worldwide from Warner Bros., with Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part...

Come on Barbie, let's go party ... without ever having to leave our mojo dojo casa houses! Thanks to "Barbie" fever sweeping the globe (with a mutual boost provided by the #Barbenheimer phenomenon), the Greta Gerwig-directed and Margot Robbie-starring blockbuster drove its pink convertible straight to the top of the box office charts, smashing its way into the vaunted billion-dollar club and becoming one of the top 25 highest grossing movies ever. Not bad for a so-called "girl's movie" that practically every angry YouTuber predicted would be the biggest casualty of the "Go woke, go broke" narrative, eh?

While the film is still raking in the dough in theaters worldwide, Warner Bros. is already looking ahead to what will assuredly be a profitable and long-lasting shelf life once the film arrives on home media. That day is drawing nearer and nearer, as Variety reports that "Barbie" will debut on digital...

"Barbie" is officially a billion-dollar hit! The Greta Gerwig-directed movie hit theaters on July 21, sending fans into a bright-pink, over-the-top fantasyland where the most important person in the world is Barbie. Seventeen days after the film's release, Variety reported that "Barbie" surpassed $1 billion at the global box office, raking in $459 million in North America and $572 million internationally. Thus, it made Gerwig the first-ever solo woman filmmaker with a billion-dollar movie. "Barbie" is also the fastest Warner Bros. release (and eighth in the studio's 100-year history) to join the billion club, a record previously held by "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2," which accomplished the feat in 19 days.

For months, "Barbie"'s plot stayed mostly under wraps until Warner Bros. released the film's full-length trailer on May 25. In the nearly three-minute clip, all the Barbies - including star Margot Robbie's (the main Barbie) - blissfully enjoy their carefree lives in Barbie Land.

If you’re among the few people holding out on seeing Barbie in theaters, your magenta-pink Dream Boat is coming in! During a Q2 earnings call, David Zaslav announced the $1 billion-dollar earning phenom is coming to Max in the Fall!

Addressing people on the other end of the horn, Zaslav doubled down on his belief that a long theatrical window is a way for the box office to recover from the pandemic slump. “We really believe in the motion picture window — let it play out … go into PVOD, take it through the windows that have worked forever [in the business],” he said. “When it goes on Max, it will have a good impact in the fall.”

In addition to bringing Barbie to Max in the Fall, Deadline says Greta Gerwig’s money-printing film will cruise onto airlines in September. Imagine partying with Ken and Barbie at 30,000 feet! That’s a party!

The Barbie...

Barbie (read our review Here) is currently dominating the box office, and it wouldn’t be a surprise if it goes on to rack up some Oscar nominations as well. It seems like a lock for categories like Best Production Design, Best Costume Design, Best Makeup and Hairstyling, etc. Variety recently spoke to production designer Sarah Greenwood and set decorator Katie Spencer about the work they did to bring Barbie Land to the screen… and during the conversation, it was revealed that one of the locations in Barbieland was inspired by an iconic location from one of the most popular horror movies ever made: Weird Barbie’s house was inspired by the Bates house in Alfred Hitchcock’s Psycho (watch it Here)!

Weird Barbie’s house was one of the last sets Greenwood and Spencer worked on, and Greenwood had this to say about it: “One of my early references...

Stars: Margot Robbie, Ryan Gosling, Issa Rae, Kate McKinnon, Alexandra Shipp, Emma Mackey, Hari Nef, Sharon Rooney, Simu Liu, Ncuti Gatwa, John Cena, Michael Cera, America Ferrera, Rhea Perlman, Will Ferrell | Written by Greta Gerwig, Noah Baumbach | Directed by Greta Gerwig

In a world that has gifted Greta Gerwig the possibility to focus all her creative skills and talents on Barbie, the film becomes the pink dream we all hoped it would be. After months and months of their marketing campaign, which often felt like seeing a sea of pink slowly wash towards us , the creators behind Barbie were right to put everything they had into getting people into the theatres to see this on the big screen. Not only does Barbie reach something on a creative and entertaining level, but it touches deeper and lingers on the mind longer than any movie about a doll has the right to.

Michael Cera Image: Warner Bros. Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling may get top billing in Barbie, but they’re surrounded by a fantastic ensemble of supporting players who embody different versions of Barbie and Ken in the fantasy world of Barbieland. Some of them—Issa Rae, Kate McKinnon, and Simu...

From left: Hari Nef, Alexandra Shipp, Sharon Rooney, Ana Cruz Kayne, and Emma MackeyPhoto: Warner Bros.

Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling may get top billing in Barbie, but they’re surrounded by a fantastic ensemble of supporting players who embody different versions of Barbie and Ken in the fantasy world of Barbieland.

Greta Gerwig had a clear vision for the story she wanted to tell with Barbie and rejected the idea of cutting a scene with Margot Robbie and an older woman on a bench.

When Barbie crosses over to the real world, she comes across an older woman sitting on a bench. As the women exchange glances, Barbie compliments the older woman and tells her she is beautiful. When it was time to edit the film, Gerwig came under pressure to cut that particular scene from the final cut but ultimately opted to keep it.

“I love that scene so much,” Gerwig told Rolling Stone. “And the older woman on the bench is the costume designer Ann Roth. She’s a legend. It’s a cul-de-sac of a moment, in a way — it doesn’t lead anywhere. And in early cuts, looking at the movie, it was suggested, ‘Well, you could cut it.

The summer of “Barbie” is here, and Greta Gerwig’s movie starring Margot Robbie, Ryan Gosling, Will Ferrell, Simu Liu, Issa Rae and many, many more has finally arrived in theaters. Each of the Barbies has different occupations, from author to president to diplomat, while the Kens are just Kens. There is one Allan (Michael Cera), and there are also some human characters.

With such a jam-packed cast you may be wondering where you’ve seen some of these actors before, or maybe just want a complete guide to all the Barbies and Kens. Don’t worry, we’ve got you covered.

Margot Robbie’s Barbie dominates the narrative with an adventure to the outside world, and Ryan Gosling’s Ken accompanies her. Several big names like Nicola Coughlan, musician Dua Lipa, the “Sex Education” trio Connor Swindells, Ncuti Gatwa and Emma Mackey and Kate McKinnon (“SNL”) play a variety...

Barbie may be everything, and Ken is just Ken, but what about the people in the Real World they meet along the way? Greta Gerwig’s Barbie, based on the popular dolls, is a hyper-stylized take on the Mattel toys that sees the titular doll journey from Barbie Land to the Real World on a quest of self-discovery.

This movie definitely looks the part, but it wouldn’t be what it is without its incredible all-star cast full of award-winning actors and familiar faces. Here’s what you need to know about the Barbie characters and the actors who play them.

Margot Robbie is Barbie

In addition to producing the movie, Margot Robbie plays a Barbie doll who has an existential crisis and is forced to go on a journey from Barbie Land to the Real World to find answers. She’s everything, but is that enough? Robbie is most...

With Thursday Preview Screenings for Barbie and Oppenheimer officially underway, now is the perfect time to drop a creative trailer for the mash-up event of the summer – Barbenheimer! The geniuses at the Dumb Drum YouTube channel are breaking out the toy box to recreate Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer trailer, featuring a cast of Barbie dolls! The blonde bombshell herself steps into the role of J. Robert Oppenheimer, played by Cillian Murphy, in the riveting new drama. In the Barbenheimer trailer, Barbie and the gang contemplate their actions while building the most terrifying weapon known to humankind.

Using a cast of Barbie dolls, everyday household items, and visual effects, Dumb Drum recreates the tension of Christopher Nolan’s latest opus. The Barbeheimer trailer includes black-and-white footage mixed with colored scenes. Still, the deep cuts don’t stop there. The trailer features a section of Barbie’s Dreamhouse as the facility where...

“Women… They have minds, and they have souls, as well as just hearts,” said Saoirse Ronan’s Jo March in Greta Gerwig’s dazzling Louisa May Alcott adaptation. “And they’ve got ambition, and they’ve got talent, as well as just beauty. And I’m so sick of people saying that love is just all a woman is fit for. I’m so sick of it!”

Who knows if writer-director Gerwig was already thinking of making a Barbie doll movie someday when she plucked the above quote out of Alcott’s novel, “Rose in Bloom,” and ingeniously plugged it into her inventive take on “Little Women,” concluding it with the punchline, “But I’m so lonely.”

Still, it’s pretty safe to assume she’s been carrying these words around with her when working on her disarming, astute and altogether bitingly brilliant “Barbie,” a thoughtful and uproarious film whose...

Check out the brain on Barbie! Sure, she’s just a doll, but that doesn’t mean she has to be an airhead. Therein lies “Lady Bird” director Greta Gerwig’s inspired, 21st-century solution to bringing one of America’s most iconic playthings to life on the big screen. Combine that with the casting of Margot Robbie in the title role, and “Barbie” is already starting out on the right, perfectly arched foot. So what if this high-concept comedy falls a bit flat in the final stretch?

Barbie’s strength as a brand comes from her aspirational appeal. While some have rightly criticized the doll for setting unrealistic beauty standards, Barbie also showed girls they can do and be anything, as different models have portrayed her as president, a rocket scientist, even trans. You know who else sets unrealistic beauty standards? Movie stars. Like Barbie, they serve as role models,...

Actress-producer Margot Robbie has given an insight into what makes Barbie land and said that women Barbies run everything there. Ask her about what drew her to the film, she said: “Barbie is such a huge and globally recognised brand with so much nostalgic connection for people. Making a Barbie movie was an amazing opportunity, one we thought we could do something really special with if we could approach it in an unexpected, surprising and clever way.”

“Like Greta has said, it was also terrifying! We knew it was a lot to take on, as audiences probably have a preconceived notion of how they think and feel about Barbie, whether good or bad. So, that presented a big challenge, but we were up for the challenge.”

Delving further and unraveling the world of Barbie, Robbie says: “It’s simple: you got a car, you got a house and then you...

Mumbai, July 16 (Ians) Hollywood star Ryan Gosling spoke about playing iconic Ken in the upcoming film ‘Barbie’ and said that his character was created to observe the “awesomeness” that Margot Robbie’s role of Barbie is.

Talking about essaying this iconic character, Gosling says: “My Ken was created to just observe the awesomeness that is Barbie, and there’s even a line in the film when he says he only exists within the warmth of Barbie’s gaze. He has no identity of his own, so he’s in a kind of existential hell. But he’s given a job, which is ‘beach’. And he’s not sure what that job is specifically, but he really wants to be good at it.”

Delving further into his character’s journey, he states: “What prompts Ken to go on this journey with Barbie is that he’s been told that he’s her boyfriend,...

Don’t miss out on the the pinkest movie of the year when Barbie opens in theaters nationwide on July 21, 2023. But wait! To live in Barbie Land is to be a perfect being in a perfect place. Unless you have a full-on existential crisis. Or you’re a Ken.

The Advance Screening is on July 18, 7pm at The Alamo Drafthouse (6Pm Suggested Arrival Time)

The screening will be filled on a first come first served basis, so we encourage you to arrive early. Seats will not be guaranteed. Rated PG-13

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From Oscar-nominated writer/director Greta Gerwig comes “Barbie,” starring Oscar-nominees Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling as Barbie and Ken, alongside America Ferrera, Kate McKinnon, Issa Rae, Rhea Perlman, and Will Ferrell. The film also stars Michael Cera, Ariana Greenblatt, Ana Cruz Kayne (“Little Women”), Emma Mackey, Hari Nef, Alexandra Shipp (the “X-Men” films), Kingsley Ben-Adir,...

Greta Gerwig was planning to work with Timothée Chalamet and Saoirse Ronan again in the Barbie movie but that ultimately didn’t pan out.

The filmmaker opened up about wanting Chalamet and Ronan to cameo in the Margot Robbie-starring film after working with both of them in Lady Bird and Little Women.

“Well, it was always going to have to be a sort of smaller thing because [Saoirse] was actually producing at the time, which I am so proud of her for. And of course, it’s brilliant. But it was going to be a specialty cameo,” Gerwig told CinemaBlend in a recent interview. “I was also going to do a specialty cameo with Timmy, and both of them couldn’t do it and I was so annoyed. But I love them so much.”

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A new Barbie music video features Ryan Gosling’s Ken experiencing an identity crisis. Being intrinsically tied to one of the most recognizable faces in entertainment history is a tough road to hoe, and the promo for Greta Gerwig’s new film explores Ken’s disposition with a powerful display of song. “I’m Just Ken” investigates Ken’s inner turmoil as he addresses being second fiddle to Matell’s blonde bombshell, Barbie (Margot Robbie). Who is Ken without Barbie? How does he love someone who overshadows him? Can Ken break free of his reputation and become a new person? Please, allow a shirtless, spiraling Ken to tell you about it in the film’s new music video.

“I’m Just Ken” joins the Barbie soundtrack with tracks from Grammy-winning artist Dua Lipa and Billie Eilish. In an unpredictable update, Barbie soundtrack producer Mark Ronson revealed to Variety that Guns...

A select few humans got a glimpse into Barbie World on Sunday night at the world premiere of Greta Gerwig’s highly anticipated “Barbie,” starring Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling.

Social media exploded with reactions. ScreenRant writer Joseph Deckelmeier called the film “funny, bombastic and very smart,” adding that “Greta Gerwig aims for the fences and hits a home run.” Deckelmeier praised Robbie’s performance as “great” and noted that Gosling and Simu Liu are “pure entertainment.”

#Barbie caught me off guard & I mean that in the best way possible. It’s funny, bombastic, & very smart. Greta Gerwig aims for the fences & hits a home-run. Margot Robbie’s performance is great & @RyanGosling & @SimuLiu are pure entertainment! The whole cast is brilliant! pic.twitter.com/oXH965aUIF

— Joseph Deckelmeier (@joedeckelmeier) July 10, 2023

Collider writer Perri Nemiroff praised the craftsmanship of the film, particularly the costume and production design. When it came to the story,...

Margot Robbie, Ryan Gosling and the stars of Barbie arrived in LA for the world premiere of the Greta Gerwig-directed film.

The pink carpet was rolled out for the film stars that included Issa Rae, Kate McKinnon, Simu Liu, America Ferrera and more. Billie Eilish and Dua Lipa, who are part of the film’s soundtrack were also in attendance at the Shrine Auditorium.

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Robbie has been open about her excitement for the film and she recently revealed that she had her doubts about the script coming to life.

“The first time I read the Barbie script, my reaction was, ‘Ah! This is so good. What a shame it will never see the light of day,” she told BAFTA. “Because they are never going to let us make this movie.”

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Like most films, Barbie‘s journey to the silver screen is a tricky bit of Hollywood back-and-forth. Initially, Sony owned the rights to the blonde bombshell’s silver-screen antics, but that venture stalled out after several missteps. There was a time when Amy Schumer and Anne Hathaway could have been behind the wheel of Barbie’s pink convertible. Still, they exited the project when bringing the Mattel icon to theaters proved too exhausting. Schumer said she fled Barbie after thinking the script wasn’t “feminist and cool” enough. She’s just one of many who found Sony’s approach to the material needing more refinement. Enter Diablo Cody, who 2018 told ScreenCrush she left the project because she “was literally incapable of turning in a ‘Barbie’ draft. God knows I tried.”

It’s been several years since Cody’s comments, and now she’s opening up to GQ magazine about why...

Barbie star Margot Robbie channels her inner news anchor during a recent appearance on a talk show, delivering a story in character about a potential baby name boom for the name Barbara. Directed by Greta Gerwig, the upcoming film stars Robbie as the titular Mattel doll and follows her as she leaves Barbie Land to embark on a journey to the Real World. In the movie, much like the Mattel toys in real life, there will be multiple different versions of Barbie, each with a different career specialty or function.

Now, ahead of the Barbie release date next month, Robbie and Gerwig stop by for an appearance on Australian talk show The Project, in which Robbie channels her inner news anchor to read a movie-related story. Check out the clip of the interview segment below:

Barbie can do everything, and now we introduce Newsreader Barbie! pic.twitter.com/AbA9epYUYc...

Margot Robbie agreed to join Barbie for one key reason. The film follows Barbie (Margot Robbie) and Ken (Ryan Gosling) as they leave Barbieland to explore the real world, encountering all sorts of obstacles along the way. Back in Barbieland, they leave a wide variety of Barbies and Kens, who are living their lives as joyful toy characters.

Had it not been for the star-studded cast playing the Barbies and Kens, Robbie may never have agreed to join the upcoming Barbie movie at all. In an interview with Time, Robbie explained just how important the diverse casting was to her. Check out her quote below:

"I don't think I would have wanted to attempt to make a [non-diverse] Barbie film. I don't think you should say, 'This is the one version of what Barbie is, and that's what women should aspire to be and look like and act like.'"

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The hottest film event of the summer is fast approaching! That’s right, folks! Two film industry titans, Barbie and Oppenheimer, will soon battle it out for box office supremacy! Before you bet on who wins the top spot on the charts, see what analysts predict for the July 21-23 weekend.

Tracking for both films is interesting, to say the least. Great Gerwig‘s Barbie could open to a peppy $70 million-$80 million, with an opportunity to make more. Warner Bros, who’s licking its wounds after The Flash underperformed, is holding out for $60M, just to be cautious.

Greta Gerwig’s Barbie introduces several Barbie and Ken variants, each with a different personality, background, and status in a bizarre world of partying, shopping, beachside brawls, and feeble attempts at flirtation. The footage piles on the strange as Barbie and Ken seemingly travel to the real world, where everything becomes more unhinged than it was before.

Barbie star Margot Robbie has responded to a Mattel executive's comments denying the film is a "feminist movie." Robbie stars as the main titular character in Barbie, who leaves Barbieland alongside Ryan Gosling's Ken to discover herself in the real world. Promotional material for the movie indicates it will be both an homage to the Barbie toy line and a tongue-in-cheek adaptation of the franchise.

Speaking with Time, Robbie addressed comments about the Barbie movie from a Mattel executive who claimed the film is not feminist. Robbie explained the main point is to be a fun movie with plenty of ideas throughout. Check out Robbie's full statement below:

"Who said that? It’s not that it is or it isn’t. It’s a movie. It’s a movie that’s got so much in it. We’re in on the joke. This isn’t a Barbie puff piece.

When one thinks of Barbie, chances are good that you also think of the colour pink. The upcoming Barbie movie will bring the beloved plastic icon into the real world, but the production used so much pink paint to bring Barbie Land to life that it caused an international shortage.

While speaking with Architectural Digest, Barbie production designer Sarah Greenwood confirmed that there was an international shortage of the pink shade of Rosco paint. “The world ran out of pink,” Greenwood laughed. Barbie director Greta Gerwig tried to avoid using CGI whenever possible, aiming for what she called “authentic artificiality.” The production used hand-painted backdrops instead of CGI. “Everything needed to be tactile, because toys are, above all, things you touch,” Gerwig said.

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Neither Sarah Greenwood nor set decorator Katie Spencer had owned a Barbie before,...

Initially announced in 2014, the upcoming “Barbie” movie has quickly become one of the most anticipated releases of 2023.

Audiences have praised and criticized each “Barbie” update, but this April, Warner Bros.’ released the official first-look image of Margot Robbie as Barbie, and anticipation has been growing ever since — especially after Warner Bros.’ stoked the flames with our first look at Ryan Gosling as Ken.

In addition to co-writing the latest “Barbie” draft, Oscar-nominated “Little Women” and “Lady Bird” filmmaker Greta Gerwig is directing the project. In addition to starring as the titular character, Robbie is also a producer alongside “Dallas Buyers Club” producer Robbie Brenner (Mattel Films) and “Harry Potter” producer David Heyman (Heyday Films), as well as her husband, Tom Ackerley (LuckyChap Entertainment).

Below, we run down everything we know about the “Barbie” movie so far — from the release date to the cast to the project’s lengthy production history.