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Simu Liu Joins Margot Robbie in Barbie Live-Action Movie

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After making an impressive debut in the MCU superhero world, Simu Liu is now back to finding his next project which is quite interesting. He reported will join the live-action film project Barbie.

Simu Liu will join the newly recruited America Ferrera. Previously, playing Harley Quinn in The Suicide Squad, Margot Robbie It’s been confirmed that she will play the role of Barbie and star Blade Runner 2049Ryan Gosling will play the iconic character, Ken.

The film is directed by Greta Gerwig based on a script she wrote with her longtime partner, Noah Buambach. The film itself will be based on the back story of the popular doll. Barbie production is expected to begin in early 2022 at Warner Brothers’ Leavesden Studios in London, and is expected to hit theaters sometime in 2023.

Simu Liu in the movie SHANG-CHI AND THE LEGEND OF THE TEN RINGS.

Although there are many rumors circulating, very little is known about the plot Barbie. A while ago, Margot Robbie teased that the film would be “something completely different – ​​the thing you didn’t know you wanted”. Robbie LuckyChap’s production company behind the success Promising Young Woman provocative and innovative will produce this film. So, the dynamic combination of Gerwig and Robbie certainly promises a completely original story for the Mattel doll.

It is said to be a family comedy film that has a feel like splash, Big, and Enchantedproject live action it’s rumored to be about the country Barbie with perfection. However, among all that there is a woman who slowly realizes that she does not have the appropriate criteria in the country. He was eventually exiled from the land of Barbie and traveled to the real world. There he realized that being unique was both a gift and an asset.

Margot Robbie

Barbie was originally developed by Sony Pictures over the last few years, with Amy Schumer and later Anne Hathaway as the main stars. But then the project was abandoned and taken over by Warner Bros. which began to intensively approach and negotiate with Mattel.

FYI, Barbie is a well-known brand with sales of more than 3 million USD per year worldwide. The doll concept was first launched in 1959 by El Segundo. For more than 5 decades, Barbie dolls have had more than 150 characters, including royal princesses, presidents, mermaids, and movie stars.

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