Tag: Ynon Kreiz
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Daniel Kaluuya’s Barney Movie ‘Will Not Be Odd,’ Mattel CEO Says After Exec Called It an ‘A24-Type’ Film That’s ‘Surrealistic’ and for Adults
With Mattel Films off to the races thanks to the blockbuster success of “Barbie,” the studio is moving full steam ahead on its upcoming Barney movie produced by Daniel Kaluuya. The project became a subject of fascination for cinephiles after Mattel Films executive Kevin McKeon told The New Yorker in July that the script was…
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When Mattel Execs First Got the ‘Barbie’ Movie Script, It Was 147 Pages Long: ‘It Was Like Going on This Crazy Ride’
A new article from The New York Times on how the “Barbie” movie’s success will pay off for Mattel reveals that executives at the company were first treated to a 147-page script for the film. The screenplay by Greta Gerwig and Noah Baumbach would be shaped into a 114 minute film. Mattel Films head Robbie…
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‘Barbie’ 2: Mattel Execs Want to Create a Whole Franchise
It looks like audiences are heading back to Barbie Land, with a sequel to Barbie in early development at Warner Bros. After the massive success Greta Gerwig’s film saw at the box office, it was only a matter of time before the studio decided they would like to move forward with the narrative established by…
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Greta Gerwig’s Barbie Movie Bites The Hand (Conglomerate) That Feeds It
This article contains spoilers for “Barbie.”The first live-action movie based on Mattel’s Barbie dolls could have easily been a cash grab: just another soulless vehicle for merchandise to fly off the shelves. But writer and director Greta Gerwig looks at the cultural impact of this mammoth intellectual property with a complexity and depth that subverts…