Summer 2023 is a great time to be a cast member of “Barbie.” Greta Gerwig’s studio comedy adaptation of Mattel’s iconic doll line has gotten rave reviews, soared past $1 billion at the global box office, and become a bona fide pop culture phenomenon.
It makes you wonder — are the people who very nearly were a part of it experiencing some major Fomo right now?As you’d expect from a film based on the most famous toy in the world, “Barbie” is the end result of a very long development process, one that goes all the way back to 2009 and involves a switch between three different film studios.
Mattel initially started developing the movie at Universal Pictures, only for nothing to come from the deal, and moved the project over to Sony Pictures in 2014.
During the film’s time in development at Sony Pictures, many writers and producers were…
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