Greta Gerwig and Noah Baumbach will write Margot Robbie's Barbie

according to L & # 39; envelope, Warner Bros. and Mattel somehow convinced Greta Gerwig and Noah Baumbach – two legitimately talented and accomplished people – to write this. Barbie movie with Margot Robbie. Gerwig is even "watched" to make the film, which (without wishing to offend Mattel, nor Gerwig, nor the generations of Barbie fans) is wild. She did Lady Bird! She is one of only five women already get a nomination for best director at the Oscars, and now Warner Bros. wants her to do Barbie? We've all seen how all the other licensed toy movies went wrong, is not it?

Anyway, this is only the latest development of the very long saga of the Barbie first film in development at Sony with Amy Schumer in the spotlight. When she stepped back, Anne Hathaway had to take her place, but L & # 39; envelopeThe story goes that the rights of the film returned to Mattel last year. The toy company is setting it up through its new Mattel Films division with Warner Bros. Pictures. We do not really know what to expect. Barbie film at this stage, particularly with the involvement of Gerwig and Baumbach, but it should rather act as a kind of meta-deconstruction of what Barbie means in this modern world. Saoirse Ronan will probably play the role of Skipper, Barbie's sister.