Is 'Barbie' About to Win an Oscar? Greta Gerwig Set to Direct Star-Studded Film 'Barbie', And Here's Why We're Already Calling the Academy!
Greta Gerwig is set to direct Barbie, and we have a feeling this film will be one the Academy wants to play with.
Greta Gerwig is one of the most talented and influential directors of our time. While she has not direced many films as of yet, everything she has done has hit with a lasting impact. Lady Bird gave the world a modernly vulnerable coming of age story alongside an intimiate dissection of complex mother-daughter relationships. Her adaptation of Little Women gave the classic characters new life and zeal which stands out proudly within the throws of fourth wave feminism.
Both works were nominated for Oscars, Lady Bird being nominated for her writing and direction and Little Women being nominated for her writing. (Also, in both of these films, she further solidified Timothee Chalamet within the confines of the popular zyetigeist, so thank you for that!)
Now, she is directing a new project titled Barbie - yes, about THAT Barbie - and we are confident it is going to score not only Oscar nominations, but Oscar wins.
The cast to this upcoming film is the stuff that dreams are made of. According to an article on The Hollywood Reporter, Will Ferrell has just joined a star-studded cast that already includes Margot Robbie, Simu Liu, Ryan Gosling, Kate McKinnon, Alexandra Shipp, Emma Mackey, and America Ferrera.
Gerwig's cinematic acumen, and her record for having her finger perfectly on the pulse of creative expressions of the female experience, make this promised film more than exciting. We are confident she will breathe a revolutionizing breath of life into arguably the most iconic female figurine of all time.
Barbie has had every job under the sun, from Doctor to Astronaut, but being adapted by Greta Gerwig is a sure to be Oscar-baiting honor the doll has never experienced before.
We will keep you up to date on any new details that come to light about this project.
