By PTI
LOS ANGELES: Actor-filmmaker Greta Gerwig has formally signed on to direct “Barbie”, starring Margot Robbie because the world-famous Mattel doll.
Gerwig signed on to the challenge in 2019 as a author together with her filmmaker accomplice Noah Baumbach and it was reported on the time that she was contemplating directing, following the success of her debut “Lady Bird” and its follow-up “Little Women”.
The Warner Bros comedy, which shall be produced by Robbie by her banner Lucky Chaps, will start manufacturing in early 2022 at their Leavesden Studios in London, reported Variety.
Robbie had additionally just lately confirmed that Gerwig shall be directing the challenge throughout her interview for August 2021 Vogue UK cowl.
“People generally hear ‘Barbie’ and think, ‘I know what that movie is going to be,’ and then they hear that Greta Gerwig is writing and directing it, and they’re like, ‘Oh, well, maybe I don’t…'” she had stated.
“Barbie” is slated for launch in 2023.
Greta Gerwig is presently engaged on Baumbach’s adaptation of Don DeLillo’s modern basic “White Noise”, by which she stars alongside Adam Driver.
