In this preliminary video you can see several girls playing. “Since the dawn of time, since there have been girls, there have been dolls. But dolls had always been babies, until…”, a narrator’s voice is heard in the background, although the music that is heard corresponds a 2001: A Space Odyssey and, instead of the monolith appearing like the one in the Kubrick film, Robbie appears personified from “Barbie”.
That reference to 2001: A Space Odyssey It doesn’t stop there, since the teaser also makes a version of the sequence in which a monkey throws a bone into the air, although this time a girl is seen throwing a doll in the form of a baby. You can also see Ryan Gosling as “Ken” at a glance.
Will Ferrell, Emma Mackey, Connor Swindells, Nicola Coughlan, Emerald Fennell, Kate McKinnon, Michael Cera, Simu Liu, America Ferrera, Ncuti Gatwa, Issa Rae, Kingsley Ben-Adir, Rhea Perlman, Sharon Rooney, Scott Evans, Ana Cruz Kayne , Ritu Arya, Hari Nef, Alexandra Shipp and Jamie Demetriou complete the cast. Gerwig and Noah Baumbach have written the script for the feature film, which will hit theaters on July 21, 2023.