Greta Gerwig
America Ferrera on Preteen Girls Reciting Her Viral ‘Barbie’ Monologue: “Hilarious But Also Super Sad”
There’s an audience that America Ferrera was surprised her viral Barbie monologue resonated with: teenage girls. In an interview with People published on Wednesday, the Barbie star mentioned that a “young girl” used her character Gloria’s speech about the impossible standards set on women to audition for a theater program. To Ferrera, it was “hilarious” […]
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2023 Box Office: Domestic Revenue Clears $9B in Post-Pandemic First (Thanks, Barbenheimer)
Phew. Domestic box office revenue was able to clear $9 billion after all, despite a dismal fall season at the multiplex, according to Comscore. That’s the best showing of the post-pandemic era, with revenue in U.S. and Canada up 20 percent over 2022’s $7.5 billion. But movie ticket sales are still down sharply from pre-pandemic […]
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Noah Baumbach and Greta Gerwig Married in New York
Noah Baumbach and Greta Gerwig have tied the knot. The duo, who are both directors and writers and recently worked on WBD’s record-breaking Barbie movie together, were married in New York at City Hall, a rep for Gerwig confirmed to People. Baumbach and Gerwig have been together for over a decade, meeting on the 2010 film Greenberg […]
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The Official ‘Barbie’ Screenplay Book Is Out Now: Read Greta Gerwig and Noah Baumbach’s Intro (Exclusive)
Hot off the success of the Barbie movie, Mattel and Warner Bros. are releasing the official Barbie movie screenplay, as written by Greta Gerwig and Noah Baumbach. Published by Faber & Faber, the Barbie screenplay is now available as a paperback book that features an exclusive introduction from Gerwig and Baumbach, and eight pages of […]
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Greta Gerwig Says Ryan Gosling Envisioned a “Mink Ballet” During “I’m Just Ken” in ‘Barbie’
Greta Gerwig is giving further insight into “I’m Just Ken,” one of the many hit songs from her record-breaking film, Barbie. During an appearance on The Late Show With Stephen Colbert, the three-time Oscar nominee shared that Ryan Gosling, who plays Ken in the box office sensation, originally envisioned a battle between him and his […]
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Greta Gerwig, Bradley Cooper and the THR Director Roundtable: “Final Cut Is a State of Mind”
The preshoot rituals they can’t live without, the studio negotiations they’ve learned to finesse and the creative choices they still can’t believe they got away with — the directors of six of this year’s most remarkable movies got together and talked shop. In November, Blitz Bazawule (The Color Purple), Bradley Cooper (Maestro), Ava DuVernay (Origin), […]
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Timothee Chalamet Says He Still Doesn’t Know What His Scrapped ‘Barbie’ Cameo Would Have Been
Timothée Chalamet has revealed that he still doesn’t know the Barbie cameo that director Greta Gerwig had planned for him. The Wonka star stopped by The Tonight Show Wednesday night to talk about his latest movie, where he portrays the legendary chocolatier, but he also discussed the cameo that never happened. Chalamet said initially “there […]
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Greta Gerwig Named Cannes Jury President for 2024
Greta Gerwig is hitting the Croisette. The Barbie helmer, fresh off her first-ever best director nomination at the Golden Globes (Gerwig’s $1.4 billion toy-to-screen blockbuster picked up a total of nine Golden Globe noms), has been confirmed as the jury president for the 2024 Cannes International Film Festival. “A heroine of our modern times, Greta […]
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Anne Hathaway Says It’s a “Lucky Thing” Her ‘Barbie’ Movie Never Got Made
Anne Hathaway said it was “lucky” that her Barbie film never got made, given that Greta Gerwig’s movie “hit a bullseye.” In 2017, it was revealed that the Eileen star was attached to Sony’s Barbie film after Amy Schumer dropped out of the project citing “scheduling conflicts” at the time. Though it was set for a May […]
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Issa Rae Says People Call Her “President Barbie” on the Street
Issa Rae’s tenure as President Barbie didn’t end when the film finished production. The actress stopped by The View on Wednesday during which she discussed the success of Greta Gerwig’s record-breaking summer blockbuster that Rae starred in. “People will call me President Barbie when I’m just out on the street,” Rae said on the daytime […]
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Greta Gerwig, Roger Ross Williams, Cord Jefferson, Nicolas Cage to Receive SFFILM Awards
Barbie director Greta Gerwig, filmmakers Roger Ross Williams and Cord Jefferson and Oscar-winning actor Nicolas Cage are set to receive honors at the SFFILM Awards Night on Dec. 4 in San Francisco, organizers said on Wednesday. The event honors achievement in film and its fundraising proceeds support the organization’s mission to “discover, nurture and showcase […]
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Greta Gerwig to Receive Director of the Year Award at Palm Springs Film Fest
Barbie director Greta Gerwig will receive the Director of the Year Award at the 2024 Palm Springs International Film Fest. The film awards will take place on Jan. 4, with the festival running through Jan. 15. Past recipients of the award include Jane Campion, Alejandro G. Iñárritu, Steve McQueen, Alexander Payne, Sarah Polley, Jason Reitman, […]
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