Aqua’s ‘Barbie Girl’ Song Won’t Appear in the Margot Robbie ‘Barbie’ Movie

A “Crazy Rich Asians” spinoff could be coming to a screen near you.

EXCLUSIVE: Emmy nominated Barry producer and scribe Jason Kim is set to pen a spinoff of Crazy Rich Asians which will center around the Gemma Chan character of Astrid Young Teo and her romance with Charlie Wu, played by Harry Shum Jr. in the original movie.

Hollywood exec news generally isn’t interesting, but hold on, this is an exception. If you pay attention to film news centering on executives— and we totally forgive and understand if you don’t —you’ll know that following Amazon‘s acquisition of MGM, the company announced that motion picture group chairman Michael De Luca and president Pam Abdy were leaving.

Zack Sharf Once you’re done streaming “The Batman” on HBO Max for the umpteenth time, it’s time to direct your attention to all of the new offerings on streaming platforms this month. Perhaps the biggest debut is “Sonic the Hedgehog 2” on Paramount+, which should keep children and families glued to the television well into the summer.

Michael Keaton is set to star in and direct the noir thriller Knox Goes Away, which was written by Gregory Poirier and is being produced by Brookstreet’s Trevor Matthews and Nick Gordon and Sugar23’s Michael Sugar and Ashley Zalta. Carter Stanton will executive produce for Brookstreet and Jillian Kay for Sugar23.

Michelle Pfeiffer has been cast as the lead in Peter Craig’s directorial debut Wild Four O’Clocks. Craig most recently wrote The Batman for Warner Bros. and worked on Paramount’s upcoming Top Gun: Maverick, which is screening at the 75thCannes Film Festival this month.

Red Hot Chili Peppers bassist Flea has a cameo in upcoming series Obi-Wan Kenobi, according to reports.The Star Wars spin-off, set to be released on Disney+ on May 27, is set 10 years after events in 2005’s Revenge Of The Sith, where Kenobi witnessed his Jedi apprentice Anakin Skywalker turn to the dark side.According to Star Wars News Net, sources have said Flea, real name Michael Balzary, will make an appearance in the series in an unknown role.Rupert Friend, who plays the Grand Inquisitor in Obi-Wan Kenobi, recently teased in an interview with Hey U Guys that the show will feature “wonderful cameos”.“I think it’s one of the most thrilling additions to the Star Wars canon,” Friend said. “I think Ewan McGregor is doing things with that role that is a dream for fans of the original films… we can’t obviously have Alec Guinness back, but I just think Ewan was absolutely born to play that part.“But wonderful cameos from people I obviously can’t tell you, Easter eggs galore and… yeah, it’s a thrilling ride.”Flea has made numerous appearances in film and television over the years, including Back To The Future Part II, The Big Lebowski and minor voice roles in Pixar films Inside Out and Toy Story 4.He’s also set to appear in director Damien Chazelle’s (La La Land, Whiplash) upcoming film Babylon, starring alongside Brad Pitt, Margot Robbie and Tobey Maguire as Charlie Chaplin.

Selome Hailu The CW announced a new movie, “The Waltons’ Thanksgiving,” which will debut in the fourth quarter of 2022. A follow-up to 2021’s “The Waltons’ Homecoming,” the special will feature Bellamy Young, Logan Shroyer and Richard Thomas reprising their roles with Teddy Sears newly joining the cast.Set on Walton Mountain in 1934, “The Waltons’ Thanksgiving” follows the Walton family as they eagerly prepare for the annual Harvest Festival Fair. Carnival rides, talent shows and pie contests come around every year, but at this year’s fair, a young boy arrives that will dramatically change the Waltons’ lives in ways that they could have never imagined.The TV movie that kicked off the Waltons franchise was 1971’s “The Homecoming: A Christmas Story.” Earl Hamner Jr.

Johnny Depp’s new movie Jeanne Du Barry will be launched for pre-sales at this month’s Cannes market, marking a first narrative feature for the actor in more than three years.

Refresh for latest…: On a weekend we could term “the calm before the Strange,” there was nevertheless sustained holdover business at the international box office, and a new entry in the form of Universal/Focus’ Downton Abbey: A New Era.

Barbie film will not include Aqua’s 1997 hit ‘Barbie Girl’, it’s been reported.Earlier this week, Warner Bros. Pictures shared the first-look image of Margot Robbie in character as Barbie for the new live-action movie.Robbie will star alongside Ryan Gosling as Ken, and a wider ensemble cast including Will Ferrell, Simu Liu, Kate McKinnon, Sex Education stars Emma Mackey and Ncuti Gatwa, America Ferrera and more.According to Variety, Barbie will not feature the Danish-Norwegian dance-pop group’s novelty single as part of its official soundtrack.The publication noted that many fans have insisted that ‘Barbie Girl’ – which has registered over a billion streams on YouTube – should appear in the Mattel/Warner Bros.

Warner Bros. had taken the reigns on a live-action “Barbie” movie from Sony as previous versions of the project, featuring variations of talent, including screenwriter Diablo Cody (“Juno“) and actresses Anne Hathaway and Amy Schumer, fell apart.

A new promotional image featuring Christian Bale, Margot Robbie and John David Washington from the David O. Russell film Amsterdam was released on Wednesday at CinemaCon in Las Vegas.In the shot for the period piece, set in the 1930s, Bale, 48, is seen sporting an eye patch with a dark brown coat, off-white button-up top and dark khaki pants.Robbie, 31, has a short bob while donning a billowing navy blue dress with a wooden pipe in hand.

Walt Disney Studios’ presentation at CinemaCon 2022 took place at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas earlier today. The preview included a look at three upcoming releases from 20th Century Studios: “The Bob’s Burgers Movie,” the newest film from David O.

The all-star film from David O. Russell is now titled Amsterdam, Disney theatrical boss Tony Chambers said Wednesday at CinemaCon.

Margot Robbie is all smiles in the first look at her as Barbie for the upcoming film of the same name. The highly-anticipated live-action adventure movie about the famous doll is set to be released on July 21, 2023.On Tuesday, Warner Bros.

reports Variety.In a 2021 interview, the 31-year-old Aussie actress said that taking on a live adaptation “comes with a lot of baggage … and a lot of nostalgic connections. But with that comes a lot of exciting ways to attack it.”“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.’”Warner Bros.

Warner Bros. had taken the reigns on a live-action “Barbie” movie from Sony as previous versions of the project, featuring variations of talent, including screenwriter Diablo Cody (“Juno“) and actresses Anne Hathaway and Amy Schumer, fell apart.

Sex Education stars Emma Mackey and Ncuti Gatwa, America Ferrera and more.Take a look at the first image here:#BARBIEJuly 21, 2023Only in theaters pic.twitter.com/mauCGpizD1— Warner Bros. Pictures (@wbpictures) April 26, 2022According to The Hollywood Reporter, Ferrell has been cast in Barbie as the CEO of a toy company “that may or not be” Mattel.

Margot Robbie as Barbie thanks to Warner Bros releasing the first official image from the hotly anticipated live action film at CinemaCon on Tuesday.In case you were worried, it can be confirmed that Margot does indeed look like a Barbie girl in a Barbie world.The Harley Quinn actress is shown sitting in Barbie’s iconic pink open-top sports car, leaning forward in her seat to rest on the windshield as she beams.Behind her is what appears to be part of a pink paved wall (please let it be the Dream House) and a peak of what could be her swimming pool, with yellow flowers in the background.Moving away from the pink vibe, Margot is dressed in blue, with a stripey halter-neck top, polka dot headband in her coiffured blonde hairdo and a blue bead bracelet.All in all, it’s certainly an outfit you can visualise on a Barbie doll.#BARBIEJuly 21, 2023Only in theaters pic.twitter.com/mauCGpizD1Warner Bros also confirmed that the movie, which is currently in production at Leavesden Studios, has been scheduled with a release date of July 21, 2023.Oscar-winner Greta Gerwig is directing the film after writing the screenplay with her partner, Noah Baumbach, and the stacked cast includes Ryan Gosling as Ken, as well as Saturday Night Live’s Kate McKinnon, Marvel superhero Simu Liu, Alexandra Shipp and America Ferrera.Will Ferrell is also joining in the fun, with the comedy heavyweight’s inclusion possibly suggesting a lot about the tone of the film.While all roles – and the plotline – are currently under wraps bar Margot and Ryan, sources have indicated that there is ‘a meta aspect to the proceedings’.It’s also been suggested that Will is playing the CEO of a toy company that could be Barbie’s creator Mattel, according to The Hollywood

Hollywood star Margot Robbie is set to play Barbie in the upcoming movie, which is set to come out next year. Now, Warner Bros have shared the first look at the film as they took to Twitter to post a stunning snap of Margot, 31, posing in a classic pink Chevrolet Corvette.The photo shows the star dressed in a blue and white striped halter neck top, which she paired with a blue and white polkadot headband alongside a matching pearl-like bracelet.