‘Shang Chi’ Star Simu Liu Joins Margot Robbie in Greta Gerwig’s ‘Barbie’
variety.comRebecca Rubin Film and Media ReporterCome on, Simu Liu, let’s go party.Marvel’s “Shang Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings” star has been cast in “Barbie,” a new movie based on the popular doll.
As previously announced, Margot Robbie is playing Barbie and Ryan Gosling is playing her boy toy Ken. It is not clear who Liu or America Ferrera, who also recently joined the ensemble, will portray in the film.Greta Gerwig is directing the movie from a script she wrote with her long-time partner Noah Baumbach. “Barbie,” which has been in the works since 2019, is expected to start production in early 2022 at the Warner Bros.
Leavesden Studios in London. It’s slated to hit theaters sometime in 2023.In addition to starring as Barbie, Robbie will produce the film through her production company LuckyChap.
LuckyChap executive Tom Ackerley Mattel Films executive Robbie Brenner and filmmaker David Heyman will also serve as producers.
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