Issa Rae & Michael Cera Are Latest Additions To Greta Gerwig’s Live-Action ‘Barbie’ Movie Starring Margot Robbie

A live-action movie based on the iconic doll line “Barbie” has been in the works for ages, but it finally started shooting in the United Kingdom with director Greta Gerwig (“Little Women“) behind the camera and star/producer Margot Robbie (“Wolf of Wall Street“) in front of it as the titular character. Gerwig co-wrote the film with husband/filmmaker Noah Baumbach (“Marriage Story“) and there are certainly signs that the family-friendly picture is going to skew more humorous than we might have originally expected given the film’s exciting cast.

People Magazine is now reporting that two more actors have joined what looks to be a comedic film, as Issa Rae and Michael Cera have been tapped for unnamed roles in “Barbie.”

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They join a cast that also includes Ryan Gosling (“Drive“) as Barbie’s boy-toy beau Ken, America Ferrera (“Superstore“), Simu Liu (“Shang-Chi & The Legend of The Ten Rings“), Kate McKinnon (“SNL,” “Ghostbusters: Answer The Call“), Alexandra Shipp (“X-Men: Apocalypse”), Emma Mackey, and Will Ferrell (“Step Brothers“) is said to be playing a toy company CEO that may or may not be Mattel.

We’re still waiting on plot details, but the inclusion of a toy company CEO would suggest the character might reside in her own world and somehow arrives in ours. That’s just speculation based on the limited information we have to work with.

Robbie, who was most recently seen in “The Suicide Squad,” is also producing the project via her production company, LuckyChap. The Aussie actress has plenty of comedic chops to hold her own amongst the comedy veterans being assembled for the film.

Anne Hathaway and Amy Schumer had been attached for the lead for the Sony Pictures incarnations before pivoting to Warner Bros. and Gerwig getting involved.