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Greta Gerwig’s subtle and beautifully nuanced touch has led to her being hailed as one of Hollywood’s greatest directors. But when she got her teeth into Barbie, she went all-out massive, pink and ‘completely unhinged’

Warner Bros. insists that a “childlike crayon drawing” has no geopolitical significance, but Vietnam is so enraged it’s banned the movie entirely.

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Keen to chuck its entire back catalogue at the big screen, Mattel has JJ Abrams working on a deadly earnest drama inspired by tiny cars. Can someone find the brakes?

A mass of hot pink emerges violently amid the green foliage, palm trees and shrubbery. Located in Malibu, the oceanfront Barbie DreamHouse created by Airbnb is the latest in a series of global marketing stunts to promote Greta Gerwig’s new film Barbie, the first live-action adventure movie about the iconic…

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The Transformers series has inspired Mattel to raid its stable for the screen. But the movies can’t match the joy of the real thing, says Guardian film critic Peter Bradshaw

Mattel says the Barney movie will be inspired by Charlie Kaufman, while Barbie director Greta Gerwig is planning two Narnia movies for Netflix

‘We’re leaning into the millennial angst of the property rather than fine-tuning this for kids,’ Mattel exec has said of the purple dinosaur

The boomer icon Barbie is making a comeback, but in an inclusive way to keep up with a Gen Z audience.