Barbie movie trailer shows life in plastic really is fantastic

The first trailer for Margot Robbie’s Barbie movie has been released – and it shows that, as Aqua’s cheesy but beloved Barbie song says, life in plastic really is fantastic.

The teaser for the rom-com movie, which arrives in theaters in July 2023, is only 60 seconds long, so there’s not much we can glean from its footage. However, it looks like it could be a surprising smash hit next year – particularly with A-listers in Robbie (The Suicide Squad, Babylon) and Ryan Gosling (Blade Runner 2049, La La Land) ,who plays original Ken, in its lead roles.

Check out the first teaser for Barbie below:

Mocking Stan Kubrick’s 2001: A Space Odyssey, the teaser shows a number of girls playing with old-fashioned dolls. However, once Robbie’s Barbie arrives – complete with shiny, plastic skin and her iconic hourglass figure – the same girls smash up the toys they had been playing with in favor of Barbie’s arrival.

The final few seconds tease actual footage from the film, including a look at Robbie’s Barbie, Gosling’s Ken, and Shang-Chi star Simu Liu’s Ken 2.0 partaking in various dance/music-based sequences. Sure, it looks incredibly campy, but you just know it’ll be a summer blockbuster for the ages. Or, for 2023, at the very least.

Barbie arrives in theaters worldwide on July 21, 2023.

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