Comic book characters have taken over Hollywood. Can toys for girls be next? This summer will see the answer with the arrival of the highly anticipated $100 million live-action feature film. Barbiedirected by Greta Gerwig and starring Margot Robbie as the children’s beloved doll.
While Barbie is making her movie debut, a life-size version of her Malibu Dreamhouse is listed on Airbnb for an overnight stay on July 21, the day the movie debuts.
The manor features a personal cinema, infinity pool, outdoor meditation area and skating rink, set against a panoramic backdrop of the Pacific Ocean. It was previously listed on Airbnb in 2019 to mark the 60th anniversary of the Mattel doll.
Barbie’s Dreamhouse ice rink, redecorated by Ken. Photo: Joyce Lee.
This time, Ken (played by Ryan Gosling in Barbie) is the host, and some design touches around the house show off her masculine hand, even amidst the sea of pink that is Barbie’s favorite shade.
For example, the record player, with an album titled rock guy close. His iconic rollerblades will be in action on an illuminated floor. There is a life-size plastic horse; the wall above the bed is adorned with a fan of his cowboy hats; you’ll also see his boots, his cowboy shirts in the wardrobe, and his guitar and amplifier.
Barbie’s Malibu Dreamhouse, redecorated by Ken. Photo: Joyce Lee.
Dreamhouse stays will be free (a press release points out that Ken can’t handle the math), and guests can take home a piece of “Kendom” in the form of a set of Impala skates and surfboards. yellow and pink. Reservations open at 10 a.m. PT on July 17; guests are responsible for their own travel to Malibu. Airbnb is making a one-time donation to save the children.
Barbie’s dream house, redecorated by Ken. Photo: Joyce Lee.
Gerwig directed the Oscar-nominated coming-of-age films lady bird And Little womanand co-author Barbie with her husband, filmmaker Noah Baumbach (The squid and the whale, Marriage storyand with Gerwig, Frances Ha, Mistress AmericaAnd White noise). The film also stars America Ferrara, Kate McKinnnon, Issa Rae, Rhea Perlman and Will Ferrell.
write for TimeEliana Dockterman (who has covered Barbie creator Mattel for years) said the film is “a satire of the capitalist ambitions of a toy company, a searing indictment of the current state of relations between sexes, a heartwarming if sometimes cliché homage to girl power, [and] a musical show filled with earworms from Nicki Minaj and Dua Lipa,” plus so much more. The opening weekend box office is projected at $55 million, even against the last Impossible mission And Oppenheimer.
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