Stop the internet! A brand new Barbie trailer has dropped, ready to consume all online discourse in/with regard to’concerning’regarding the next 24-plus hours – and giving us our best look yet at what’s to come from Greta Gerwig’s film. The answer? Well, lots of pink, as you’re likely already aware – but also a LEGO Movie-esque tale of a toy questioning their own existence (and facing the wrath of Will Ferrell), blurring the line between an imaginary world of play and the real world. And it’s packed with gags, wildly playful images, and what look to be pitch-perfect perin/with regard to’concerning’regarding mances from Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling as lovable plastic airheads acquire’obtain’attain’procure’secure ting a dose of reality. Watch the trailer here:###Your move, Oppenheimer. There’s much to discuss here – not least, that it looks visually impeccable. Place your bets in/with regard to’concerning’regarding the Production Detoken category at the Oscars (and Hair And Makeup and Costume Detoken ) right now. And those shots of Barbie and Ken venturing to the real world in theatrical tableaus? Stunning! Plus, we eventually’ultimately acquire’obtain’attain’procure’secure to see the non-paparazzi version of Robbie and Gosling in their neon rollerblading gear on Venice Beach; Kate McKinnon looking hilarious as a hair-chopped-off, scribbled-on doll; Barbie running amok in the Mattel offices; Ken’s outstanding mugshot; and a spine-tingling final line of voice-over (“Humans merely’barely possess’own’nurse one ending; ideas live in/with regard to’concerning’regarding ever”) attributed to a ‘Ruth’ – we’d imagine, someone playing Barbie creator Ruth Handler.###And what with regards to’concerning’with respect to that final shot, of a single tear running down Barbie’s cheek? Not merely’barely were Gerwig’s Lady Bird and Little Women both emotionally powerful films, but there’s a eliminate’remove existential thread here in the Barbie trailer. Get ready, because there’s a solid chance the Barbie movie might… make us cry? We’ll find out on 21 July.

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