Now streaming for the first time on Amazon and Co.: The most successful film of 2023, the sequel of which remains a big mystery

Now streaming for the first time on Amazon and Co

Starting today, September 12th, you can watch Barbie with Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling at home. However, a sequel is currently planned, among other things the biggest Hollywood crisis in a long time is on the way.

Here’s how you can stream Barbie at home

Barbie is in the Purchase and rental version Available from providers such as Amazon *, MagentaTV and others. You can buy the film in SD, HD or 4K quality for 19.99 euros, and you can rent it for 15.99 euros.

The film is expected to be released on disc in October. It is not yet known when the pink adventure will be available in a streaming flat rate on Netflix, Amazon Prime Video or the competition.

That’s what Barbie with Ryan Gosling and Margot Robbie is about

Harley Quinn actress Margot Robbie plays the “stereotypical” Barbie who goes about her everyday life in pink Barbieland among Barbie lawyers, doctors and astronauts. Until yourself Mistakes creep into their perfectly coordinated lives: Suddenly she has flat feet, thinks about death and the toast flies out of the toaster, burnt. Barbie then sets off into the real world with stowaway Ken (Ryan Gosling) to find her owner (America Ferrera from Superstore).

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Barbie

Long before publication Barbie became a pop culture phenomenon, which was due, among other things, to the fact that it was released at the same time as Christopher Nolan’s dark atomic bomb drama Oppenheimer. Posters for the double feature “Barbenheimer” made the rounds.

When the film started, fans showed up in many places wearing pink clothing. This is how Barbie developed into world’s most successful film in 2023, with grosses to date of $1.4 billion. In Germany alone the film was seen by 5.2 million viewers.

Barbie 2 remains a mystery

The story of Barbie doesn’t demand a sequel, but it does in the context of today’s Hollywood business Barbie 2 seems inevitable. Despite this, the film has not yet been announced. Director and co-writer Greta Gerwig told industry magazine Variety in August that she would be open to a return to Barbieland.

Warner Bros.

Barbie

According to a report by The Hollywood Reporter, studio Warner Bros. tried to secure the stars for the sequel several months before Barbie’s theatrical release. This is actually common for franchise films of this type. Yes neither Greta Gerwig nor Ryan Gosling nor Margot Robbie agreed to it. In retrospect, this turns out to be smart from a financial perspective, as they would be in a stronger negotiating position due to the film’s enormous success.

So far there is no evidence of negotiations, which could be due, among other things, to the double strike in Hollywood. Neither actors nor authors are currently allowed to enter into negotiations with studios that are on strike.

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