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Mattel has decided to bring back the Barbie magic almost two years after the success of Margot Robbie's live-action.
As reported by Deadline on Thursday, July 17, Illumination, the studio behind the Minions franchise, and Mattel Studios have partnered up for the production of the first-ever Barbie animated movie for the big screen.
The iconic doll by Mattel has appeared in 52 animated movies and has been a TV streaming project since 2001, with the most recent film being 2025's Barbie and Teresa: Recipe for Friendship.
Director Greta Gerwig's 2023 Barbie movie broke records at the box office by grossing over $1.3 billion globally in ticket sales, becoming Warner Bros.' highest-earning theatrical release of all time.
Ahead of the milestone, Margot admitted to Collider that she always had a positive feeling about the project.
"I think my pitch in the green-light meeting was the studios have prospered so much when they're brave enough to pair a big idea with a visionary director," the Suicide Squad actress noted.
The Australian starlet added, "I was like, 'And now you've got Barbie and Greta Gerwig,' and I think I told them that it'd make a billion dollars, which maybe I was overselling, but we had a movie to make, okay!"
The movie's success led Mattel, the toy company that owns the Barbie brand, to dip their toes in the film industry more, including a Polly Pocket movie for the big screen.
