New Barbie Trailer Shows Margot Robbie Facing an Existential Crisis

A new Barbie trailer has been released, showing viewers more of the titular character’s journey to the real world.

The trailer portrays Margot Robbie’s Barbie becoming curious about the concepts of death and existence, leading her to enter the real world at the behest of Kate McKinnon’s Barbie in order to learn more about life. She is unexpectedly accompanied by Ryan Gosling’s Ken, leading to the duo causing havoc as a couple of living toy characters in the real world.

Check out the new Barbie trailer below:

The live-action Barbie movie is led by Margot Robbie (I, Tonya, The Suicide Squad), who is also serving as a producer through her LuckyChap banner. The project is being directed by acclaimed filmmaker Greta Gerwig from a screenplay she co-wrote with Noah Baumbach.

Joining Robbie are Ryan Gosling (La La Land), America Ferrera (Ugly Betty), Simu Liu (Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings), Kate McKinnon (Saturday Night Live), Ariana Greenblatt (Love and Monsters), Alexandra Shipp (tick, tick…BOOM!), Emma Mackey (Sex Education), Issa Rae (Insecure), Michael Cera (Scott Pilgrim vs. the World), Hari Nef (Transparent), Will Ferrell, Helen Mirren, and more.

The film is produced by LuckyChap’s Tom Ackerly and Mattel Films’ Robbie Brenner, along with Josey McNamara and Ynon Kreiz. This marks Robbie’s latest collaboration with Warner Bros. Pictures after starring as fan-favorite anti-hero Harley Quinn in 2016’s Suicide Squad, 2020’s Birds of Prey, and 2021’s The Suicide Squad.