Mattel and Warner Bros. Pictures Join with Faber to Turn the Literary World Pink with the Release of the BARBIE Movie Screenplay

 Faber, Mattel, Inc. (NASDAQ: MAT) and Warner Bros. Pictures announced the release of the BARBIE movie screenplay, published by Faber. The original screenplay of the film phenomenon written by Greta Gerwig & Noah Baumbach will be published by Faber and is available for pre-sale.

Available in print for the first time, the BARBIE screenplay features an exclusive introduction by Gerwig and Baumbach and eight pages of full-color photos from the film.

Anarchically hilarious and unexpectedly emotional, BARBIE is an original, magical cinematic confection of absurdity, heart and technicolor musicals. Greta Gerwig and Noah Baumbach have created a deeply personal and idiosyncratic film from the icon that is the Barbie doll. The movie celebrates the perfection of imperfection, and affirms that everyone, even Allan, is KenoughTM.

Publication is scheduled for December 14, 2023, in the UK and December 26, 2023, in the US, with a suggested retail price of £14.99 (UK) and $19.95 (US). For more information, please visit https://linktr.ee/barbiethescreenplay

About the Authors:

Greta Gerwig is an Academy Award-nominated filmmaker with a distinctive humor, authentic voice, and singular, personal cinematic vision. Her wholly original, critically acclaimed Barbie, penned with Noah Baumbach and starring Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling, has become both a worldwide cultural phenomenon and a record-breaking box office success as well as one of the most unique filmgoing experiences in years. Gerwig’s prior film, Little Women, was nominated for six Academy Awards, five BAFTA Awards, and PGA and WGA honors. Her debut film, Lady Bird, was nominated for five Academy Awards, including nominations for Gerwig for Best Director and Best Original Screenplay.

Gerwig is also a prolific actor, who received a Golden Globe nomination for her performance in Frances Ha, which she co-wrote with Baumbach. Recently she starred in Baumbach’s White Noise. Her additional acting credits include Jackie, Maggie’s Plan, 20th Century Women, Lola versus, Damsels in Distress and Mistress America.

Noah Baumbach is a three-time Academy Award nominated writer and director. His films as a writer and director include White Noise; Marriage Story, which received 6 Academy Award nominations including Best Picture and a win for Laura Dern for Best Supporting Actress; The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected); While We’re Young; Mistress America; Frances Ha; Greenberg; Margot at the Wedding; The Squid and the Whale, for which Baumbach received an Oscar nomination for Best Original Screenplay; Kicking and Screaming; and the documentary De Palma. Alongside Wes Anderson, he co-wrote Fantastic Mr. Fox and The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou.

Praise for the film:

“Hilarious, rebellious, and full of sunshine. A balance of unhinged whimsy, deep humanity, and comedic bliss.” – OBSERVER (US)

“A near-miraculous achievement.” – Independent

“Life after Barbie will simply never be the same again.” - Empire

“Brilliant, beautiful, and fun as hell” - The New Yorker

“The most subversive blockbuster of the 21st Century” - Rolling Stone “Greta Gerwig’s bold and inventive Barbie breaks the mold.” - BBC Culture

About BARBIE

To live in Barbie Land is to be a perfect being in a perfect place. Unless you have a full-on existential crisis. Or you’re a Ken. Warner Bros. Pictures Presents A Heyday Films Production, A LuckyChap Entertainment Production, An NB/GG Pictures Production, A Mattel Production, BARBIE, directed by Greta Gerwig, starring Margot Robbie, Ryan Gosling, America Ferrera, Kate McKinnon, Issa Rae, Rhea Perlman, and Will Ferrell. The film is written by Greta Gerwig & Noah Baumbach, based on “Barbie” by Mattel, and produced by David Heyman, Margot Robbie, Tom

Ackerley and Robbie Brenner. The executive producers are Gerwig, Baumbach, Ynon Kreiz, Richard Dickson, Michael Sharp, Josey McNamara, Courtenay Valenti, Toby Emmerich and Cate Adams.

About Mattel

Mattel is a leading global toy company and owner of one of the strongest portfolios of children’s and family entertainment franchises in the world. We create innovative products and experiences that inspire, entertain, and develop children through play. We engage consumers through our portfolio of iconic brands, including Barbie®, Hot Wheels®, Fisher-Price®, American Girl®, Thomas & Friends®, UNO®, Masters of the Universe®, Monster High® and MEGA®, as well as other popular intellectual properties that we own or license in partnership with global entertainment companies. Our offerings include film and television content, gaming and digital experiences, music, and live events. We operate in 35 locations and our products are available in more than 150 countries in collaboration with the world’s leading retail and ecommerce companies. Since its founding in 1945, Mattel is proud to be a trusted partner in empowering children to explore the wonder of childhood and reach their full potential. Visit us online at mattel.com.

About Faber

Faber is one of the world’s great independent publishing houses. Since we were founded in 1929, we have sought to find the very best writers and are proud to publish the foremost voices in fiction, non-fiction, poetry, drama, film and children’s books, from writers including Sylvia Plath, Samuel Beckett, Ted Hughes, William Golding, Seamus Heaney, P. D. James, Natalie Diaz, Tsitsi Dangarembga, Alan Bennett, Edna O’Brien, Simon Armitage, Emma Carroll, Claire Keegan, Christopher Nolan, Jason Reynolds, Wes Anderson, Katherine Rundell and Sally Rooney. Thirteen Nobel Laureates and six Booker Prize-winners have been published by Faber, with awards most recently for Kazuo Ishiguro and Anna Burns.