As per NY Times’ Kyle Buchanan, Barbie may actually feature multiple versions of Barbie and Ken—each played by different actors. Robbie is only playing the white blonde version of the character, but Issa Rae and Hari Nef will play a different version of Barbie as well. On the Ken side of things, Ryan Gosling, Ncuti Gatwa, and Simu Liu are all said to be playing different versions of the same character.

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And, by the same token, Margot Robbie is not the film’s only Barbie. Issa Rae and Hari Nef play different Barbies…

— Kyle Buchanan (@kylebuchanan) May 18, 2022

If this turns out to be some kind of big spoiler, I’m sure going to be bummed, but then again, I am more intrigued to see what kind of direction Gerwig is going for the film. With her adaptation of Little Women also being kind of a meta-commentary on the story of author Louisa May Alcott. With Barbie recently gaining criticism for promoting unhealthy body standards and the toy’s lack of diversity, I think we could be in for another meta-film as well.

Until we get our first trailer, all we can really do is guess, but with Robbie getting involved, I’m hoping this movie actually has something meaningful to say; besides it being a toy-promoting cash grab.

Greta Gerwig’s Barbie starring Margot Robbie comes to theaters on July 21, 2023.

While promoting the Blu-Ray release of The Mitchells vs. The Machines, producer Phil Lord gives a small update on Spider-Verse 2 to IndieWire. He says, “It’s been fun to have the confidence… to go even harder and push the medium even further and take Miles [Morales] to places you couldn’t imagine.”

With the first movie introducing us to several versions of Spider-Men, the sequel is expected to go even further and maybe even show us some very well-established, even obscure versions of the wallcrawler. While it hasn’t been confirmed, a lot of fans are almost sure that Japanese Spider-Man from the 70s is going to show up, and he’s even going to be summoning his giant mech.

Disney may be dominating in the animation market right now, but Spider-Verse was able to set a new standard on animation that totally popped with its own style. You can even see a lot of it bleed over to Mitchells when it came out, and we should expect all the colors and styles to be ramped up to 11 when the sequel comes along.

Though the new style is being touted for Spider-Verse 2, I’m hoping that Lord and Miller manage to come up with a great story that further challenges Miles and the idea of what it takes to be Spider-Man.

Part One of Across the Spider-Verse is set to hit theaters on Oct. 7.