In the last month, Barbie it has swept the box office like no other movie in a long time. The film directed by Greta Gerwig and starring margot robbie It has been a historic milestone for Warner Bros and for movie theaters that were dying. To celebrate, the studio has decided to release a new copy of the film —still in theaters— adding an unpublished scene.
From Warner they have reached an agreement with the cinemas to project Barbie in IMAX theaters, which until now were monopolized by oppenheimer. But with the passing of the weeks and the prodigious endurance of the movie about the Mattel doll, the company has seen the perfect opportunity to continue exploiting it. So it has been announced a special event starting on September 22 and it will last a week. In it, Barbie It will be able to be seen in IMAX for the first time.
In addition, viewers who go to see it will have the opportunity to enjoy a never-before-seen post-credits scene. The sequence has been selected by Gerwig herself for the occasion. “We did Barbie for the big screen, so it’s very exciting to be able to bring it to IMAX, the biggest screen of all. And as a special thanks to the fans of Barbiewe’re thrilled to share a little more of the incredible work of our cast and crew, adding new special images that we hope the public will enjoy”, commented the filmmaker.
“If something was missing in this winning strategy of Barbie it was being able to bring Greta’s singular vision to the premium format of IMAX screens in this highly competitive summer. The fact that Barbie continue to attract packed audiences around the world ahead of its sixth weekend of release speaks to the quality of the film and the enthusiasm for the story,” they add. Jeff Goldstein and Andrew Crippsheads of domestic and international distribution at Warner Bros.
What’s the post credits scene about Barbie?
Although until September 22 the new version of Barbie does not reach theaters, conjectures can be made about its announced post-credits scene. And it is that previously it had been revealed that, originally, there was a sequence after the film went black. Said scene, however, did not make the final cut and was never seen in theaters, although that could change now.
In the scene in question, the narrator, the character of Helen Mirren, directs a speech to the camera until it is interrupted. Behind her, Midge, whom she plays Emerald Fennellis giving birth once and for all. The pregnant doll is finally going to have her babyand with that hilarious moment Barbie I was going to put an end to it. A plan that may be resumed with the rerun in IMAX. At the moment, the list of theaters in which this version of the film will be screened includes IMAX theaters in the United States and some still unconfirmed theaters in other countries.