Movies Greta Gerwig thinks White Noise and Barbie could make for an 'interesting' double bill The filmmaker-actress stars in Netflix's Don DeLillo adaptation and directed the upcoming doll-inspired movie. By Clark Collis Clark Collis Senior Writer EW's editorial guidelines Published on December 29, 2022 01:10PM EST Filmmakers and real-life couple Greta Gerwig and Noah Baumbach have spent the past few years working on two seemingly very different movies: White Noise and Barbie. Baumbach's White Noise, which hits Netflix on Dec. 30, is an adaptation of Don LeLillo's acclaimed novel and stars Gerwig and Adam Driver as a couple whose town is threatened by an airborne toxic event. Barbie (out in cinemas July 21), which is written by Baumbach and Gerwig and directed by the latter, stars Margot Robbie as the titular doll and Ryan Gosling as Ken. Despite having very different inspirations, Baumbach says that he feels the two movies are connected. "I wrote White Noise, and then, once I had that in a place where I thought, okay, I've done a lot of the heavy-lifting, Greta and I started work on Barbie," says Baumbach. "So that was all sort of happening during that first year of the pandemic. They're kind of connected in a funny. The execution is different but there are aspects of the world of White Noise that actually informed some of how we looked at Barbie." "Everything got written in 2020, they very much feel like they came out of the same place in a way," Gerwig adds. "I mean they physically came out of the same address. But I think it contributed, him working on that and us working on Barbie together." So would the two films make for a good double bill? "I'm not going to pitch that," says Gerwig with a laugh. "I'm sure if someone wanted to, it might be interesting. I don't know, it could be strange. I can feel how they're connected, but I don't know if anyone else will see it." Want more movie news? Sign up for Entertainment Weekly's free newsletter to get the latest trailers, celebrity interviews, film reviews, and more. Related content: Sorry, dolls, Saoirse Ronan isn't in Greta Gerwig's Barbie movie after all See all the stars at the 2022 Venice Film Festival John Oliver reveals history of his Adam Driver bit, from its origin to their final confrontation Francis Ford Coppola's Megalopolis adds Adam Driver and more to starry cast: Why we're excited