Barbie was an absolute phenomenon. The movie dominated the tradition upon launch and grossed an unimaginable $1.4 billion worldwide. So naturally, Warner Bros. was adamant {that a} Barbie sequel needed to occur, however time is working out.
The Barbie Sequel is Stalled
In line with a report from the New York Times, the Barbie sequel hasn’t made a lot progress because the studio nonetheless hasn’t closed offers with Margot Robbie, Ryan Gosling, or author/director Greta Gerwig. And if a deal isn’t reached by December… the rights to Barbie will revert again to Mattel. Cue the ticking clock.
Just like the association for the primary film, Mattel will obtain a share of the sequel’s gross earnings, however securing Robbie, Gosling, and Gerwig has proved harder. Gosling is reportedly asking for $20 million, and the gives have additionally included a reduce of the earnings as soon as the film reaches a sure box-office threshold. Nonetheless, Warner Bros.’ David Zaslav apparently thought the offers have been too beneficiant and wouldn’t approve them.
A spokeswoman for Warner Bros. disputed that declare, saying that expertise representatives haven’t countered since declining the final provide in Might.
Warner Bros. co-chairs, Pam Abdy and Michael De Luca, mentioned in an announcement: “We’ve a rights take care of Mattel in place and have made a collection of huge gives to try to finalize offers to make the subsequent ‘Barbie’ movie. Sadly, we’ve got been unable to achieve an settlement so far.“
Ought to There Even Be a Sequel?
Sure, Barbie was large, and Warner Bros. clearly desires one other shot at making one other billion (or extra), however does it want a sequel? I’d argue that it doesn’t. The primary one simply felt like an ideal storm, and when a sequel does occur, as a result of you already know it would ultimately, I can’t think about it having the identical impression. I additionally take a look at Joker, one other Warner Bros. movie that was wildly profitable and had a sequel fast-tracked… and I think we all know what happened there.
In actual fact, Margot Robbie was skeptical in regards to the possibilities of a follow-up when requested several years ago. “It humorous, that knee-jerk response these days for everybody to instantly ask a couple of sequel,” she mentioned. “I don’t assume it was like that 20 years in the past. This wasn’t designed to be a trilogy.“
