Barbie 2 May Not Happen as Warner Bros. and Creative Team Clash Over Pay Demands

There's a contention to get Barbie 2 made, but a fiscal feud betwixt Warner Bros. and the film's originative squad (including Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling) could termination the project.

According to a caller study from Variety, Warner Bros. has until the extremity of the twelvemonth to get a Barbie sequel into development; otherwise, it'll suffer the accidental for good. The crushed for this is that the rights for a movie volition revert backmost to Barbie proprietor Mattel if WB can't get contracts signed for the squad down the project. However, there's 1 large issue: They're each struggling to hold connected terms.

Warner Bros. didn't enactment a sequel erstwhile processing the archetypal film, partially due to the fact that it didn't expect the movie to extremity up grossing astir $1.5 cardinal oregon people a clump of nominations astatine the Oscars. As a result, the workplace is paying for its deficiency of foresight. Since determination was thing agreed upon, manager Greta Gerwig, penning spouse Noah Baumbach, and stars Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling person a batch of country to negotiate. Warner Bros. has reportedly made six offers for a sequel implicit the past 3 years, with the astir caller reportedly being the highest successful the studio's history, though the squad is holding its crushed and asking for more.

Variety's sources authorities that Gosling is asking for a whopping $20 cardinal upfront to instrumentality arsenic Ken, and the squad is looking for generous deals connected the backend, apt hoping for different large container bureau deed from which they tin reap the rewards. Although Warner Bros. executives reportedly worth this group, immoderate are pointing the digit astatine CEO David Zaslav for the holdup. If Zaslav doesn't budge, Barbie 2 volition die.

For some, that mightiness beryllium a bully thing. Not each movie needs a sequel, and the archetypal movie didn't precisely acceptable up a trilogy. Gerwig herself wasn't excessively funny successful a Barbie sequel astatine first, but has travel astir connected it, and present reportedly has an idea, but isn't spilling the beans connected what that mightiness look similar until contracts are signed. In the meantime, the manager is helming an adaptation of The Chronicles of Narnia, which volition merchandise aboriginal adjacent year.

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