The Barbie sequel has hit a roadblock on its approach again to Barbieland.
Warner Bros. has till December to achieve a cope with the celebs of the 2023 movie, Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling, in addition to director and co-writer Greta Gerwig, earlier than the rights revert to Mattel, in accordance with a report from the New York Instances.
The studio has been negotiating with the principal expertise for months, providing them a share of the earnings if the movie reaches sure field workplace milestones. The outlet additionally claims that Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav declined to approve the proposed deal as a result of he believed it was “too beneficiant.”
The Instances went on to report {that a} Warner Bros. spokesperson disputed that characterization, saying expertise representatives declined a proposal made in Might and haven’t but submitted a counteroffer.
“We’ve got a rights cope with Mattel in place and have made a collection of huge affords to try to finalize offers to make the subsequent Barbie movie,” studio co-chairs Pam Abdy and Michael De Luca stated in an announcement. “Sadly, we’ve got been unable to achieve an settlement to date.”
The Hollywood Reporter reached out to Warner Bros. for remark, and so they had nothing additional so as to add.
Gerwig and her Barbie co-writer Noah Baumbach have had an thought for Barbie 2 for a few years. THR first reported in 2024 that the couple was within the “early levels” of growing a narrative for the sequel.
Barbie was a large hit with audiences and critics, grossing $1.5 billion worldwide and incomes eight Oscar nominations, successful one for greatest authentic track (“What Was I Made For?” by Billie Eilish and Finneas O’Connell). Upon its launch in July 2023, the movie additionally grew to become a cultural phenomenon because of its advertising marketing campaign, signature pink aesthetic and simultaneous launch with Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer, dubbing the title, “Barbenheimer.”
