{"id":5321,"date":"2026-08-01T16:35:33","date_gmt":"2026-08-01T16:35:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/relocationobserver.com\/?p=5321"},"modified":"2026-08-01T16:35:33","modified_gmt":"2026-08-01T16:35:33","slug":"barbie-sequel-stalls-as-david-zaslav-wont-approve-bigger-salaries-for-ryan-gosling-and-margot-robbie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/relocationobserver.com\/?p=5321","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Barbie\u2019 Sequel Stalls as David Zaslav Won\u2019t Approve Bigger Salaries for Ryan Gosling and Margot Robbie"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<!-- do not apply CSS styles to this element! --><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>\n\tWhen a movie makes more than $1.4 billion at the box office and earns eight Academy Award nominations, the studio is going to want to make a sequel. Such was the case with Warner Bros. and \u201cBarbie.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/relocationobserver.com\/?p=5319\">Box Office: \u2018Spider-Man: Brand New Day\u2019 Breaks Opening Day Record With $168 Million<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n\tThe blockbuster movie, released in July 2023, catapulted filmmaker Greta Gerwig, producer Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling, aka \u201cjust Ken,\u201d to new heights and was a huge win for Mattel, which owns the rights to the fashion doll, too \u2014 especially as the toy brand aims to stake its claim in Hollywood.<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\u201cIt\u2019s funny, that knee-jerk reaction in this day and age for everyone to immediately ask about a sequel,\u201d Robbie told <em>Variety<\/em> for a 2024 cover story, heralding her production company LuckyChap as showpersons of the year. \u201cI don\u2019t think it was like that 20 years ago. This wasn\u2019t designed to be a trilogy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\n\tThat said, all parties were open to the idea of more pink-hued adventures, but nothing could happen unless Gerwig and her writing partner and husband, Noah Baumbach, came back with another great idea.<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\u201cEverything went into \u2018Barbie\u2019 \u2014 and that\u2019s how Greta works,\u201d Robbie said at the time. \u201cShe finishes every movie on empty, feeling like she could never make another movie because she put everything she had into that one. So I don\u2019t know what it would take to fill that cup up again for her. Or for us. I think Warners would also agree. I don\u2019t know what more could even look like. We want to make more films that have the effect that \u2018Barbie\u2019 has.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\n\tSo, for the last three years, rumors of a \u201cBarbie 2\u201d have been just that \u2014 until now.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/relocationobserver.com\/?p=5318\">\u2018The Inbetweeners\u2019 Reunion Movie in the Works at Netflix With Original Lead Cast to Return<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n\tOn Friday, the New York Times reported that Warner Bros. has been in negotiations with Gerwig, Robbie and Gosling about making a sequel, and the studio is on a mission to get their deals in place before the rights revert to Mattel in December. However, if Warner Bros. doesn\u2019t come to terms with the \u201cBarbie\u201d crew by that deadline, Mattel would have to redevelop the IP for a new movie \u2014 meaning a new filmmaker, new cast and new concept.<\/p>\n<p>\n\tWarner Bros. co-chairs, Pam Abdy and Michael De Luca, confirmed the talks in a statement: \u201cWe have a rights deal with Mattel in place and have made a series of big offers to try and finalize deals to make the next \u2018Barbie\u2019 film. Unfortunately, we have been unable to reach an agreement thus far.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\n\tThe Times report notes that Gerwig and Baumbach have an idea for the new movie, but won\u2019t share the concept with the studio until the deals are complete. Plus Gosling, who was nominated for a best supporting actor Oscar for his role, is angling for a pay raise, with $20 million as his asking price. There have also been talks of giving principal talent a cut of box office revenues if the sequel hits a certain benchmark. Warner Bros. boss David Zaslav, according to the NYT, is hesitant to sign off on such a deal and feels an offer like that would be too generous. While it might seem like CAA \u2014\u00a0which represents Gerwig, Baumbach, Robbie and Gosling \u2014 is playing hardball, it\u2019s standard practice to renegotiate contracts when a sequel wasn\u2019t included in the original paperwork, as was the case for \u201cBarbie.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\n\tIn an interesting coincidence that the \u201cBarbie 2\u201d report comes as \u201cSpider-Man: Brand New Day\u201d breaks box office records, because there\u2019s a universe where that movie never happened. Remember 2019, when Sony and Marvel\u2019s agreement to co-finance and creatively produce Tom Holland\u2019s \u201cSpider-Man\u201d movies; following public outcry (and tears of Holland\u2019s own), the two parties came back to the negotiating table and hammered out a new deal. The resulting films, 2021\u2019s \u201cSpider-Man: No Way Home,\u201d stand as the franchise\u2019s highest-grossing film, with $1.9 billion worldwide, and \u201cBrand New Day\u201d looks to reach or surpass those numbers.<\/p>\n<p>\n\tWhile December is the deadline for a new \u201cBarbie\u201d movie to get into development, production on the sequel would still be a ways away. Robbie will soon start production on her \u201cOcean\u2019s 11\u201d prequel for Warner Bros., while Gosling just announced he\u2019ll star in Marvel\u2019s \u201cGhost Rider\u201d movie (dated for 2028) and has to promote \u201cStar Wars: Starfighter\u201d (in theaters May 28, 2027). Gerwig will also be heading out on a promo tour for her latest film, Netflix\u2019s \u201cNarnia,\u201d early next year. <\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/relocationobserver.com\/?p=5316\">Massive Attack Duo Banned From Singapore Over Palestinian Flag Display<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8216;Barbie 2&#8217; has stalled as Warner Bros. boss Davis Zaslav won&#8217;t approve bigger saleries for Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5320,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[4204,1920,2804,3692],"class_list":["post-5321","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-film","tag-barbie","tag-greta-gerwig","tag-margot-robbie","tag-ryan-gosling-2"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>\u2018Barbie\u2019 Sequel Stalls as David Zaslav Won\u2019t Approve Bigger Salaries for Ryan Gosling and Margot Robbie - 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