Barbie 2: After the Oscars, a new film is being studied in Hollywood

Warner bosshe loved“Doing Barbie with Greta Gerwig, reports DeadlineVia the BBC. Pam Abdi pointed out that the studio “I really want to continue this blockbuster that has won the audience all over the world“Negotiations continue.

This is not the first time that this sequel project has been mentioned in the media. In the summer of 2023, shortly after the release of the film, the topic was already raised. Mattel CEO Inon Kreis said that Greta Gerwig’s Barbie only “The Beginning of a New Franchise” and which the firm wanted to produce “More Barbie Movies”. But this statement was quickly canceled by director Greta Gerwig, who spoke on the microphone New York Times That he still had no idea about a potential sequel to his film.

I feel like after every movie I never have another idea

“Right now, that’s all I have. I feel like after every film, I’ll never have another idea, and that all I wanted to do was not crush someone else’s dream, but for me, right now, I’m at zero.He explained Greta Gerwig.

In turn, Margot Robbie – also the producer of the feature film about the famous doll – said on the microphone. Colliderprior to the SAG-Aftra strike that discussions were already underway about a possible extension, but he was unwilling “falling into a trap” By planning something that is unattainable.

The first film that stands on its own?

The Barbie feature film is an independent film that stands on its own, a sequel “It could go in a million different directions”. “I think you fall into a trap if you try to prepare the first film while planning the sequels.” He continues.

At the beginning of the year, he asked again about this topic varietyMargot Robbie said a little more about a possible sequel. “It’s funny, such an impulsive reaction, these days, to immediately ask for a sequel. I don’t think it was like that 20 years ago. It wasn’t a trilogy..”

Margot Robbie in 3 movies

and added: “We put everything into this barbie, and that’s how Greta Gerwig works. He gives it his all and ends up exhausted, on his knees, as if he will never make the next film because he has given it his all. So I don’t know what it will be like if we re-sign. I think Warner would agree. I have no idea what it might look like.”

Other projects from the Mattel brand in the future

He continues in the columns of Variety: “We want to make more movies that have the Barbie effect. I don’t know if it should be Barbie 2. Why can’t it be another big, original idea with a great director, a big budget to play with, and the trust of a big firm? That’s what I want.”

Keep in mind that Mattel seems determined to continue their momentum and is also planning 45 movies about their various games and toys. If Greta Gerwig doesn’t want to continue her movie, Mattel Films should look for another director. Especially since the director will soon decide on two new adaptations of the Chronicles of Narnia, CS Lewis’s famous fantasy novels, for Netflix.

Meanwhile, the studio has already planned several movies adapted from its various game licenses: Barney the Dinosaur, produced by actor Daniel Kaluuya, the Hot Wheels movie, which is currently being worked on by JJ Abrams, an adaptation of the game Rock ‘Em Sock’Em. Robots with Vin Diesel and the Polly Pockets movie directed by Lena Dunham with Lily Collins as the miniature doll.