Will there be a "Barbie sequel?

[wildojinx]

I just saw the Barbie movie. I thought it was well-done and all, but I noticed it pretty much has a definite ending. However, you know Mattel and WB want to cash in on all the success, do you think they'll go for it, and if so, what will be the plot?

[Kalmia]

They've got to make the Monopoly movie first.

[Mighty Attack Tribble]

Greta Gerwig doesn't want to make a sequel.

Margot Robbie doesn't want to make a sequel.

Ryan Gosling doesn't want to make a sequel.

If Warner Bros. want a sequel, they're almost certainly going to have to do it without the three main reasons the first one worked.

[salz4life]

I see no reason for one..... so I'm sure WB is trying to think of a reason.

[MolotovMocktail]

Apr 11, 2024 14:24:09 GMT -5 salz4life said:

I see no reason for one..... so I'm sure WB is trying to think of a reason.

The fact that it performed as well as it did at the box office gives them an incentive to shoot for a sequel, if not a franchise.

[salz4life]

Apr 11, 2024 14:26:17 GMT -5 MolotovMocktail said:

Apr 11, 2024 14:24:09 GMT -5 salz4life said:

I see no reason for one..... so I'm sure WB is trying to think of a reason.

The fact that it performed as well as it did at the box office gives them an incentive to shoot for a sequel, if not a franchise.

If they wanted to spin it off with Ken (or maybe another character?), I could see that.... but a straight sequel makes zero sense from a story POV.

[Muskrat]

Apr 11, 2024 13:54:44 GMT -5 Mighty Attack Tribble said:

Greta Gerwig doesn't want to make a sequel.

Margot Robbie doesn't want to make a sequel.

Ryan Gosling doesn't want to make a sequel.

If Warner Bros. want a sequel, they're almost certainly going to have to do it without the three main reasons the first one worked.

Greta Gerwig said like a month ago that’s she’s down for a sequel if she comes up with a good idea for it.

[ayumidah]

Apr 11, 2024 15:04:32 GMT -5 Muskrat said:

Apr 11, 2024 13:54:44 GMT -5 Mighty Attack Tribble said:

Greta Gerwig doesn't want to make a sequel.

Margot Robbie doesn't want to make a sequel.

Ryan Gosling doesn't want to make a sequel.

If Warner Bros. want a sequel, they're almost certainly going to have to do it without the three main reasons the first one worked.

Greta Gerwig said like a month ago that’s she’s down for a sequel if she comes up with a good idea for it.

Yeah, she pretty much always said that. That she'd drained herself creatively but might come back to it in a few years and have something. Just right now, no.

[James Fabiano]

Apr 11, 2024 13:54:44 GMT -5 Mighty Attack Tribble said:

Greta Gerwig doesn't want to make a sequel.

Margot Robbie doesn't want to make a sequel.

Ryan Gosling doesn't want to make a sequel.

If Warner Bros. want a sequel, they're almost certainly going to have to do it without the three main reasons the first one worked.

Uh oh, here comes the D2V/D2Streaming Barbie Universe! Ready to join the likes of American Pie, Home Alone, and THE LAND BEFORE TIME.

[James Fabiano]

I'd be interested if they did what they failed to do in the first movie and use Mattel IPs rather than imply that Mattel = only Barbie.

[wildojinx]

Apr 11, 2024 17:30:56 GMT -5 James Fabiano said:

I'd be interested if they did what they failed to do in the first movie and use Mattel IPs rather than imply that Mattel = only Barbie.

Put the Hot Wheels universe into it somehow and you can include Nascar Barbie (yes, it exists).

[Mighty Attack Tribble]

Apr 11, 2024 17:16:22 GMT -5 ayumidah said:

Yeah, she pretty much always said that. That she'd drained herself creatively but might come back to it in a few years and have something. Just right now, no.

And that's really the catch, isn't it? Are Mattel and Warner Bros. going to be content to wait an indefinite amount of time for Gerwig to find inspiration, if she ever does? Well, when the guy calling the shots is David Zaslav, you can probably presume the answer is no.

[Sponsored by Groose Wipes]

It made too much money to not have one.

[thechase]

Can't we just make the next Toy Story all about Barbie instead?

[stoptheclocks]

It made one and a half billion dollars. Yes there will be a sequel. There will be 10 of them.

[Hit Girl]

In the sequel Barbara gets a new hat, and is ruthlessly pursued by a Waylon Smithers-like collector.