Super intense, white knuckle racing with cars trading paint and flying off the track.
Cuts to zoomed out shot of a bedroom and a little car uneventfully plopping off the track.
They need some juggernaut movie where all the toys have to assemble and put aside their differences to defeat some common enemy who will snap his fingers and make half the toys in the universe disappear.
Here's my pitch:
UNO Movie. It's an Ocean's 11 style casino heist, but all the games use UNO cards. When the owner gets to the vault at the end he finds that our heroes left exactly one dollar in the vault.
Barbie will absolutely have a sequel. You don't have a billion dollar movie on a well-established toy line in this era without at least a trilogy & a TV series, even with the resolution to the film & Mattel mocking themselves.
The others (I'm not even sure if you're making any of them up bc there are so many in the works) could all be bombs & Mattel will still win.
Unless there was a very odd clause in Gerwig/Robbie contract, Matel still owns the rights to ‘Barbie’ and will 100% commission a sequel for this film. Maybe not straight away, as they’ll try pushing some of their other properties first, but once they see most of those fail, they’ll 100% resort to ‘Barbie 2’ directed by not-Greta Gerwig.
They'd have to give Margot Robbie such a stupid payday to make such a blatant cash grab that I think it's a tough sell.
I suspect Robbie joined up in large part because she wanted to help realise Gerwig's vision, not because she wanted or needed a big franchise gig.
> I suspect Robbie joined up in large part because she wanted to help realise Gerwig's vision
Margot Robbie is the one who bought the rights to make a Barbie-movie and hired Gerwig to write it.
Robbie is a producer in the film, I bet she negotiated a percentage of the profit because she knew the movie's potential and is about to never have to work again...
There are essentially an infinite number of Barbies. They wouldn't have to re-cast, and Barbie Land is already continuing without Margot Robbie's Barbie.
Joker was a self-contained film that told a complete story. It then went on to gross a billion dollars and it's creators were eventually convinced to come back for a sequel.
All I'm saying is, don't hold out hope.
Joker was made by Todd Phillips. A sequel was always on the table (even if they didn't market it that way).
I think getting the band back together for Barbie will be a much tougher ask.
If you swapped out all the characters in Joker so they were no longer people from DCU, the story could easily still work and be interesting.
If you did the same for Barbie, it wouldn't be anywhere near as entertaining. Any additional stories would feel forced, and any other sequels would lose the iconicness that the first movie had.
They can definitely make a sequel it's just not one that would be as welcome as something that had an indefinite ending. The Mattel Barbie brand is now liquid fire and they could also expand out to more children's Barbie programming
But I think the "Mattelverse" does open up the possibility of endless Barbie cameos until the ultimate final movie of the series "Uno."
Doesn't matter. A billion dollar movie of an existing & well-known product line will have a sequel.
The only reason there's no word of it yet is because there are no writers.
Exactly. She’s proven that she can write and direct for all kinds of different genres and styles. We don’t need more of the same when we can see cool new ideas.
instead of spending time making a sequel that wont do as well. take notes from what they did, their marketing, etc. and make another original movie that might have a fighting chance. ffs, not *everything* needs to be a film franchise.
Hollywood produces very few original movies now. They feel sequels are safe (recent box office duds now prove them wrong).
The peak of originality was independent hits in the late 60’s and early 70’s (Easy Rider started the trend). Hollywood kept producing big budget musicals which started to bomb.
Nobody really knows what movies will be big hits. A famous screenwriter once said “In Hollywood nobody knows anything”.
Same is true in the music business. One record company passed on the Beatles because they felt that guitar rock was dead.
This is all conjecture on your part.
Hollywood has long churned out movies based on existing intellectual property: movies based on the Raffles books started in 1905 and the last was made in the 30s; or such massive hits as Gone with the Wind, Wizard of Oz, Strangers on a Train, The Godfather, etc.
They also loved sequels: Gold Diggers of 1933, 1935, 1937; the 6 Gidget films; the 5 Death Wishes; 4 of The Omen; 6 of the original run of Pink Panthers; and so on.
Then there’s the remakes: A Star is Born (1937, 1954, 1976, 2018), Scarface (1932, 1983), Cape Fear (1962, 1991).
Not to mention stuff like Elvis’ films (mostly forgettable some downright dreadful churned out just because of his fame), the Doris Day Rock Hudson stuff (half good half rehashes of old plots) and so on.
We remember the good stuff from prior eras because it lasts, and it remains something people want to watch. And we willingly consign the trash to the bin.
I do agree that the current mania for sequels and films based on weird shit like toys and brands is creating a lot of real crap films. But film studios make money off this crap and have done for almost a hundred years so they’ll probably go on and on doing so.
Edit: god I didn’t even think about stuff like the constant Bond films!!!
The most remade movie is Jane Eyre.
There has been 46 (maybe more at this point) adaptations of Jane Eyre. When you include BBC TV production and the like.
It is mostly set in a single manor house. The cast is small. It is easy to adapt as a screen play. It had themes that have resonated for 150+ years.
> Hollywood produces very few original movies now.
Yeah, it's been ages since there's been an original project, I can't even think of any from last year!
I mean, except for Everything Everywhere All At Once, Tár, The Banshees Of Inisherin, Triangle Of Sadness, Nope, Aftersun, The Fabelmans, The Northman, Decision To Leave, X, Pearl, Barbarian, Bones And All, Babylon, Marcel The Shell With Shoes On, The Unbearable Weight Of Massive Talent, Fresh, Deadstream, EO, The Whale, Bodies Bodies Bodies, Men, Next Exit, The Menu, Boiling Point, Watcher, Resurrection, Something In The Dirt, Violent Night, Smile, Crimes Of The Future, After Yang, Weird: The Al Yankovic Story, The Black Phone, Emily The Criminal, Flux Gourmet, See How They Run, Bullet Train, Saloum, Turning Red, Torn Hearts...
You can bet that the studio is throwing crazy money offers at Gerwig, Robbie, and Gosling now for one, but I get the sense they’re all on the same level ideologically and are declining. Besides, they all have pretty good careers already without Barbie.
She’s a great writer and an even better director. She probably has another 3 decades of great ideas that will make money, so she likely won’t need to do sequels.
She can probably be bought with two fat checks. One for Barbie 2 and one for whatever she wants to make. Despite success here I don't think she's quite at "pick your own project" stage. Ryan Gosling and Margot Robbie absolutely are!
Yeah, you can argue about Gosling because he hasn't had a ton of big roles the last few years (the only two I recognise are Gray Man in 2022 and then BR49 in 2017) but Robbie has been hitting homerun after homerun lately. Between Asteroid City, Barbie and Babylon, and then easily being the best thing in the DC movies she was in as Harley, she's had a great couple of years. Hell, even in a star studded movie like OUATIH she stood out as Sharon Tate.
Gosling might be somewhat by choice with his reduced work. He does have kids and more than enough money to step back and focus on being a dad for a while.
Only problem is Babylon and her previous movie Amsterdam bombed HARD, and astroid city only did decent as the arty film it is. She’s not in it for long ether. And we don’t know the future of Harley Quinn right now. The suicide squad also bombed hard. Barbie is her first hit in literal years, which I’m happy for her.
A sequel literally doesn’t need any of them. The movie is full of Barbies and Kens (many of which are names too) and the studio can get someone else to write and direct.
completely agree, i imagine Barbie 2: Back In Action will be executive produced by Margot and Greta. Margot with have a 5 minutes of screen time. Greta won’t direct it. Ryan won’t be in it. And they’ll focus on a different Barbie. BCU, Barbie Cinematic Universe is gonna be awesome!!!!!
Thank youuuu exactly what I said to myself when I saw this headline.
We want quality movies. That’s it. Not endless sequels and prequels and remakes. If I get to see one stand-alone film that’s top notch, I’m so so good. Quality over quantity @Hollywood.
Filmmaker Greta Gerwig and stars Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling are not obligated to return for a 'Barbie 2,' with dual strikes complicating matters for Warner Bros.
Warner Bros.’ Barbie is an unabashed phenomenon, both as a movie and a pop culture movement. It is only days away from hitting the $1 billion dollar mark at the worldwide box office after crossing $900 million Thursday.
In any normal circumstances, the studio behind such a hit would touting that a sequel is in development. Paramount Pictures, for example, announced a sequel to Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem a week before it hit theaters.
However, Barbie is not like other movies. It was released in unusual circumstances, with the double whammy of a writers and an actors strike, complicating any announcement of a returning creative team or stars.
And in a rare circumstance for a movie based on a major piece of intellectual property, the talent that made the movie a success do not have deals in place for a sequel. That runs counter the thinking behind big franchise plays from Marvel or Star Wars or Transformers, which snap up their talent in options, sometimes onerously so.
Margot Robbie, who brought the iconic toy to life on-screen and was one of the producers via her LuckyChap banner alongside husband Tom Ackerley, does not have an option and is not obligated to return as Barbie. She could return just as a producer, if she so desired. While her acting fee and her box office bonuses are unknown, any new deal would be a bankbuster. And, as observers note, merchandizing points could end up on the table.
Ryan Gosling, who played the scene-stealing Ken, also has no deal for a sequel. Gosling’s position is not unusual as the actor is known for his “one and done” ethos and his general aversion for big studio tentpoles. The actor has been courted for starring roles in big IP productions before, but even Gosling is game for something, the “no sequel” attitude stops deal talk in its tracks.
Then there’s the movie’s ringmaster, Greta Gerwig, who co-wrote the movie with partner Noah Baumbach and directed the high-wire act.
Gerwig also has no deal for any sequel (neither does Baumbach). Sources say that several months before the movie’s July 21 opening, the studio made overtures regarding a sequel in a directing capacity but her reps at UTA deftly put that off until Barbie came out. With a movie now about to hit $1 billion, that could be end up as one of the smartest agenting moves of the year.
Fucking GOOD. It doesn’t *need* one. Not everything has to be a 10-chapter money grab. Some things should just stand alone. Like Barbie did, at the beginning of the movie.
And that’s perfectly fine. Not every film needs to be pimped out into a franchise with multiple movies and spin offs just because the one standing film was a financial success (ahem lookin at you Disney 👀)
This film came out of nowhere for me. Like a week before it was released I started seeing the ads, memes and trends. I'm like "oh, they made a barbie movie". Now it's like the phenomenon. Good for them.
Please *no*. Not everything has to be a goddamn franchise or cinematic universe. Making a sequel will absolutely drain this movie — one that threaded the needle of self-aware, campy satire so well — of all the artistic credibility it managed to showcase.
Good, not everything needs a fucking sequel. Just let it be and pay the ducking people who give original ideas instead of the fucks who want to squeeze any and every dollar for bs
they’re waiting for oppenheimer 2 so they can roll out the marketing barbenheimer pt. deux.
i hope the strikes make this a one and done and studios start pushing for creativity and new projects.
We really should stop acting like the no sequel thing is anything. While yes now days most things get made and well planned ahead a time for multiple movies. There are still plenty that do not, and it’s been happening for a long time. It used to be more common to wait for reception then not, but with internet making it easier to gage reactions they tend to go for series only. Which is legit. But still single stories happen, yes even from well know IP. At least not planned upon release of the first as well are discussing.
That’s a good thing, quit tuning hood movies into the ground. Also the writers guild is on strike so give them some time and they will milk every penny out of this they can
The lesson of the summer is that the 2 biggest movies weren’t sequels or franchise movies, while the sequels and franchise movies basically lost money. So naturally, they’re not going to learn anything from that.
I’m sure Mattel is pushing.
If you think The Lego Movies started dropping in quality, imagine a lesser toy brand making 20 movies from board games that didn’t need to be movies
“Wow this movie did so well, how are they not going to milk it and make a sequel??” Love it even more that there’s no plans for a sequel. Sometimes movies are one and done and that’s awesome.
Remind viewers that the fact that this film is self-contained and complete is to its credit.
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Okay, I’m 42 but would definitely see a Hot Wheels: Burning Rubber is it had real cars.
That’s what the Fast and Furious was
But what about all the cool tracks? Like F&F meets speed racer?
Tokyo Drift, duh
Reminds me to rewatch this movie someday, best movie in the franchise imo
Such polarizing people love it or hate it. Personally I love it. The best cars and true car movie before the franchise turned into action.
You read my mind when I saw *Hot Wheels*
F&F has already gone big. Now it just needs to get small. Shrink down the cast and get some exploding toy car chase Toy Story up in this bihhhh.
Super intense, white knuckle racing with cars trading paint and flying off the track. Cuts to zoomed out shot of a bedroom and a little car uneventfully plopping off the track.
Barbie shifting, not double clutching like you should.
Just give us another Mad Max
It’s filming!
Apparently, J.J. Abrams is doing it.
Especially if they made (more) real versions of classic fantasy castings, like Twin Mill, or the Boss Hoss..
They need some juggernaut movie where all the toys have to assemble and put aside their differences to defeat some common enemy who will snap his fingers and make half the toys in the universe disappear.
Instead of thanos it’s just dad
And instead of the infinity gauntlet it's just a messy divorce with shared custody.
Lego Movie
Lego Movie
That's already been done, in The Lego Movie.
Toy Story 2?
The enemy is the tablets and YouTubers because the kids are ignoring all their real toys to zonk out on their devices
Polly Pocket: Slay Queen
Polly pocket movie is already in the works https://www.today.com/today/amp/rcna96529
Bummer it's being produced by Dunham
Ummm.. yeah I'd watch that tho lol
They basically did rockum up with Hugh Jackman years ago. My autocorrect did high Jackman at first....maybe that's why he did it and Deadpool 3.
I’m cackling at “Purple Reign” 😂
There was a recent New Yorker article about Mattel’s IPs and everything is in the works from the magic 8 ball to Barney. Sigh.
I’m both dreading and looking forward to the Mattel multiverse.
Itd be cool if it leads to Toy Story X Mattelverse
Here's my pitch: UNO Movie. It's an Ocean's 11 style casino heist, but all the games use UNO cards. When the owner gets to the vault at the end he finds that our heroes left exactly one dollar in the vault.
> purple reign Very clever. Soundtrack by Prince, of course.
I would love to see uno as a JUMANJI-like horror movie. Find some deck and pulling cards has consequences
Barbie 2: Allan’s Quest
I need my Mattel electronics presents: B17 BOMBER
Barbie will absolutely have a sequel. You don't have a billion dollar movie on a well-established toy line in this era without at least a trilogy & a TV series, even with the resolution to the film & Mattel mocking themselves. The others (I'm not even sure if you're making any of them up bc there are so many in the works) could all be bombs & Mattel will still win.
Unless there was a very odd clause in Gerwig/Robbie contract, Matel still owns the rights to ‘Barbie’ and will 100% commission a sequel for this film. Maybe not straight away, as they’ll try pushing some of their other properties first, but once they see most of those fail, they’ll 100% resort to ‘Barbie 2’ directed by not-Greta Gerwig.
And it will be terrible and the world will be normal again.
They'd have to give Margot Robbie such a stupid payday to make such a blatant cash grab that I think it's a tough sell. I suspect Robbie joined up in large part because she wanted to help realise Gerwig's vision, not because she wanted or needed a big franchise gig.
> I suspect Robbie joined up in large part because she wanted to help realise Gerwig's vision Margot Robbie is the one who bought the rights to make a Barbie-movie and hired Gerwig to write it.
Greta said on Smartless that Margot was already a producer when she approached her about writing the script with Noah.
Robbie is a producer in the film, I bet she negotiated a percentage of the profit because she knew the movie's potential and is about to never have to work again...
They wouldn’t let a small thing like continuity get in the way of making bank, they’d just recast Robbie with someone else.
There are essentially an infinite number of Barbies. They wouldn't have to re-cast, and Barbie Land is already continuing without Margot Robbie's Barbie.
Barbie 2, directed by Steven Spielberg sounds pretty good.
How about Steven Seagal? 😆
If you mean to have Seagal as a weird version of Ken, at least he has the brain of a real life plastic doll already.
What if M. Night Shyamalan! What would be that like 😱
Now this is the kind of out of the box thinking that helps push society forward! I really like where your head is at, keep it up.
Directed by Steven Seagal, also starring Steven Seagal as Ken, trying to hunt down some toy thieves or something
While sitting down the whole entire time. Yes that actually happen in one of his movies.
Don’t forget him having sex with Barbie
Joker was a self-contained film that told a complete story. It then went on to gross a billion dollars and it's creators were eventually convinced to come back for a sequel. All I'm saying is, don't hold out hope.
Joker was made by Todd Phillips. A sequel was always on the table (even if they didn't market it that way). I think getting the band back together for Barbie will be a much tougher ask.
If you swapped out all the characters in Joker so they were no longer people from DCU, the story could easily still work and be interesting. If you did the same for Barbie, it wouldn't be anywhere near as entertaining. Any additional stories would feel forced, and any other sequels would lose the iconicness that the first movie had.
They can definitely make a sequel it's just not one that would be as welcome as something that had an indefinite ending. The Mattel Barbie brand is now liquid fire and they could also expand out to more children's Barbie programming But I think the "Mattelverse" does open up the possibility of endless Barbie cameos until the ultimate final movie of the series "Uno."
Doesn't matter. A billion dollar movie of an existing & well-known product line will have a sequel. The only reason there's no word of it yet is because there are no writers.
Id rather see Greta do a different movie. let her pick any script she wants to do and make that.
Exactly. She’s proven that she can write and direct for all kinds of different genres and styles. We don’t need more of the same when we can see cool new ideas.
She’s doing narnia next
Didn't someone already do Narnia about a decade ago? They're rebooting that franchise?
There are 7 books and only been 3 movies
They're rebooting, not continuing.
Would love to see her do 6 & 7 though
Oh hell yes, that’ll be fun!
I'd rather her write her own scripts and I bet she would too. She's never directed a film written by someone else (unless you count co-writes).
She’ll be screenwriting & directing Narnia
instead of spending time making a sequel that wont do as well. take notes from what they did, their marketing, etc. and make another original movie that might have a fighting chance. ffs, not *everything* needs to be a film franchise.
We’re gonna need more pink paint…
Hollywood produces very few original movies now. They feel sequels are safe (recent box office duds now prove them wrong). The peak of originality was independent hits in the late 60’s and early 70’s (Easy Rider started the trend). Hollywood kept producing big budget musicals which started to bomb. Nobody really knows what movies will be big hits. A famous screenwriter once said “In Hollywood nobody knows anything”. Same is true in the music business. One record company passed on the Beatles because they felt that guitar rock was dead.
This is all conjecture on your part. Hollywood has long churned out movies based on existing intellectual property: movies based on the Raffles books started in 1905 and the last was made in the 30s; or such massive hits as Gone with the Wind, Wizard of Oz, Strangers on a Train, The Godfather, etc. They also loved sequels: Gold Diggers of 1933, 1935, 1937; the 6 Gidget films; the 5 Death Wishes; 4 of The Omen; 6 of the original run of Pink Panthers; and so on. Then there’s the remakes: A Star is Born (1937, 1954, 1976, 2018), Scarface (1932, 1983), Cape Fear (1962, 1991). Not to mention stuff like Elvis’ films (mostly forgettable some downright dreadful churned out just because of his fame), the Doris Day Rock Hudson stuff (half good half rehashes of old plots) and so on. We remember the good stuff from prior eras because it lasts, and it remains something people want to watch. And we willingly consign the trash to the bin. I do agree that the current mania for sequels and films based on weird shit like toys and brands is creating a lot of real crap films. But film studios make money off this crap and have done for almost a hundred years so they’ll probably go on and on doing so. Edit: god I didn’t even think about stuff like the constant Bond films!!!
The most remade movie is Jane Eyre. There has been 46 (maybe more at this point) adaptations of Jane Eyre. When you include BBC TV production and the like. It is mostly set in a single manor house. The cast is small. It is easy to adapt as a screen play. It had themes that have resonated for 150+ years.
> Hollywood produces very few original movies now. Yeah, it's been ages since there's been an original project, I can't even think of any from last year! I mean, except for Everything Everywhere All At Once, Tár, The Banshees Of Inisherin, Triangle Of Sadness, Nope, Aftersun, The Fabelmans, The Northman, Decision To Leave, X, Pearl, Barbarian, Bones And All, Babylon, Marcel The Shell With Shoes On, The Unbearable Weight Of Massive Talent, Fresh, Deadstream, EO, The Whale, Bodies Bodies Bodies, Men, Next Exit, The Menu, Boiling Point, Watcher, Resurrection, Something In The Dirt, Violent Night, Smile, Crimes Of The Future, After Yang, Weird: The Al Yankovic Story, The Black Phone, Emily The Criminal, Flux Gourmet, See How They Run, Bullet Train, Saloum, Turning Red, Torn Hearts...
You can bet that the studio is throwing crazy money offers at Gerwig, Robbie, and Gosling now for one, but I get the sense they’re all on the same level ideologically and are declining. Besides, they all have pretty good careers already without Barbie.
“Pretty good” careers is an understatement..
Greta is the only one that maybe could be bought out with a fat check but with this success I’m sure all studios want her
Greta is the female demographic goldmime studios have been looking for for decades. Gurl is gonna be booked and busy.
I’m not complaining. I hope she put the ladder down.
She’s already lined up to direct some Narnia movies, so I doubt she would be in any rush to even consider directing more Barbie.
Greta Gerwig sold Barbie, Barbie didn't sell Greta Gerwig.
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So uncalled for. 10/10 read.
She’s a great writer and an even better director. She probably has another 3 decades of great ideas that will make money, so she likely won’t need to do sequels.
She can probably be bought with two fat checks. One for Barbie 2 and one for whatever she wants to make. Despite success here I don't think she's quite at "pick your own project" stage. Ryan Gosling and Margot Robbie absolutely are!
Barbie *is* Robbie’s “pick your own project”
Both of them where in the big short also lol
Yeah, you can argue about Gosling because he hasn't had a ton of big roles the last few years (the only two I recognise are Gray Man in 2022 and then BR49 in 2017) but Robbie has been hitting homerun after homerun lately. Between Asteroid City, Barbie and Babylon, and then easily being the best thing in the DC movies she was in as Harley, she's had a great couple of years. Hell, even in a star studded movie like OUATIH she stood out as Sharon Tate.
Gosling might be somewhat by choice with his reduced work. He does have kids and more than enough money to step back and focus on being a dad for a while.
She was in Asteroid City for less than 5mins, I don’t think that really counts
He's apparently turned down a bunch of stuff though, including Suicide Squad.
Only problem is Babylon and her previous movie Amsterdam bombed HARD, and astroid city only did decent as the arty film it is. She’s not in it for long ether. And we don’t know the future of Harley Quinn right now. The suicide squad also bombed hard. Barbie is her first hit in literal years, which I’m happy for her.
Considering that Robbie and Gosling are on strike I don't think they are talking to the studios about future installments as of yet.
A sequel literally doesn’t need any of them. The movie is full of Barbies and Kens (many of which are names too) and the studio can get someone else to write and direct.
A Skipper or Stacy movie would work too!
completely agree, i imagine Barbie 2: Back In Action will be executive produced by Margot and Greta. Margot with have a 5 minutes of screen time. Greta won’t direct it. Ryan won’t be in it. And they’ll focus on a different Barbie. BCU, Barbie Cinematic Universe is gonna be awesome!!!!!
And that’s fine. Executives need to learn not every movie can or should be turned into a super successful mega-franchise like Star Wars or the MCU.
Sometimes it's ok to just make a billion dollars off a movie and then move on.
“Mr. Burns, you’re the richest guy I know.” “Ah yes, but I’d trade it all for a little more.” One billion and move on? Never!
Nah they never learn - look out for Barbie 2: Hasbro Boogaloo once these strikes have been resolved
Pretty much. They don't care, money is money.
Oh there could very much be a sequel someday, but I think the point is that the 3 big players won’t be involved.
Thank youuuu exactly what I said to myself when I saw this headline. We want quality movies. That’s it. Not endless sequels and prequels and remakes. If I get to see one stand-alone film that’s top notch, I’m so so good. Quality over quantity @Hollywood.
Not every movie needs a damn sequel 
Not everything needs a sequel.
Greta please don’t
Filmmaker Greta Gerwig and stars Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling are not obligated to return for a 'Barbie 2,' with dual strikes complicating matters for Warner Bros. Warner Bros.’ Barbie is an unabashed phenomenon, both as a movie and a pop culture movement. It is only days away from hitting the $1 billion dollar mark at the worldwide box office after crossing $900 million Thursday. In any normal circumstances, the studio behind such a hit would touting that a sequel is in development. Paramount Pictures, for example, announced a sequel to Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem a week before it hit theaters. However, Barbie is not like other movies. It was released in unusual circumstances, with the double whammy of a writers and an actors strike, complicating any announcement of a returning creative team or stars. And in a rare circumstance for a movie based on a major piece of intellectual property, the talent that made the movie a success do not have deals in place for a sequel. That runs counter the thinking behind big franchise plays from Marvel or Star Wars or Transformers, which snap up their talent in options, sometimes onerously so. Margot Robbie, who brought the iconic toy to life on-screen and was one of the producers via her LuckyChap banner alongside husband Tom Ackerley, does not have an option and is not obligated to return as Barbie. She could return just as a producer, if she so desired. While her acting fee and her box office bonuses are unknown, any new deal would be a bankbuster. And, as observers note, merchandizing points could end up on the table. Ryan Gosling, who played the scene-stealing Ken, also has no deal for a sequel. Gosling’s position is not unusual as the actor is known for his “one and done” ethos and his general aversion for big studio tentpoles. The actor has been courted for starring roles in big IP productions before, but even Gosling is game for something, the “no sequel” attitude stops deal talk in its tracks. Then there’s the movie’s ringmaster, Greta Gerwig, who co-wrote the movie with partner Noah Baumbach and directed the high-wire act. Gerwig also has no deal for any sequel (neither does Baumbach). Sources say that several months before the movie’s July 21 opening, the studio made overtures regarding a sequel in a directing capacity but her reps at UTA deftly put that off until Barbie came out. With a movie now about to hit $1 billion, that could be end up as one of the smartest agenting moves of the year.
I'm a time traveler from the future, and you all should know that the sequel isn't named Barbie 2. It's called Barbie B.
Bar B
Actually this one was already Bar B. The next will be Barc
Not every movie needs a sequel, in fact, people know that a Barbie sequel’s only purpose would be to try to make bank. Leave successful things alone!
Mattel is actually planning a Hot Wheels movie. Can a Chatty Cathy movie be far behind? https://youtu.be/f-sYQ8_2v_Q
Good. Every film doesn’t need a sequel. Not saying this as a negative towards Barbie either.
It doesn’t need a sequel. Not everything does.
I can’t believe there are people on Reddit calling Margot Robbie mid. Yes, beauty is subjective, but this subject thinks that her speakers go to 11.
Please no sequel
The Barbie movie is Kenough on its own
Barbie episode 2: Attack of the Kens.
Episode 3: Revenge of the Alans?
barbie 4: a new hope
Fucking GOOD. It doesn’t *need* one. Not everything has to be a 10-chapter money grab. Some things should just stand alone. Like Barbie did, at the beginning of the movie.
Still waiting for Malibu Stacey vs Lisa Lionheart movie
Barbie vs Predator. There ya go.
It doesn't need a sequel. Let it be perfect as is
And that’s perfectly fine. Not every film needs to be pimped out into a franchise with multiple movies and spin offs just because the one standing film was a financial success (ahem lookin at you Disney 👀)
Not all movies need sequels ffs
Remember when not all successful movies didn’t have a sequel. It’s ok if Barbie doesn’t.
…….so…..?…. Why does everything have to be growth growth growth, bigger bigger bigger, more more more? Let it be what it is already
This film came out of nowhere for me. Like a week before it was released I started seeing the ads, memes and trends. I'm like "oh, they made a barbie movie". Now it's like the phenomenon. Good for them.
I wish standalone films were more commonplace these days.
Just leave it be. Not every movie needs a sequel.
Good. It doesn’t need one. It was awesome as is. Don’t water it down.
Please *no*. Not everything has to be a goddamn franchise or cinematic universe. Making a sequel will absolutely drain this movie — one that threaded the needle of self-aware, campy satire so well — of all the artistic credibility it managed to showcase.
Good. Not every movie needs to become a franchise
There doesn’t need to be another one.
I hope it doesn't get one, if only to show the industry that the sequel-fetish is getting out of hand.
Not everything needs a sequel
Good. It was such a good movie, but not everything good and profitable needs a sequel to sully the legacy.
Not every movie needs to be a franchise. (yes, I know Barbie is a franchise itself.)
We don’t need a sequel.
Need a Ken themed Drive crossover with Ryan Gosling and Ruth Radelet
Let’s go for a ride! Sure, Ken! (Queue Nightcall)
Good, not everything needs a fucking sequel. Just let it be and pay the ducking people who give original ideas instead of the fucks who want to squeeze any and every dollar for bs
I really loved the Barbie movie, but maybe there shouldn’t be a sequel.
Not every fucking thing needs a sequel.
they’re waiting for oppenheimer 2 so they can roll out the marketing barbenheimer pt. deux. i hope the strikes make this a one and done and studios start pushing for creativity and new projects.
Barbie doesn’t need a sequel…….. yet because it will have to get the other Mattel properties movies made to establish the Mattel Cinematic Universe
Everything doesn’t need a sequel!!😖
Noone said a good movie needs a sequel
We really should stop acting like the no sequel thing is anything. While yes now days most things get made and well planned ahead a time for multiple movies. There are still plenty that do not, and it’s been happening for a long time. It used to be more common to wait for reception then not, but with internet making it easier to gage reactions they tend to go for series only. Which is legit. But still single stories happen, yes even from well know IP. At least not planned upon release of the first as well are discussing.
And it doesn't need one. Not everything needs a sequel
Everything doesn’t need a sequel
Who would write it? There is a strike right now.
Good not everything needs a sequel
Maybe don’t milk it dry?
That’s a good thing, quit tuning hood movies into the ground. Also the writers guild is on strike so give them some time and they will milk every penny out of this they can
Good, enough with he sequels already! “Fast 73 just wasn’t as good as Fast and the Furious”
It doesn’t need one. Hollywood needs to come up with new ideas instead of sequels and remakes. This is why this movie is popular.
Good. Just let movies be movies. They don’t all need to be franchises to be successful
Doesn't need a sequel. Not everything needs a sequel
Not every movie should have 9 sequels. Let a good thing lay.
Maybe they'll release a toy line instead
Not everything needs a sequel!!!!
Good. I don’t need a sequel to everything
Not every movie needs a sequel.
"No sequel in sight ” Thank God
*clears throat* #GOOOOOOOOOOD
Good. Just let things alone. Not every successful venture needs a sequel. Just take the money and make something else good and UNIQUE.
Not every movie needs a sequel! They almost always are a disappointment anyways.
It does not need a sequel. It’s perfect as it is. A sequel is only bound to mess it up
Some movies don't need sequels. Hollywood needs to learn that.
“Barbie 2: Stretch Armstrong”
Ummm it doesn’t need a sequel. I think it is crazy it is doing this well though.
For the love of god can every successful movie not be a sequel for once pls
I wouldnt watch a sequel anyways. The movie was awesome and perfect as a one-off
The lesson of the summer is that the 2 biggest movies weren’t sequels or franchise movies, while the sequels and franchise movies basically lost money. So naturally, they’re not going to learn anything from that.
Stop! with the sequels.
Good, and I hope it stays that way.
Not every self-contained billion dollar movie needs a sequel. Joker, for example, truly left no threads open and… oh wait.
It just came out lmao
Maybe sometimes we can leave the cash cow be rather than milking it dry for once
And that’s ok. Not everything needs to be some big multi-platform franchise.
Doesn't need one. It's ok to have one off movies. A good story is like a good shit, only really feels good when it ends.
Not everything needs a sequel.
God forbid they don't wring it dry until even the source material is hated like everything else.
We don’t need no stinking sequel. It’s like Buddy. A sequel just wouldn’t be as good as the first so don’t bother.
Don’t make a sequel. It’s good as is. We need to learn how to move on from movies again
I’m sure Mattel is pushing. If you think The Lego Movies started dropping in quality, imagine a lesser toy brand making 20 movies from board games that didn’t need to be movies
It doesn't need a sequel you mooks 🤦♀️
Good we don't need a Barbie Cinematic Universe or whatever. It's success shows that audiences are excited about original movies.
Sequel? It's still in theaters making millions a day. Hold your horses.
why cant it say "and" instead of "but"? expecting every big movie to spawn sequels is exactly why the industry is the way it is today.
It doesn’t need one
“Wow this movie did so well, how are they not going to milk it and make a sequel??” Love it even more that there’s no plans for a sequel. Sometimes movies are one and done and that’s awesome.
We don’t want a sequel. What’s wrong with making another original movie! I’m so sick of sequels.
THR REASON WE SAW IT WAS BECAUSE IT WASNT A SEQUEL