Warner Bros. Is Pretty Sure Barbie 2 Won’t Be Released Yet

The world may have moved on to “Glicked,” but Barbenheimer’s 2023 box office reign still looms over Hollywood. oppenheimer took home a slew of Oscars, including Best Picture, but what about that other coveted award that many have wanted? Barbie: a sequel? When the hype was at its rosiest and most intense, writer-director Greta Gerwig didn’t seem too interested. But that hasn’t stopped the rumors, including a new one today, sparking a barbie 2 in the future.

The Hollywood Reporter cites a “well-placed source” as saying that Gerwig and co-writer Noah Baumbach have “come up with an idea for the sequel, having already taken it to Warner Bros. While it is said to be in the ‘early stages,’ it is understood that Finding the story has opened the door to talks about a deal, which, again, is early, another source with direct knowledge confirms.”

However, don’t allow yourself to get the least bit excited. Along with those two fragments of information came two strong denials. Gerwig and Baumbach’s rep said there is “no legitimacy to these reports,” while a Warner Bros. rep said THR’s “reporting is inaccurate.”

As expected, there are no further details, including whether Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling, along with other cast members, could return for a sequel. Late last year, Gerwig said that enough material had been generated from writing the original script for an entire Acquaintance spin-off, but there’s no way to know which direction barbie 2-Yeah barbie 2 It even happens sometime, it might take.

That said, you can’t blame whoever is spreading those rumors for trying to promote a sequel, real or imagined, to the billion-dollar hit. Mattel probably isn’t going to make that kind of money on that View-Master movie it’s trying to make, for example.

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