as Barbie As the world is painted pink and the box office is covered in a whopping $1.4 billion in green, a burning question arises and is posed to everyone involved: What about a sequel?
Even someone as lovable and ignorant as Ken might ask that question, and Warner Bros. and Mattel are understandably eager to answer it with a resounding “Yes, please!” as it becomes 2023 An undisputed pop culture phenomenon. Barbie Greta Gerwig and Noah Baumbach are the brains behind this, even if at times the franchise seems inevitable.
The life and creative partners — they co-wrote the script and were nominated for an Oscar for their collaboration — made it clear they would follow up if and only if they could find a story to support it. At least that’s what director Gerwig says repeatedly. “My North Star is, what do I love deeply? What do I really care about? What is the story behind this story? Gerwig said in an interview temporal The Women of the Year Honor Award will be presented in March 2024. If I can’t find the undercurrent, there isn’t one.
hollywood reporter According to people familiar with the situation, Gerwig and Baumbach have been involved in the cross-currents and have hatched the idea for a sequel, which they have brought to Warner Bros. A source with direct knowledge of the situation confirmed that the discovery of the story opened the door to trade talks that were premature.
Representatives from the studio and the filmmakers pushed back. “There is no legitimacy to this report,” reps for Gerwig and Baumbach said, while a rep for Warner Bros. added, “THR’s The reporting is inaccurate.
Oscar nomination Barbie Writers Baumbach and Gerwig.
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If a deal is reached, the focus will be on finalizing the script and arranging a timetable. Baumbach is hard at work on post-production on his next film, an as-yet-untitled, star-studded coming-of-age project for Netflix. The film is expected to be released next year and stars Gerwig, George Clooney, Adam Sandler, Laura Dern, Billy Crudup, Lillie Keough, Jim Broadbent, Patrick Wilson and Emily Mortimer (screenplay co-writer). Meanwhile, Gerwig is prepping her own movie for Netflix, a The Chronicles of Narnia Producer Amy Pascal recently described the adaptation as “rock and roll.”
According to sources, Baumbach will begin writing Barbie The sequel, the two just passed it back and forth. They confirmed during an October 2023 WGA West Q&A hosted by Judd Apatow that they wrote separately from each other during the creative process, sharing drafts along the way. “Then we listen to see if the other person is laughing,” Gerwig said at the time.
As for what the sequel’s story might be, that’s being kept under wraps for now, and it’s unlikely any details will leak out of Barbie Land into the real world. “I find that whenever I share ideas too early, they go bad and then the movie doesn’t do any good. I don’t like talking about things too early or selling things too early or showing treatments because it feels like It destroys the nature of the movie in some way,” Gerwig said on the same WGA panel.
As for Barbie Margot Robbie herself is a driving force for success Barbie Become a star and producer through her LuckyChap banner. As the film received critical and award acclaim, with eight Oscar nominations including Best Picture, she expressed praise for her director. “She cracked the code of this movie as only she could,” Robbie said in February. “It was such a unique vision and Greta brought so much humanity, creativity, inspiration, magic and joy to us. Barbie”.
The film ended up winning an Oscar – Billie Eilish and Finneas O’Connell won Best Original Song for their chart-topping song “What Was I Made For” – and, A string of other trophies were also picked up in a very busy awards season. Robbie stars alongside Ryan Gosling as Ken, America Ferrera, Kate McKinnon, Michael Cera and Ariana Greenblatt, among others.
The main character in the story lives a perfect life in Barbie Land, until one night, during a joyful dance, her world is turned upside down by the fear of death. The dilemma continues as Robbie’s Barbie is sent into the real world on a life-changing adventure (with Ken in tow).
Gosling, Robbie and Gerwig Barbie put.
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on her THR Critic Lovia Gyarkye, like many who reviewed the film, praised Gerwig for finding a poignant story in an iconic toy. “In this clever satire of Barbie and her fraught legacy, Gerwig delights in the richness and weirdness of her material. The director, known for his canny and narratively precise dramas, joins forces with a It’s impressive how well it fits into a corporate movie,” Jagi wrote, noting Gerwig and Baumbach’s “clever script.”
in addition BarbieGerwig and Baumbach co-wrote the screenplay american mistress and Francis Haboth of which he directed. At the same time, Gerwig wrote and directed little women and lady bird (Both of these screenplays won Oscars), written and directed by Baumbach White Noise, Marriage Story, The Meyerowitz Stories, While We’re Young, Greenberg, Fantastic Mr. Fox, Margot at the Wedding and squid and whaleWaiting for the movie. He won an Oscar for his work marriage story and squid and whale in addition Barbie.
their cooperation Barbie It laid the foundation for it to become the most successful movie of the year, eventually ranking first at the box office. So, the question of sequels always seems to be less “how?” and more like “when?”
“There’s a tone, a humor and a joy that obviously the world is so beautiful,” Gerwig told people before the release of the first film when asked about the second one. “I want to go back to Barbieland.”
