‘Barbie’ Sequel Stalls as David Zaslav Won’t Approve Bigger Salaries for Ryan Gosling and Margot Robbie

When a movie makes more than $1.4 billion at the box office and earns eight Academy Award nominations, the studio is going to want to make a sequel. Such was the case with Warner Bros. and “Barbie.” The blockbuster movie, released in July 2023, catapulted filmmaker Greta Gerwig, producer Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling, aka…