‘Barbie’ sequel reportedly stalled due to eye-watering salaries sought by Ryan Gosling and Margot Robbie

Three years after Barbie took the box office by storm in the summer of 2023, fans are still nowhere closer to a sequel happening, and new details have emerged about the hold-up.

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,

The studio has until December to make a deal with the principal talent and Gerwig, according to the New York Times.

Three years after the $1.5 billion hit, Warner Bros. is trying to reach a deal before December, when the rights for a sequel revert to Mattel.