Overview
- Negotiations between Warner Bros. and Greta Gerwig, Margot Robbie, Ryan Gosling and Noah Baumbach have been stalled for months with the creative team declining multiple studio offers.
- Reports say Warner presented six or more proposals over several years, including a June package described as the largest the studio has ever offered, but representatives have not accepted any of them.
- The central dispute is participation in backend box-office profits rather than base salaries, with industry reporting naming large, unconfirmed figure requests for key players.
- Gerwig and Baumbach reportedly already have a sequel story but will not advance it until new contracts are agreed, giving the creative team leverage in talks.
- Warner has roughly until December 2026 to put a sequel into active development or risk rights reverting to Mattel, and a possible change in studio ownership could reshape incentives or reopen negotiations.