Overview
- Negotiations have stalled over higher pay and profit participation for Margot Robbie, Ryan Gosling and Greta Gerwig with reports that Gosling is seeking roughly $20 million plus participation.
- Warner executives Pam Abdy and Michael De Luca say the studio made a series of generous offers, including one in May that the stars’ representatives rejected without a counteroffer.
- Greta Gerwig and co-writer Noah Baumbach reportedly already have a sequel idea but are withholding the draft until contracts for Robbie and Gosling are finalized.
- A contractual deadline requires Warner to begin pre-production by December or rights revert to Mattel, a move that could force a full re-conception of any future Barbie film.
- Even if deals are reached, actors’ existing projects and studio financial constraints mean production would still face significant delays and scheduling challenges.