DirectorGreta Gerwigis feeling positive about a return to Barbieland forBarbie 2following the first movie’s huge critical, box office, and awards success. Speaking withDeadlineat the 96th Academy Awards this weekend, Gerwig declared that there is “no resistance” from her as she now wants to do aBarbiesequel after initially not “feeling” the idea.
“I’m not dismissing it, I want to do it.”
Following the monumental success of Barbie, which was met with both critical acclaim and over $1 billion at the box office, the studio is no doubt hoping to greenlight a sequel as soon as possible. Last year, CEO of Mattel, Ynon Kreiz,teasedBarbiesequels aplentyand revealed the studio is now considering creating a whole host of spinoffs, turning other dolls in the toy line into their own movies and thus expanding on the world created in the firstBarbieouting.
“Barbie, as a brand, has many different iterations. The product lines of Barbie is a very broad brand. In addition to the main Barbie figure, she has family, she has a lot of elements around in her universe. It’s a very rich universe… It’s a very broad and very elastic brand, in terms of opportunities.”
Werner Herzog Shares Brutal Barbie Critique with “Sheer Hell” Verdict
The Madalorian star and acclaimed fillmmaker Werner Herzog has given a scathing review of Barbie, but it is perhaps not as it seems.
Directed by Greta Gerwig and written by Gerwig and Noah Baumbach,Barbiestars Margot Robbie, Ryan Gosling, America Ferrera, Kate McKinnon, Issa Rae, Rhea Perlman, Alexandra Shipp, Emma Mackey, Dua Lipa, and Will Ferrell, and follows a Barbie who, after suffering an existential crisis, heads off into the real world.
Barbie Was Nominated for 8 Oscars & Ryan Gosling’s ‘I’m Just Ken’ Performance Stole the Show
Barbiewas nominated for a total of eight Oscars at this year’s Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Best Supporting Actor for Ryan Gosling, and Best Supporting Actress for America Ferrera. However, there was somecontroversy over both lead star Margot Robbieand director Greta Gerwig not getting their own Oscar nods. Ultimately,Barbiewalked away with just one golden statue for Best Original Song for the melancholic ballad “What Was I Made For?” by Billie Eilish and Finneas O’Connell.
Barbiewas also at the center of the night’s most show-stealing moment asRyan Gosling took to the stageto perform the anthem “I’m Just Ken.” Backed up by 65 other “Kens,” including his Barbie co-stars Simu Liu, Kingsley Ben-Adir and Ncuti Gatwa, as well as Guns N’ Roses guitarist Slash and musician Mark Ronson, Gosling proved that he is more than ‘Kenough’ as he delivered what many have since called the best live performance at the Oscars for years.
BeforeBarbie 2, Greta Gerwig will first helm areboot ofThe Chronicles of Narniasagafor Netflix, a project that she is “slightly in the place of terror” over due to the “reverence” she feels for the literary classic.
