‘Barbie’ Sequel in “Early Stages” as Greta Gerwig and Noah Baumbach Settle on Story Idea

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As Barbie painted the world pink and covered the box office in a whopping $1.4 billion of green, an urgent question emerged and was lobbed at everyone involved: What about a sequel?

It’s a query that even someone as adorably clueless as Ken could’ve come up with and one that Warner Bros. and Mattel were understandably eager to answer with a resounding, “Yes, please!” as it became the indisputable pop culture phenomenon of 2023. But the answer has always rested with the Barbie brain trust of Greta Gerwig and Noah Baumbach even if, at times, a franchise seemed inevitable.

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The Hollywood Reporter has learned per a well-placed source that Gerwig and Baumbach have been swept up in an undertow and hatched an idea for the sequel, having already brought it to Warner Bros. While it’s said to be in “early stages,” it is understood that finding the story has opened the door for deal talk which, again, is early, another source with direct knowledge confirms.

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