BARBIE Director Greta Gerwig Now Says She Wants to Make a Sequel
When Greta Gerwig set off on the journey to make Barbie, there were no plans for any sequels in mind. Over the past several months when asked about a possible sequel, she never seemed committed to the idea.
When previously asked about the possibility of a sequel, she said: “At this moment, it’s all I’ve got. I feel like that at the end of every movie, like I’ll never have another idea, and everything I’ve ever wanted to do, I did. I wouldn’t want to squash anybody else’s dream but for me, at this moment, I’m at totally zero.”
But now, Gerwig has changed her tune and she very much wants to make a sequel. She’s certainly warmed up to the idea and there’s “no resistance” from her about the possibility of Barbie 2.
It’s explained that Initially, the filmmaker wasn’t “feeling” the idea of a sequel, but now she’s saying, “I’m not dismissing it, I want to do it.”
Margot Robbie has commented on a possible sequel question recently: "I think we put everything into this one. We didn't build it to be a trilogy or something. It was like Greta put everything into this movie, so I can't imagine what would be next."
She went on to talk about her biggest takeaway from making and releasing the film, saying: "I'd say the biggest takeaway for me is that original films can still hit huge at the box office. It doesn't have to be a sequel or a prequel or a remake. It can be totally original. It can still be big, given the big budget to do that. And just because there's a female lead doesn't mean it's not going to hit all four quadrants, which is, I think, a misconception that a lot of people still have. So it's really important that Barbie did well. As much as it is nice, it's also really important that it does well so people can also, in the future, have big original ideas and be given the budget to execute them properly."
After Barbie became a billion-dollar hit, there was no doubt that WB was going to want a sequel and Mattel CEO Ynon Kreiz has said the “ambition is to create film franchises.”