Mattel & Illumination Are Discussing A ‘Barbie’ Animated Film & Greta Gerwig & Margot Robbie Aren’t Thrilled About It [Report]

Properly, as we stated yesterday, a sequel to the billion-dollar grossing “Barbie” isn’t coming any time quickly. No, not as a result of author/director Greta Gerwig stated, why does it must be that and why can’t or not it’s an unique mission [paraphrasing], however as a result of the filmmaker has two “Narnia” motion pictures to make at Netflix first, so even when she was dying to make a sequel herself, it will be probably 5 years away at the very least, if Gerwig herself was directing.

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However in an indication that Mattel needs extra and can work with anybody to do it, the Toy firm is seemingly working with Illumination Studios to make an animated “Barbie” film based on Puck’s Matt Belloni. The animated Illumination studio is finest recognized for the “Despicable Me” movies and is usually related to Common Footage.

Puck stories that as a result of slowness of getting a “Barbie” sequel going, Mattel, who nonetheless owns the animation rights, has been in critical talks with Illumination to present the franchise a “Super Mario Bros.”-like therapy (“Tremendous Mario Bros. grossed over $1 billion too).

“Barbie” is over at Warner Bros. Discovery, and the report says WBD, Gerwig, and Robbie are conscious that talks are occurring and “aren’t thrilled” about it. Mattel and Illumination declined to remark to Puck.

Frankly, it’s simply capitalism and is smart. Mattel made a shit-ton of cash and tens of millions in free promoting for “Barbie” with the film’s success, and no firm ever units a sizzling property to remain idle.

Mattel certainly needs extra “Barbie” in any method they’ll handle—it’s nice for his or her toy product and the income they get from licensing the toy to film studios—so this was sure to occur in a roundabout way or one other.

The large query is probably going this: if Gerwig is tied up for just a few years, and she or he is, possibly this would possibly inspire Warner Bros. to see if Margot Robbie could be keen to star in a sequel that isn’t written and directed by Gerwig. If that’s the case, possibly they’d be determined sufficient to do a type of Barbie spin-off with new actors? Time will inform, however certainly WBD and never simply Mattel would like to see a sequel within the works sooner quite than later.