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‘Barbie’ Sequel Stalls as David Zaslav Won’t Approve Bigger Salaries for Ryan Gosling and Margot Robbie

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‘Barbie’ Sequel Stalls as David Zaslav Won’t Approve Bigger Salaries for Ryan Gosling and Margot Robbie
Aug 1, 2026 9:20am PT ‘Barbie’ Sequel Stalls as David Zaslav Won’t Approve Bigger Salaries for Ryan Gosling and Margot Robbie

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Angelique Jackson

angelique814 See All BARBIE, from left: Ryan Gosling, Margot Robbie, 2023. © Warner Bos. /Courtesy Everett Collection ©Warner Bros/Courtesy Everett Collection

When a movie makes more than $1.4 billion at the box office and earns eight Academy Award nominations, the studio is going to want to make a sequel. Such was the case with Warner Bros. and “Barbie.”

The blockbuster movie, released in July 2023, catapulted filmmaker Greta Gerwig, producer Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling, aka “just Ken,” to new heights and was a huge win for Mattel, which owns the rights to the fashion doll, too — especially as the toy brand aims to stake its claim in Hollywood.

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