On one hand, the original movie was so successful they could probably justify having an inflated budget for Barbie 2. On the other hand, everyone keeps handwringing recent movies for having budgets that are too big and inflated, so maybe Zaslav is right here? 🤷
DiscussingFilm‘BARBIE 2’ might happen with Greta Gerwig ready to begin writing the film. Margot Robbie, Ryan Gosling & Greta Gerwig are all in talks to return but David Zaslav is currently refusing to pay what they're demanding, calling it “too generous.” (Source: www.nytimes.com/2026/07/31/b...)