Given it's massive success, a sequel seemed inevitable, though writer-director Greta Gerwig and her husband/co-writer Noah Baumbach had been hesitant to move forward.
Barbie sequel finally in early stages as writers Greta Gerwig and Noah Baumbach settle on an idea A year and a half since Barbie set the box office ablaze, a sequel finally seems to be coming to fruition.
'There is no legitimacy to this reporting,” says Gerwig and Baumbach’s rep, while a WB rep said, 'THR's reporting is inaccurate.'.
Barbie opened to a whopping $162 million in mid-July 2023, en route to $636.2 million at the domestic box office and $1.4 billion worldwide.
Even if a sequel is being worked on, it may be quite some time before the writers get around to tackling the script.
