‘Barbie 2’: Everything We Know About A Sequel

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Image Credit: Warner Bros. Barbie was released successful theaters connected July 21. The ending of Barbie leaves the anticipation for a sequel. Director Greta Gerwig hopes Barbie launches much ‘Barbie movies.’

It’s Barbie’s world, and we’re conscionable surviving successful it. This summertime has been each astir Barbie, and the highly-anticipated movie is definite to beryllium 1 of the biggest blockbusters of the year. Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling pb Greta Gerwig’s live-action flick astir the beloved doll and each her friends. The movie has a razor-sharp publication and is profoundly feminist. Barbie besides brings the laughs (and immoderate tears) successful 1 of the champion films of the year.

Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling arsenic Barbie and Ken. (Warner Bros.)

So, what does this mean for Barbie 2? Is a sequel happening? HollywoodLife has each the latest updates astir Barbie 2.

Will There Be A Barbie 2?

As of close now, Barbie 2 has not gotten the greenish light. Warner Bros. hasn’t announced thing authoritative up of Barbie’s merchandise connected July 21. Depending connected the container bureau results, Barbie 2 could beryllium successful the works sooner than we think. Barbie made a whopping $22.3 cardinal conscionable successful previews, truthful the probability of a sequel is amended than ever.

Director Greta Gerwig told PEOPLE that she hopes Barbie is “the motorboat of a satellite and a clump of antithetic Barbie movies.” She continued, “There’s a code and a wit and a joy, and evidently the satellite is truthful beautiful. I privation to spell backmost to Barbie Land.” A sequel is Greta approved!

The Barbies of Barbie Land. (Warner Bros.)

When asked astir the film’s ending and the anticipation of a Barbie sequel, Greta said “anything’s possible” connected the Inside Total Film podcast. “I would accidental today, the main happening I’m focused connected is the adjacent 15 days and past I’ll spot what happens aft that… I volition accidental I loved making it truthful much. It was specified a joyful experience. It was truthful wonderful. It truly allowed america to spell successful each these antithetic directions and I don’t deliberation immoderate different movie would person afforded those opportunities. I mean it was astir similar I got to unrecorded retired my imagination of making a 1950s sound-stage musical, which I can’t ideate thing other would person been.”

Mattel CEO Ynon Kreiz is hopeful astir much Barbie movies. “We’re looking to make movies that go taste events,” helium told TIME. “If you tin excite filmmakers similar Greta and Noah [Baumbach] to clasp the accidental and person originative freedom, you tin person a existent impact.”

Barbie 2 Cast

A Barbie 2 wouldn’t consciousness close without Margot Robbie, but a sequel could revolve astir immoderate of the Barbies. Given what happens to her quality by the extremity of the movie, it would beryllium precise absorbing however she’d beryllium incorporated into the story. Maybe Barbie would person to spell backmost to Barbie Land for immoderate reason, oregon much Barbies could travel to the existent world. There are countless possibilities!

Margot hasn’t ruled retired Barbie 2, but she’s lone reasoning astir the contiguous close now. “It could spell a cardinal antithetic directions from this point,” she told TIME. “But I deliberation you autumn into a spot of a trap if you effort and acceptable up a archetypal movie whilst besides readying for sequels.”

Ryan Gosling shares that he'd enactment with Greta Gerwig and Margot Robbie connected thing including a Ken sequel. #Barbie pic.twitter.com/REX44WOSHN

— Entertainment Tonight (@etnow) July 10, 2023

Ryan Gosling, who played scene-stealer Ken, admitted that he’d beryllium crippled to instrumentality for a sequel. “I would enactment with Greta and Margot connected anything,” helium told ET. Let’s springiness Ken his redemption era! Or possibly adjacent a emotion involvement that feels the aforesaid astir him!

How Did Barbie End?

Stereotypical Barbie makes a life-changing determination successful the final enactment of the movie. She decides to instrumentality power of her ain destiny and ending. She leaves Barbie Land down to go quality and observe her existent identity. The film’s last moments amusement Barbie getting dropped disconnected for her archetypal assignment astatine the gynecologist’s office. She goes by the sanction Barbara, which is inspired by Barbie inventor Ruth Handler’s daughter.

Margot Robbie arsenic Barbie. (Warner Bros.)

Barbie’s travel came to this decision aft she suffered an existential crisis, causing a rip successful the space-time continuum betwixt Barbie Land and the existent world. Barbie had to spell to the existent satellite and find the idiosyncratic playing with her successful bid to prevention herself. When Barbie and Ken entered the existent world, they realized it was the full other of Barbie Land. They were introduced to misogyny and the patriarchy.

Barbie crossed paths with Gloria, the pistillate who’d been playing with her and having the aforesaid thoughts of an individuality crisis. While connected the tally from Mattel, Barbie brought Gloria and her daughter, Sasha, to Barbie Land. Ken had gotten a headstart and brought the patriarchy backmost with him, upending each the advancement the Barbies had achieved.

Ryan Gosling arsenic Ken. (Warner Bros.)

With an unthinkable monologue, Gloria inspired Barbie to instrumentality backmost Barbie Land. Barbie, Gloria, Sasha, Weird Barbie, Allan, and much worked unneurotic to undo the brainwashing done to the different Barbies by the Kens. They turned the Kens against each different portion they reclaimed power of Barbie Land.

Once Barbie Land was saved, Barbie and Ken had an honorable conversation. Ken felt that helium had nary individuality without Barbie, and she encouraged him to find his ain intent without her. After everything that happened, Barbie inactive felt uncertain astir her ain intent successful life. That’s erstwhile she met with Barbie inventor Ruth Handler. Ruth’s words helped Barbie marque the determination to go human.

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