Overview
- Warner Bros. has been negotiating for months with Margot Robbie, Ryan Gosling and Greta Gerwig but talks are stalled over pay and profit participation.
- Reports say Ryan Gosling has sought about $20 million and that proposed backend payouts tied to box office milestones are a core sticking point.
- The studio says it has made multiple large offers and that talent representatives declined the most recent proposal in May without returning a counteroffer.
- Greta Gerwig and Noah Baumbach reportedly have a sequel story ready but are withholding it and will not begin writing until contracts are finalized.
- Even if deals are reached, casting, schedules and early development mean a sequel would likely take several years to reach theaters and a failure to close by December would let Mattel remake the franchise with new partners.