Overview
- Negotiations between Warner Bros. and Margot Robbie, Ryan Gosling and Greta Gerwig remain unresolved as of Saturday, with a December deadline that would return sequel rights to Mattel if no deals are signed.
- Warner Bros. co-chairs Pam Abdy and Michael De Luca said the studio has made a series of major offers but has been unable to reach an agreement with the principal talent.
- Greta Gerwig and co-writer Noah Baumbach are reported to have a story for a sequel but are withholding it and will not begin writing until contracts are finalized, giving the creators clear leverage in talks.
- Reports say negotiations center on compensation and backend participation, including an unconfirmed figure that Ryan Gosling is seeking about $20 million; the studio disputes published claims that its CEO rejected deals as ‘too generous.’
- If deals are not completed by the deadline, Mattel could take the property elsewhere and reboot the franchise without the original creative team, and any completed agreement would still leave the sequel several years from release.