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"Barbie" Team Offered Massive Paydays
The studio has rejected more than six offers as Ryan Gosling seeks $20 million and the creative team presses for stronger back-end terms, sources said.
- Warner Bros. Discovery and the creative team—director Greta Gerwig, stars Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling, and co-writer Noah Baumbach—remain at a standstill over pay and back-end compensation for a potential Barbie sequel, delaying development.
- WB film chiefs De Luca and Abdy have roughly four months to greenlight a sequel or rights revert to toymaker Mattel; the studio has reportedly made over six offers in the past three years without resolution.
- While the creative team is reportedly satisfied with upfront salaries, they remain dissatisfied with back-end terms. Gosling is specifically asking $20 million to reprise his role as Ken.
- Observers criticize CEO David Zaslav for jeopardizing the studio's highest-grossing franchise during a sensitive period, with a potential Paramount merger pending before year-end adding urgency to the standoff.
- Should mogul David Ellison succeed in his bid for the company, insiders suggest he could reactivate Mattel rights and bring the original creative team back to the table.
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Leaning Left6Leaning Right7Center7Last UpdatedBias Distribution35% Center, 35% Right
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- 35% of the sources are Center, 35% of the sources lean Right
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C 35%
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