RESOLVING THE LEDGER
RESOLVING THE LEDGER
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If WB can't get deals done with Greta Gerwig, Margot Robbie, and Ryan Gosling, Barbie 2 will not be made, and Mattel will get the film rights back
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If WB can't get deals done with Greta Gerwig, Margot Robbie, and Ryan Gosling, Barbie 2 will not be made, and Mattel will get the film rights back
Read this reportThe studio has until December to make a deal with the principal talent and Gerwig, according to the New York Times.
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Three years after the $1.5 billion hit, Warner Bros. is trying to reach a deal before December, when the rights for a sequel revert to Mattel.
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AIPROPX has consolidated 3 reports from 3 outlets into a single canonical entry on “Barbie 2 has a 2026 deadline it needs to hit.” The covered outlets are based across 2 regions — US and Other.
The earliest report in this entry came from The New York Times — Business (Jul 31, 2026, 09:03 UTC); the most recent came from Polygon (Aug 1, 2026, 14:52 UTC).
Comparing the wording across sources, 2 named entities are referenced by multiple outlets and the phrase recurring most across the coverage is “warner bros”.
3 statements are carried by only one outlet within this set and are not echoed by the others.
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AIPROPX — “Barbie 2 has a 2026 deadline it needs to hit” · https://www.aipropx.com/story/5b3bc117e20fb244c0277d29ecbe263a
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