‘Barbie’ Sequel Not Happening, Star Explains Why

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It appears that a sequel to the Barbie movie is not happening as diehard fans had hoped. What happened and why are they halting any future plans to make more films? The film’s star, Margot Robbie spoke out on everything. Read on for more details.

Barbie Sequel Not Happening, Star Explains Why

It became a phenomenon no one saw coming when Barbie took over the world. The film became a movement for women who wanted to be seen and heard as not just playthings. America Ferrera gave an impassioned monologue about what it meant to be a woman. More so, she taped into all of the stereotypes and what women go through daily to live up to perfect standards. Without warning, the Greta Gerwig film raked in over a billion dollars at the box office. More so, merchandise for the film flew off of the shelves and Ryan Gosling was praised for his portrayal of Ken.

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Ken-Ryan Gosling-YouTube

Even the music from the film garnered a handful of GRAMMY nominations and a bevy of film-inspired dolls that are going for a lot of money. That being said, it would be expected that there would be a sequel to the film. However, that is apparently not the case and it will break a lot of hearts. According to TMZ, Margot Robbie shared that the franchise is essentially done for now. Sadly, she has a good reason. Essentially, Robbie, who played the iconic role of Barbie as well as produced the film, says there’s not much else for them to do.

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Barbie-Margot Robbie-YouTube

The story has been told, as far as they are concerned. “I think we put everything we had into this one. We didn’t build it to be a trilogy or something. Greta put everything into this movie, so I can’t imagine what would be next,” Robbie shared. It is a bittersweet moment to not have a sequel. However, it was noted that it is really appreciated that Greta did not piggyback on the success of the film and just made something quick.

Reunited

Ken and Barbie will be reunited very soon as Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling will star in an Ocean’s Eleven spinoff. So, diehard fans can catch them in that if they are craving a reunion. Yet, as for them stepping into their iconic doll roles again, that seems to be tabled for now. Of course, fans are still singing the praises of the movie:

Are you bummed that there won’t be a Barbie sequel or do you understand the reasoning behind it? Moreover, would you like to see a film solely revolving around Ken? Let us know in the comments below.

Amanda Lauren

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