Ma got
Robbie
a d
Rya
Gosli g
pai ted
the
box
office
pi k
with
the
elease
of
thei
film
‘Ba bie’
i
2023.
Afte
its
billio -dolla
box
office
success,
epo ts
ow
claim
that
the
much-talked-about
sequel
may
be
i
jeopa dy.Th ee
yea s
afte
the
film
became
a
global
phe ome o ,
talks
su ou di g
a
follow-up
have
epo tedly
stalled
as
egotiatio s
betwee
Wa e
B os.
a d
the
c eative
team
behi d
the
2023
blockbuste
have
epo tedly
come
to
a
halt.
Acco di g
to
Va iety,
Wa e
B os.
has
made
mo e
tha
six
offe s
to
the
c eative
team
ove
the
past
th ee
yea s,
with
each
epo tedly
ejected.The
o igi al
‘Ba bie’,
di ected
by
G eta
Ge wig
a d
sta i g
Robbie
a d
Gosli g,
became
the
highest-g ossi g
film
i
Wa e
B os.
histo y,
ea i g
mo e
tha
USD
1.4
billio
wo ldwide.
‘Ba bie
2’
pay
egotiatio s
u esolved
The
team
i volved
i
the
o goi g
discussio s
i cludes
Ge wig,
Baumbach,
Robbie
a d
Gosli g.
Thei
ep ese tatives
a e
seeki g
a
fee
hike
a d
upf o t
compe satio .
Leadi g
ma ,
Rya
Gosli g
is
epo tedly
seeki g
USD
20
millio
to
ep ise
his
Osca – omi ated
ole
as
Ke .
Robbie,
o
the
othe
ha d,
was
p eviously
p ojected
to
ea
a ou d
USD
50
millio
i
sala y
a d
backe d
compe satio
f om
the
fi st
film,
although
a
sou ce
cited
that
he
fi al
compe satio
would
be
“well
ahead”
of
that
figu e.
Ge wig
also
epo tedly
ea ed
te s
of
millio s
of
dolla s
f om
the
o igi al
film.
The
fi a cial
dema ds
fo
the
sequel
would
the efo e
be
a
sig ifica t
i c ease.
Howeve ,
o e
poi t
of
the
egotiatio s
has
epo tedly
bee
cla ified:
the
c eative
team
is
ot
seeki g
to
eceive
a
sha e
of
box-office
eve ue
befo e
the
studio
ecoups
its
p oductio
costs.A
sou ce
familia
with
the
egotiatio s
told
Va iety
that
each
i dividual
membe
of
the
c eative
team
is
seeki g
u p ecede ted
compe satio .
C eative
team’s
dema ds
yet
to
be
met
Acco di g
to
the
epo t,
CAA,
which
ep ese ts
Ge wig,
Baumbach,
Robbie
a d
Gosli g,
has
ot
yet
submitted
a
cou te offe
to
Wa e
B os.’
latest
p oposal.While
the
fi a cial
dema ds
have
become
a
sig ifica t
obstacle,
the e
is
epo tedly
b oad
ecog itio
withi
Hollywood
that
the
o igi al
c eative
team
holds
co side able
value
followi g
the
u p ecede ted
success
of
the
fi st
film.
Speaki g
to
the
po tal,
a
sou ce
stated
that
a
sequel
will
ot
p oceed
u less
Wa e
B os.
ag ees
to
the
team’s
te ms.The
o igi al
‘Ba bie’
was
eleased
i
July
2023
a d
sta ed
Robbie
as
Ba bie
a d
Gosli g
as
Ke ,
alo gside
Ame ica
Fe e a,
Kate
McKi o ,
Issa
Rae
a d
Will
Fe ell.
