Will "Barbie" Get a Sequel? Here's What Director Greta Gerwig Has Said

Viewers want to know if we're heading back to Barbie Land anytime soon. Ever since Greta Gerwig's "Barbie" premiered in theaters on July 21 and became a box office smash, theatergoers have wondered if the director will revisit the movie's story for another go with Barbie and Ken (and Allan). Speculation has grown especially strong amid news that the movie crossed over the billion-dollar mark at the global box office on Aug. 6. Will the Kens get their own spinoff? Could we see Margot Robbie's Barbie in the next phase of her life? Well, not so fast.

In an interview with The New York Times published on July 25, Gerwig revealed that she doesn't have an idea for a sequel yet. "At this moment, it's all I've got," she said of "Barbie." "I feel like that at the end of every movie, like I'll never have another idea and everything I've ever wanted to do, I did. I wouldn't want to squash anybody else's dream but for me, at this moment, I'm at totally zero."

"Barbie" is the third movie Gerwig has directed solo after 2017's "Lady Bird" and 2019's "Little Women."

In her New York Times interview, Gerwig shared how she ended up directing the "Barbie" movie to begin with. At first, she explained, she "was originally meant to just write it" with her partner, Noah Baumbach (also a writer and director). "And then we finished the script and that was the thing that made me want to direct it," said Gerwig. "It felt so clear to me: If they didn't want to make that [version], I didn't need to make it. Margot, as the producer and star, was really the first person to line up and say, 'I want to do it her way.'"

Previously, in a July 13 interview with People, Gerwig seemed a bit more open to a "Barbie" sequel. She said she hopes the movie "is the launch of a world and a bunch of different Barbie movies." She further explained, "There's a tone and a humor and a joy, and obviously the world is so beautiful. I want to go back to Barbie Land."

Robbie was also noncommittal when it came to a "Barbie" sequel in a chat with Time magazine earlier in July. "It could go a million different directions from this point," she said of future films. "But I think you fall into a bit of a trap if you try and set up a first movie whilst also planning for sequels."

On Aug. 4, The Hollywood Reporter noted that sequel plans are a little complicated right now given the ongoing writers' and actors' strikes. The outlet also reported that Robbie and Gosling do not have deals in their contracts for a sequel, neither do Gerwig and Baumbach, and negotiations can't begin until the strikes end.