There was incredible buzz surrounding “Barbenheimer” the release of both WB’s Barbie movie and Universal’s Oppenheimer the same weekend. And in the end the hype turned out to be quite real, as both movies succeeded on their opening weekend, making for one of the top movie weekends of all time. Considering the power these two movies had separately, one has to wonder what they could do if you combined them. Could Cillian Murphy join a potential Barbie sequel?
It seems unlikely that we’ll get a sequel to Oppenheimer. That movie told a complete story and writer/director Christopher Nolan generally doesn’t make sequels that aren’t Batman movies. But considering Barbie had the best opening weekend of any movie this year, a sequel to that movie seems quite likely. And Cillian Murphy is open to joining that film as a Ken. Speaking with omeleteve, Murphy said he would absolutely be willing to appear in a Barbie 2 if the script was right. He responded…
