Barbie director Greta Gerwig hints she won't return for sequel

Ryan Gosling as Ken and Margot Robbie as Barbie in Warner Bros. Pictures’ “Barbie." (Credit: Courtesy of Warner Bros. Pictures)

Barbie is one of the hottest films of 2023, trouncing Indiana Jones and John Wick in just one week and already making a beeline for The Super Mario Bros. Movie, the current box office leader. So it makes sense that Mattel and Warner Bros. are eager to make a sequel.

For now, though, the visionary director who brought the Mattel toy to life says she’s not on board.