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Direct From Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest: Why All Signs Point to Barbie 2 Being Resurrected From the Dead · Direct From Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest

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Speaker 1: Direct from Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest.
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Speaker 2: There was news breaking all over Hollywood late last week
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Speaker 2: that didn't mean much to fans outside of the industry,
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Speaker 2: but created major headlines for insiders. It's all thanks to
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Speaker 2: the merger of Warner Brothers and Paramount with some of
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Speaker 2: the biggest entertainment executives behind the scenes losing or changing jobs.
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Speaker 2: But there was one big announcement that all movie fans
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Speaker 2: want to know about.
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Speaker 1: Barbie 2. And it's back on track, according to Variety. Apparently,
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Speaker 1: the budget had become so inflated that that the sequel
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Speaker 1: had been basically abandoned. But now that the new executives
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Speaker 1: are stepping in, they're making it a priority once again.
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Speaker 1: And that includes bringing director Greta Gerwig and Barbie herself,
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Speaker 1: Margot Robbie, back on.
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Speaker 2: That's due in part to the former Mattel CEO being
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Speaker 2: tapped to run the newly combined company, which will be
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Speaker 2: called Skydance. Variety's source went so far to say there's
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Speaker 2: now no way Barbie 2 doesn't happen. So expect the
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Speaker 2: official announcement soon. That's direct from Hollywood.