"The studio chiefs have been negotiating with the talent for months," The New York Times reports. The publication reports the last offers made to the actors in May was "declined" and they "have not yet countered with a new one". A deal reportedly must be reached for a second film before the rights revert to the toy manufacturer Mattel in December. "I find whenever I've shared ideas too early, they become bad, then the movie's not going to be any good," she said. "I don't like to talk about things too early or pitch things or show treatments too early because it feels like it's gonna somehow wreck what the movie is."