A sequel to Barbie will be made on ONE condition

Greta Gerwig will need to feel the emotional desire to make a sequel to the Barbie movie as a second film won't be made for the sake of it.

Barbie, starring Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling, was a phenomenon last summer and earned $1.4 billion at the box office which makes it the most successful movie in history with a female director at the helm.

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Gerwig directed the hit and also co-wrote the screenplay with her partner Noah Baumbach, which makes the project a special one to her.

And, Barbie 2 will need to have that magic if she is to consider a return.

"If I find the undertow, then we get it. If I don’t find an undertow, there’s no more," she said at the West Hollywood Edition after being named one of Time Magazine's Women of the Year.

"It’s something that I loved making so much. And I loved the world that we built so much and all of the actors and the idea of getting to be with that group of people again is very exciting.”

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Gerwig needs to feel connected to her projects

Gerwig loved Barbie as a youngster, and is that kind of connection that she looks for in her projects.

“My North Star is ‘What do I deeply love? What do I really care about? Like, ‘What’s the story underneath this story?'" she explained.

“And I think with ‘Barbie,’ the story underneath this story was I loved Barbie. I remember going to Toys R Us and looking at Barbies and I loved their hair. And I loved everything about them and my mom was not sure about it.

"And I find that’s the story, that’s the generational story… I’m always trying to find those undertows.”