Margot Robbie and LuckyChap Get the Key to Warner Bros. Studio in Starry Celebration of New First-Look Deal (EXCLUSIVE)

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Angelique Jackson How does one repay a team of producers for launching its highest grossing film of all time? Give them the key to the studio — literally.

On Monday, “Barbie” producers, LuckyChap’s Margot Robbie, Tom Ackerley and Josey McNamara inked a first-look deal at Warner Bros., which distributed the $1.4 billion-grossing movie.

So, to celebrate, Warner Bros. Pictures Group Co-Chairs and CEO Pam Abdy and Michael De Luca decided to resurrect an old tradition, started by WB co-founder Jack Warner. “Every once in a while, when a significant piece of talent signed a deal with the studio, he presented that company, that talent, with a key to the studio,” De Luca said as he and Abdy raised a toast to the trio. “We are so delighted to have our first key to our studio be given to LuckyChap.” This historical artifact, De Luca noted, was particularly special, as the LuckyChap team received one of the original keys to the studio, forged in 1956.

One side of the key reads “Welcome to Warner Bros,” while the other side says “The Largest in the World.” Continuing their toast, Abdy saluted “Barbie” for its record-breaking box office and its eight Academy Award nominations, describing the film as a “beacon” for the studio and a “shining example of the kinds of movies we want to make.” “The spirit of ‘Barbie’ has its roots in our century-old studio’s founding to bring the very best storytellers together under one roof to make films that would leave their mark on cinema, both today and in the years ahead,” Abdy said. “Without the powerhouse of Margot Robbie, there would be no ‘Barbie,’ and without the talented trio at LuckyChap, who put their whole trust in Greta Gerwig to help bring ‘Barbie’ to the big screen, the world would.