Potential Barbie Directors...
Patty Jenkins
Greta Gerwig
Alethea Jones
Kathryn Bigelow
Lana Wachowski
Sofia Coppola
Amy Heckerling
Penelope Spheeris
Rachel Stone-Abbott
Note: Although Legendary Multimedia currently has a development deal with Disney, Rachel is still available for offers from other studios. Again, Legendary ITTL is structured similarly to how Steven Spielberg was still able to have Amblin co-produce films with other studios even after he co-founded DreamWorks IOTL.
I would choose Sofia Coppola to direct Barbie, and for the following bidders to acquire the following parks:What Anheuser-Busch/InBev is trying to do is sell each to the highest bidder.
Busch Entertainment Parks as of October 2009
Sea World (San Diego, Orlando, San Antonio)
Busch Gardens (Tampa, FL and Williamsburg, VA)
Sesame Place (Langhorne, PA)
Aquatica Water Parks (Orlando, FL; San Antonio, TX)
Water Country USA (Williamsburg, VA)
Aquatica (Tampa, FL; known IOTL as Adventure Island)
Former
Sea World Ohio (Now part of Peacock's larger retool of Geauga Lake into the mostly indoor Universal Studios Ohio)
Current Bidders
TBS+Paramount Leisure (A consolidation of MGM Resorts and Paramount Parks)
Peacock
Warner Parks (Known IOTL as Cedar Fair)
Six Kings (Co-owned by CBS Discovery and The Jim Henson Company)
Bally
Disney
Blackstone Group
Berkshire-Hathaway
Caesars Entertainment (former co-owner of Six Kings)
The Seminole Tribe of Florida (d/b/a Hard Rock Entertainment)
Wynn Resorts
The Mohegan Tribe of Connecticut (owners of the Mohegan Sun Casino in Uncasville, CT)
Sea World and Aquatica: Warner Parks
Busch Gardens: Florida Seminole Tribe
Sesame Place: Six Kings
Water Country, USA: Mohegan Tribe of Connecticut
With this, Warner Parks gives their parent company something fresh to chew on, The Jim Henson Company has a slice of Sesame Street in its library, and two Native American tribes become publicly known in the theme park fan community. Good for business and good for humanity.