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Following the success of 2023’s Barbie, another beloved childhood character is coming to life on the big screen. A live-action movie based on the children’s series Barney & Friends is ...
Dorchester native Ayo Edebiri will pen a script for a live-action "Barney" movie aimed at adults, with Mattel executives saying the A24 film will be a "surrealistic" journey into "millennial angst." ...
For years, Get Out and Nope star Daniel Kaluuya has been developing a live-action Barney movie, and now that project has taken a significant step forward. It’s been announced that Mattel Films ...
The trio have announced Ayo Edebiri will be writing and potentially starring in the live-action Barney film. Edebiri, who's won numerous awards for her work on the restaruant drama The Bear, ...
Momentum is gaining on A24’s live-action Barney movie from Mattel Films and Daniel Kaluuya’s 59% Productions, as the companies have set Emmy and Golden Globe winner Ayo Edebiri to write the ...
Though it seemed like Mattel’s grim and angsty live-action Barney film adaptation was on the back burner for a while, the studio announced today that it has partnered with A24 to produce the ...
After becoming a beloved children’s character in the Nineties, Barney is headed for the big screen, with Ayo Edebiri set to write the screenplay and is in talks to star in the live action film ...
The live-action Barney movie is being produced by A24 and Daniel Kaluuya’s 59% Productions in collaboration with Mattel Films. While Kaluuya is a lead producer, sources confirm that he won’t ...
From "The Bear" to the dinosaur. Ayo & Friends: Ayo Edebiri — yes, Ayo Edebiri — has been tapped to write the screenplay for the live-action Barney movie from A24. But that's not all. The Emmy ...