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 ...

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 ...

Ayo Edebiri is writing the upcoming live-action Barney movie. She could also potentially star in the film. Mattel Films, Daniel Kaluuya’s 59% Productions, and A24 have partnered together to make ...

Ayo Edebiri (L) will reportedly write a live-action movie based on Barney (R), the purple dinosaur that starred in the children's TV series "Barney & Friends". Evan Agostini/AP; Mike Coppola/Getty ...

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 ...