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Live-Action Barney Movie Will Feature Screenplay by Ayo Edebiri, Who May Also Star in the Film

"The Bear" star Ayo Edebiri will write the screenplay for the upcoming live-action Barney movie, which is being produced by A24 and Mattel Films.

Latin Times · Feb 25, 2025

After Barbie, Mattel plucks a childhood toy from shelves for a bizarre live-action movie – because apparently it's "a treasure trove of storytelling possibilities"

View-Master is getting the movie treatment

Total Film · Oct 17, 2024

After 'Barbie' success, Mattel to make American Doll live-action movie

“Barbie” may soon be joined by another Mattel doll on the big screen

The Independent UK · Dec 13, 2023

Mattel says Daniel Kaluuya’s Barney project will be an ‘A24-type’ film ‘for adults’

‘We’re leaning into the millennial angst of the property rather than fine-tuning this for kids,’ Mattel exec has said of the purple dinosaur

The Independent UK · Jul 3, 2023