We’re a happy family because “Barney” is coming to the big screen. The project, first announced in 2019, is set to feature ...

The saga of the long-developing Barney movie has another twist, and a new star: The Bear’s Ayo Edebiri. According to Variety, the Emmy-winning actress will star in and also write the screenplay for ...

A live-action movie based on the children’s series ... “Working with Daniel Kaluuya will enable us to take a completely new approach to Barney that will surprise audiences and subvert ...

The film is set to be co-developed by A24, which produced hit movies like "Everything Everywhere All at Once." ...

Ayo Edebiri, fresh off her Emmy win, has taken control of the purple dinosaur’s future as both screenwriter and potential lead in the upcoming live-action Barney movie. The 28-year-old star’s ...

New movie or not we’ll never be able to forget Barney because of it. It’s not hard to understand why any studio would want to be involved with Kaluuya after his last couple of years ...

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 screenplay ...

In November 2019, the production of Barney was announced ... that the film's plot would differ from Max's new animated reboot of the movie. Mattel's Chief, Josh Silverman, praised his team ...

And, even more excitingly, rising star The Bear‘s Ayo Edebiri is set to write the live-action Barney movie and maybe even star in it. Kaluuya and his new production company 59% is teaming up ...

Mattel has not released any new information about the plot or tone of the live-action “Barney” movie, but five years’ worth of interviews paint the project as significantly more somber than ...

Boston native and Emerson alum Kevin McKeon, a movie producer and Mattel’s senior vice president of film production, revealed to the New Yorker in 2023 that the Barney project would be a ...