Ayo Edebiri is set to write the live-action Barney movie that Mattel is developing with A24 and is also in talks to star, Deadline has learned.

A24 and 59% Productions are co-developing and producing Barney in partnership with Mattel Films, which owns the IP. Kevin McKeon and Andrew Scannell are overseeing the movie for Mattel Films alongside ...

A24 is also on board as a producer, alongside Kaluuya and Rowan Riley for 59% Productions. First announced in 2019, the film ...

He-Man first appeared in the 1981 comic book He-Man and the Power Sword. 1983 saw the premier of the character's first ...

Edebiri is an inspired choice (because, frankly, putting her in anything is an inspired choice), but specifically because the ...

Ayo Edebiri will write and potentially star in live-action ‘Barney’ film co-produced by A24 and Daniel Kaluuya’s 59% ...

Ayo Edebiri is set to write and is in talks to star in the Barney movie at A24. The project has been in development since 2019 when it was annoucned that Mattel Films and Daniel Kaluuya’s 59% ...

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

Barney is heading back to the big screen with a little help from . Deadline reported Tuesday that “The Bear” star and ...

Over the years, more details about the film have surfaced. Mattel Films’ Kevin McKeon described it as an “A24-type” movie while speaking to The New Yorker in July 2023. “It would be so daring of us, ...

Ayo Edebiri is stepping into the world of Barney. The Emmy-winning actress is in talks to write and star in a film about the beloved purple dinosaur for A24. The project has been in development since ...

A movie based on the hit American children's television series Barney & Friends is in the works, with A24, Mattel Films and 59% producing.