Following Barbie, Mattel’s subsequent movie will deal with the model’s beloved purple dinosaur, Barney.
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Stated Barney movie will see Get Out and Nope‘s Daniel Kaluuya function a producer, with the actor beforehand saying by way of a press assertion: “Barney was a ubiquitous determine in a lot of our childhoods, then he disappeared into the shadows, left misunderstood. We’re excited to discover this compelling modern-day hero and see if his message of ‘I like you, you’re keen on me’ can stand the check of time.”
Whereas it unclear if Kaluuya will even star within the movie, a Mattel Movie government has newly revealed in an interview with the New Yorker that the film will tackle a “surrealistic” strategy geared in direction of adults.
“We’re leaning into the millennial angst of the property somewhat than fine-tuning this for teenagers,” Mattel Movies exec Kevin McKeon mentioned in regards to the Barney film. “It’s actually a play for adults. Not that it’s R-rated, but it surely’ll deal with a number of the trials and tribulations of being thirtysomething, rising up with Barney — simply the extent of disenchantment throughout the era.”
Little else is thought in regards to the Barney movie, besides that it has been within the works since 2019, and was most not too long ago being reworked in July 2022, per a Consequence report.
For now, nonetheless, Mattel is specializing in Greta Gerwig‘s Barbie, which is about to launch on July 21 within the UK, with a runtime of 114 minutes. It stars Margot Robbie within the titular function, with Ryan Gosling as Ken.
Barbie has obtained a 12A classification ranking within the UK, that means solely children above the age of 12 can watch the film unaccompanied. Anybody under the age of 12 needs to be accompanied by an grownup. Causes for the movie’s 12A classification are the movie’s supposed use of “reasonable innuendo”, “transient sexual harassment”, “violence”, “harmful behaviour” and extra.
