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 ...

growing up with Barney—just the level of disenchantment within the generation.” After McKeon’s comments gained traction, Mattel CEO Ynon Kreiz clarified a few months later that the movie won ...

I love you, you love me. But will we love a “Barney” movie from Ayo Edebiri? Building off the success of Mattel’s “Barbie” movie, the Dorchester native and star of “The Bear” will ...

A live-action movie based on the children’s series Barney & Friends is currently in the works. Announced in 2019, the project will be coproduced by Mattel Films, A24 and Daniel Kaluuya’s 59% ...

From The Bear to Barney, Golden Globe Award winner Ayo Edebiri is in talks to star in the upcoming movie centered around everyone’s favorite purple dinosaur. The actress and comedian has already ...

Of all the movies on this list, Barney feels like it will have the most legs to stand on. Produced by Daniel Kaluuya, this take on the movie won’t necessarily feature a “dark” Barney ...

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 ...