Ahead of Greta Gerwig's Barbie, Mattel says Daniel Kaluuya's Barney movie is the next IP adaption with a different spin.
"We’re leaning into the millennial angst of the property rather than fine-tuning this for kids," Mattel Films executive Kevin McKeon told the New Yorker, saying that the film has been sold to prospective partners and studios as an 'A24-type film.' “It’s really a play for adults. Not that it’s R-rated, but it’ll focus on some of the trials and tribulations of being thirtysomething, growing up with Barney – just the level of disenchantment within the generation.”
