The upcoming Barney movie, based on the popular 90s-era show for preschool-aged children featuring an anthropomorphic purple and green dinosaur, won't be aimed at children, according to Mattel.

“Not that it’s R-rated, but it’ll focus on some of the trials and tribulations of being thirtysomething," a Mattel executive said about the project Kevin Winter/GA/The Hollywood Reporter; Mark ...

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Mattel is making efforts to turn another beloved brand into a blockbuster hit. The forthcoming “Barney” film from Mattel Films has been revealed, and it’s not going to be for kids. The live-action ...

Oscar-winning actor Daniel Kaluuya — who starred in Jordan Peele’s horror hit “Get Out” — is producing a forthcoming Mattel movie, and although at first glance “Barney” may look like a children’s ...

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Mattel Films executive Kevin McKeon told The New Yorker that the Barney movie is “surrealistic” and in the vein of films directed by Charlie Kaufman and Spike Jonze. Those directors are probably not ...