Ayo Edebiri is writing the upcoming live-action Barney film. She may additionally doubtlessly star within the movie.
Mattel Films, Daniel Kaluuya’s 59% Productions, and A24 have partnered collectively to make a live-action Barney film. The kids’s character initially debuted in 1988 and rapidly turned a world sensation, with the Barney & Buddies tv collection having aired on PBS for 14 seasons earlier than concluding in 2010.
Edebiri has now been tapped to put in writing the script for the film, which was first introduced in 2019.
What else do we all know in regards to the live-action Barney film?
Plot particulars for the movie stay below wraps at the moment; nevertheless, Mattel govt Kevin McKeon in contrast it to a Charlie Kaufman or Spike Jonze film throughout a 2023 interview with The New Yorker.
“We’re leaning into the millennial angst of the property slightly than fine-tuning this for youths,” he mentioned. “It’s actually a play for adults. Not that it’s R-rated, however it’ll concentrate on a few of the trials and tribulations of being thirtysomething, rising up with Barney—simply the extent of disenchantment inside the technology.”
Edebiri is greatest recognized for taking part in Sydney Adamu in FX’s The Bear. She additionally voiced April O’Neil in 2023’s Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem and the tv collection that adopted, Tales of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, in addition to Anxiousness in Pixar’s Inside Out 2.
Her filmography additional contains 2020’s Shithouse, 2023’s Theater Camp, 2023’s Bottoms, and 2024’s Omni Loop. She’ll quickly be seen in A24’s Opus film, which additionally stars John Malkovich and shall be launched in United States theaters later subsequent month. Moreover, she’s hooked up to star alongside Julia Roberts and Andrew Garfield in Luca Guadagnino’s subsequent film, After the Hunt.
A launch date for the live-action Barney film has not but been introduced.
Supply: A24
