Mattel Exec Reveals New 'Barney' Movie Details, Says Film Is Adult-Oriented

A new Barney movie is in the works and it’s going to be geared for adults.

It was previously announced that Oscar winner Daniel Kaluuya will star in the upcoming film and he’s also signed on as a producer.

The movie was originally announced in 2019 and Daniel revealed last year that the movie is going to be “heartbreaking.”

Now a Mattel exec is opening up about the movie in advance of the Barbie movie hitting theaters.

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“We’re leaning into the millennial angst of the property rather than fine-tuning this for kids,” executive Kevin McKeon told The New Yorker. “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.”

The movie is going to be an “A24-type” project and will be “surrealistic.” It’s being compared to the films of directors Charlie Kaufman and Spike Jonze.

A Barney docu-series was released last year and it explored the dark side of the kids show.