Barney The Dinosaur Movie From Mattel Films

[ZariusTwo]

The purple dinosaur joins other properties from the toy company getting the feature treatment, including Barbie and Hot Wheels.
Barney is headed to the big screen. Mattel Films is partnering with Get Out star Daniel Kaluuya to produce a live-action movie based on the ubiquitous purple dinosaur.

Barney & Friends, which was produced from 1992 to 2009, was a childhood staple and introduced viewers to Barney, an imaginary and perpetually optimistic tyrannosaurus rex that teaches lessons about friendship through song and dance.

Kaluuya will produce the project through his newly formed 59% banner, along with Rowan Riley and Amandla Crichlow, as well as David Carrico, Adam Paulsen and Bobby Hoppey for Valparaiso (Sound of Silence). Kevin McKeon will oversee for Mattel. The project does not have a studio attached.

"Barney was a ubiquitous figure in many of our childhoods, then he disappeared into the shadows, left misunderstood,” said Kaluuya. “We're excited to explore this compelling modern-day hero and see if his message of 'I love you, you love me' can stand the test of time."

“Working with Daniel Kaluuya will enable us to take a completely new approach to Barney that will surprise audiences and subvert expectations,” added Mattel Films' Robbie Brenner. “The project will speak to the nostalgia of the brand in a way that will resonate with adults, while entertaining today’s kids.”

“Barney is a dinosaur from our imagination, and we can’t wait to get ‘I love you, you love me’ stuck in heads everywhere, yet again,” said Carrico of Valparaiso Pictures.

Barney will join other Mattel properties that are currently being developed as features, including Hot Wheels, Masters of the Universe and Barbie, the latter of which is set up at Warner Bros. and has Margot Robbie, Greta Gerwig and Noah Baumbach attached.

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/barney-movie-works-mattel-daniel-kaluuya-1248599

[ranger_scout]

He "left and disappeared into the shadows" for a very good reason and he is clearly not "misunderstood". The franchise clearly did not hold up very well after a while. The writers behind it were literally using their imagination way too much and forgot about how real life works. Psychiatrists and family experts who watched the series and videos felt that way too. There might've been some educational things in the franchise, but the truth of the matter is that life is not all about hearts, rainbows, and fluffiness. There are going to lots of times in your life where you feel angry and sad, but those emotions were discussed less than 1% of the time in episodes and videos. In real life problems don’t get solved right away by singing happy songs. If you look back on Mr. Rogers Neighborhood and also what Sesame Street is continuing to do today along with Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood, you'll see that are far superior when it comes to teaching important subjects to very young children. My siblings also went to the same schools or participated in soccer leagues with some of the child actors from the show and they learned that they were bullied as a result of taking part in the series.

[Leo656]

This news demands a reaction from me, but I am not saying sh*t.

...Y'all can probably Mad Libs exactly what I'd actually say about it, anyway. :lol: I have faith in you.

[Prowler]

I'd be surprised if anyone here is excited for this.

[AquaParade]

I'll never forget being around 8 or 9 years old and opening up a video game magazine that had featured fan art depicting Scorpion stabbing Barney in the head.

Of course, Scorpion was the hot new **** in town, but it hurt seeing my old friend all cross-eyed and dripping from the head.

[Leo656]

In 1994-95, "party" places around here would advertise over-21 "Kill Barney Parties" on the radio for all the frustrated parents out there. :lol: I never got to go to one because I was a kid but I imagine that it was spectacular.

[sdp]

I'm legit excited for this, loved Barney as a kid, in fact I still have my Barney plush toy I got from that Christmas VHS special. I was actually under the impression that Barney was still airing, but apparently not, still reaching up to 2009 is quite impressive.

[Wildcat]

I’d like to this. I still have my original plushie too. The original version that didn’t quite match the show. There was early variants. Barney even looked a bit different in some vhs videos.

I also have the Sega Genesis game. Not really a game since it’s impossible to lose and the gameplay is basically nothing but if you liked Barney it was fun to go through.

I didn’t keep up with the show later on. I occasionally checked it out during the 2000s out of curiosity. I knew it would come back somehow so it’s interesting to see what they do.

[Leo656]

Thanks to you, Prowler owes me like $50! :lol: Thanks, brother!

....He'll never pay up though. You know.... "Portuguese". :trazz:

[turtle1237]

Never was a fan of Barney, the ideal I guess is ok, but it really failed on its face as a kids show imo. It has no emotion or "It". Just happy songs, and really no real story. As a kid, I pretty much felt Fraggle Rock was the greatest kids show there was. It was not all sunshine and roses in Fraggle land. It taught us how to deal with death, bullies, friend problems, if some one is sick, how to overcome your differentness to better yourself like Red and Cotterpin did, racism in a non out front way(The Fraggles not letting Cotterpin in the music feasible because she is a doozer, until Whembly stood up for Cotterpin) How the Gorgs, Fraggles, and Doozers needed each other even though they did not know it. Stuff like that, I don't think there will ever be a show for kids like Fraggle Rock.

[Leo656]

Wisdom and Truth.

[Wildcat]

No problem ;) So just 2 of us this then?

Don’t know what they’re planning but a crossover with other edutainment shows could work.

People are joking about turning it into a horror movie like Banana Splits.

[turtle1237]

No problem ;) So just 2 of us this then?

Don’t know what they’re planning but a crossover with other edutainment shows could work.

People are joking about turning it into a horror movie like Banana Splits.

Yeah I wonder what they were smoking when they did that. :lol: All I know is it was not good for you.

[Leo656]

I would absolutely pay money to see a gritty reboot movie where Barney is not only an actual dinosaur, but a cannibalistic serial killer who preys on and eats the small children left in his care.

I also enjoy glass painting and jigsaw puzzles.

[mikey0]

I'd be surprised if anyone here is excited for this.

Some TMNT merchandise was removed from stores due to the immense popularity of Barney the Dinosaur and Nickelodeon merchandise in the mid 90s (circa 1993-1994), so I imagine that most shellheads hate Barney and Friends.

[Powder]

Some TMNT merchandise was removed from stores due to the immense popularity of Barney the Dinosaur and Nickelodeon merchandise in the mid 90s (circa 1993-1994), so I imagine that most shellheads hate Barney and Friends.

I don't think anyone but you has an awareness of or care about this.

[mikey0]

I don't think anyone but you has an awareness of or care about this.

Historians are supposed to.




What would a Barney the Dinosaur movie look like?

[drgon78]

There are so many better choices for movies...even from other kid shows.

[CylonsKlingonsDaleksOhMy]

The fact that this is even a thread somebody thought should be seriously discussed horrifies me.

[mikey0]

Barney didn’t disappear. Millennials grew up and moved on. It couldn’t be that 1992 to 1993 fall TV season forever.

The Barney the Dinosaur movie will probably be a dud like the Power Rangers reboot from two years ago.

[IndigoErth]

Seems like an odd choice for a character to bring to a movie, especially this many years later.


That said, now I want them to give it to Platinum Dunes so they can make a realistic (albeit oddly colored) singing purple T-Rex.

That way kids of today and fans of yesterday can truly believe that he really exists... and learn that a giant predatory reptile only wants to teach you about love and friendship, and crap like that. (Twist ending, he eats them and is carted off to the next Jurassic World park.)

[Utrommaniac]

Is...is this why so many people have been talking about him lately???

[Wesley]

Not interested in this movie. Was never really a fan of Barney, though I watched bits of the show in the mid 90s, as there was nothing else on. Didn’t know it lasted so long. It was ok imo. Loved the parody Animaniacs did of Barney, though.:lol:

[Autbot_Benz]

Seems like an odd choice for a character to bring to a movie, especially this many years later.


That said, now I want them to give it to Platinum Dunes so they can make a realistic (albeit oddly colored) singing purple T-Rex.

That way kids of today and fans of yesterday can truly believe that he really exists... and learn that a giant predatory reptile only wants to teach you about love and friendship, and crap like that. (Twist ending, he eats them and is carted off to the next Jurassic World park.)

yes Micheal Bay presents Barney the Dinosaur :lol:

[Ninjinister]

I would absolutely pay money to see a gritty reboot movie where Barney is not only an actual dinosaur, but a cannibalistic serial killer who preys on and eats the small children left in his care.



If he's a real dinosaur and he eats the children... how is he a cannibal? :tcool:

Some TMNT merchandise was removed from stores due to the immense popularity of Barney the Dinosaur and Nickelodeon merchandise in the mid 90s (circa 1993-1994), so I imagine that most shellheads hate Barney and Friends.

[citation needed]

[Leo656]

He'd probably eat other fuzzy dinosaurs too, if he could find any.

ORRRRR maybe he already did?

WE DON'T KNOW!!!

[Turo602]

What would a Barney the Dinosaur movie look like?

There's already been one.
V-G6Z8esn9w

[IndigoErth]

yes Micheal Bay presents Barney the Dinosaur :lol:
Hey, they did Dora -- encourage this new direction and away from the likes of the Turtles. :tlol:

[mikey0]

If he's a real dinosaur and he eats the children... how is he a cannibal? :tcool:



[citation needed]

I was going from personal memory, but there are some links below. The links don’t describe how Barney and Nickelodeon merchandise were flooding stores in late 1993 and early 1994, though.

On The Subject of Barneymania

1992: https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1992-12-25-fi-2580-story.html%3f_amp=true

1993: https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1993-04-03-ca-18599-story.html%3f_amp=true

On The Subject of Nickelodeon Cartoons

1993: https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1993-10-17-ca-46556-story.html%3f_amp=true

The start of mid 90s,in general, was the time of the TalkBoy (not to be confused with Game Boy (:lol:)), Barney, Treasure Trolls, The Uncanny X-Men, Street Fighter 2 versus Mortal Kombat, Ren and Stimpy, Disney’s Aladdin, Sonic the Hedgehog, Charlotte Hornets merchandise, Batman The Animated Series, and Spawn comic books, IIRC. TMNT was starting to look like an early 90s phenomenon in late 1994 when MMPR took over completely.

There's already been one.
V-G6Z8esn9w

I was wondering what a Barney movie closer to Dora and the Lost City of Gold would look like [not a Barney flick similar to Follow That Bird (Sesame Street movie)].

[Leo656]

Why the F*ck is "Michael" such a hard name for people to spell?

[Leofan26]

Is it the Anniversary of this show or something? Why bring up another film for this so called purple dinosaur? Once upon a time as a young kid I used to like him but as you get older, well.

What do kids of this current generation think of him? I'm curious.

[Ninjinister]

I was going from personal memory, but there are some links below. The links don’t describe how Barney and Nickelodeon merchandise were flooding stores in late 1993 and early 1994, though.

On The Subject of Barneymania

1992: https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1992-12-25-fi-2580-story.html%3f_amp=true

1993: https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1993-04-03-ca-18599-story.html%3f_amp=true

On The Subject of Nickelodeon Cartoons

1993: https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1993-10-17-ca-46556-story.html%3f_amp=true

The start of mid 90s,in general, was the time of the TalkBoy (not to be confused with Game Boy (:lol:)), Barney, Treasure Trolls, The Uncanny X-Men, Street Fighter 2 versus Mortal Kombat, Ren and Stimpy, Disney’s Aladdin, Sonic the Hedgehog, Charlotte Hornets merchandise, Batman The Animated Series, and Spawn comic books, IIRC. TMNT was starting to look like an early 90s phenomenon in late 1994 when MMPR took over completely.



I was wondering what a Barney movie closer to Dora and the Lost City of Gold would look like [not a Barney flick similar to Follow That Bird (Sesame Street movie)].

At no point do any of these articles support your claim.

[mikey0]

At no point do any of these articles support your claim.

I never said they did. I was going from personal memory.

There are no news articles about kid trends replacing other kid trends.

Here are some pictures of the Nickelodeon toy aisle at TRU from the mid 1990s: https://m.facebook.com/1TheNostalgic90s/posts/nickelodeon-section-in-toys-r-us-mid-90s/1786704498034933/

Here is a video featuring the Barney aisle at JCPenney in 1992:

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=HTyTpxwhON4

[sdp]

People underestimate Barney, is there even a show in the 90s that didn't reference Barney in some way? I don't think any other preschool show has had that kind of impact, not teletubbies, not blues clues, not dora and all of these were huger in their own right.

I have no idea how they'd make a Barney movie work, but hey if they made a Dora movie somehow then perhaps it's not impossible. CG Barney here we come.

https://scontent.fmex7-2.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/72763728_3293773410693542_4223301862540967936_n.jp g?_nc_cat=102&_nc_oc=AQlkruJCkXEZ8M9lPwRO85OlcxPsGs2BcZi3UqO3H5a kuDp3lsl2wLsXl0EZNHYcxX4&_nc_ht=scontent.fmex7-2.fna&oh=361de0ddd7d43fb427c5aecead8b46a8&oe=5E5720FA

[Wildcat]

Maybe something like Winnie the Pooh and make him a live stuffed animal. So his plushie form for the whole movie. That’d be cute.

https://i.postimg.cc/YS2RMqXr/88294-AD6-2538-4158-A05-D-E7-DD05-A47642.jpg

[ZariusTwo]

people underestimate barney, is there even a show in the 90s that didn't reference barney in some way? I don't think any other preschool show has had that kind of impact, not teletubbies, not blues clues, not dora and all of these were huger in their own right.

I have no idea how they'd make a barney movie work, but hey if they made a dora movie somehow then perhaps it's not impossible. Cg barney here we come.

https://scontent.fmex7-2.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/72763728_3293773410693542_4223301862540967936_n.jp g?_nc_cat=102&_nc_oc=aqlkrujckxez8m9lpwro85olcxpsgs2bczi3uqo3h5a kudp3lsl2wlsxl0eznhycxx4&_nc_ht=scontent.fmex7-2.fna&oh=361de0ddd7d43fb427c5aecead8b46a8&oe=5e5720fa

megatron, terrorize!

[CyberCubed]

I was hoping the director would be Michael Bay.

[The Deadman]

People are joking about turning it into a horror movie like Banana Splits.

Thats what im hoping for.

[Voltron]

The still for that Barney movie looks like he's hanging a noose around that kid. How bad do you have to screw up your life for Barney to abandon you? That guy put a positive spin on everything.

[ranger_scout]

In my first post to the reaction of this movie being made I mentioned that problems don't get solved right away by singing happy songs I suddenly remembered that "My Favorite Things" from The Sound of Music tries to give that message. I still think that Richard Rogers and Oscar Hammerstein meant well when they wrote that song for the Broadway show. When the cast from the film reunited on The Oprah Winfrey Show back in 2010 I believe it was Julie Andrews who said the movie might've been on the verge of being a little too saccharine when talking about some of the reviews the film got for its initial release.. Rogers also said this:

No one is comfortable with an excess of hearts and flowers, but there is no valid reason for hiding honest emotion. This has always been a major element in the theatre, and it's my conviction that anyone who can't, on occasion, be sentimental about children, home or nature is sadly maladjusted.

I still think that the film holds up very well to this day and has beautiful messages. After all, it was added the National Film Registry in 2001 for being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant". The people who wrote the songs for Barney, however, were going the same route of Care Bears, especially with the 80s movies and it just didn't work. They were also mainly focused on consumerism as well.

[ranger_scout]

Something that must have spoken to you is a live-action Barney movie, which you are set to produce with Mattel. I have so many questions, but I'll settle for why you wanted to bring this to life.

Barney taught us, ‘I love you, you love me. Won’t you say you love me too?’ That’s one of the first songs I remember, and what happens when that isn’t true? I thought that was really heartbreaking. I have no idea why but it feels like that makes sense. It feels like there’s something unexpected that can be poignant but optimistic. Especially at this time now, I think that’s really, really needed.



While it's true that more people need to show more kindness to each other and try to be more optimistic when times are bad, Kaluuya just doesn't seem to understand that this franchise is not the way to go. Life can be full of obstacles as well as physical and emotional pain. You cannot promote a brand that never acknowledges the troubles of everyday life.


https://ew.com/movies/viola-davis-ma-raineys-black-bottom/

Another franchise that is getting a revival very soon hit the nail on the head about how many faults this show has.

Ex7h_uvIFZE

[sdp]

I recently watched the Barney theatrical movie of the late 90s (https://miscrave.com/articles/barney-the-movie/) and it's definitely something :lol:. I thought this movie died though, I remember reading something about going into development hell so who knows.

[ZariusTwo]

I recently watched the Barney theatrical movie of the late 90s (https://miscrave.com/articles/barney-the-movie/) and it's definitely something :lol:. I thought this movie died though, I remember reading something about going into development hell so who knows.

"Barney Goes To Hell"

Butt instantly in seat.

[sdp]

"Barney Goes To Hell"

Butt instantly in seat.

I have a feeling this won't be a kids movie but a PG13 comedy.

[ranger_scout]

I don't think this going to go as well as Won't You Be My Neighbor. Maybe they will prove me wrong, but I don't think so.

Barney The Dinosaur Documentary From ‘Queer Eye’ Producers Greenlighted At Peacock (https://deadline.com/2021/11/barney-the-dinosaur-documentary-queer-eye-producers-peacock-1234874314/)

[sdp]

I'll definitely watch it, Barney was a huge pop culture icon, kids loved him and he became the easy target in so many tv shows in all of the 90s because of it. I found him magical and loved all the Barney christmas Specials (https://miscrave.com/articles/barney-christmas-specials/) vhs tapes I had. I especially like season 1 barney, he is batshit bizarre in there.

[ZariusTwo]

The film is targeted at adults and angsty millennials

https://deadline.com/2023/07/barney-movie-daniel-kaluuya-a24-type-project-says-executive-1235429351/

[Wildcat]

There’s also this.

https://i.postimg.cc/L57DV2yt/8-BE54-EC1-117-B-41-A7-9-B89-73-F60-CA4-BD34.jpg

https://screenrant.com/barney-the-dinosaur-reboot-details-cgi-image/

Movie sounds interesting. Like maybe Barney helps with more grown up situations. Off the top of my head I’m thinking Ted but not adult oriented.

[NeonTurtledude]

I think while Barbie was good, Mattel are going a bit nuts with the film adaptations

as for Barney, it could be good, it depends on who writes it