20 Upcoming Movies With UTTERLY INSANE Plots
1. A24's Barney
Barney Movie release date: TBA.
Barney the Dinosaur is one of the most recognisable children's characters ever, and though the franchise's popularity peaked in the 1990s, there's still considerable nostalgia for it among now-adult fans.
Even so, it was quite the shock in 2019 when Mattel announced that they were partnering with A24 to develop a new film based on Barney, with Daniel Kaluuya set to produce a script written by Ayo Edebiri, who will also star.
The film will reportedly not be an expectedly ironic take on the IP but instead embrace the earnestness of the source material, focused on a group of jaded millennials who are transported into the world of Barney's TV show.
Edebiri's script has already been praised around town, and while it remains to be seen if such an oddball project can make bank at the box office, it at least sounds like sufficiently talented folk are involved with bringing it to fruition.