From your imagination back to your TV screen, iconic purple dinosaur Barney returns this week with the new animated Max series “Barney’s World.” In a bid to appeal to what Mattel chief franchise ...

Ayo Edebiri and A24 are a happy family. The actress has been tapped to write and star in a Barney live-action film for the studio. It will be codeveloped by A24 and Daniel Kaluuya‘s company, 59% ...

From "The Bear" to the dinosaur. Ayo & Friends: Ayo Edebiri — yes, Ayo Edebiri — has been tapped to write the screenplay for the live-action Barney movie from A24. But that's not all. The Emmy-winning ...

I love you, you love me. But will we love a “Barney” movie from Ayo Edebiri? Building off the success of Mattel’s “Barbie” ...

Ayo Edebiri, an Emmy Award-winning actress from Massachusetts, is set to take her talents to the big screen for the upcoming live-action Barney movie. Variety reported Tuesday that Edebiri will be ...

Momentum is gaining on A24‘s live-action Barney movie from Mattel Films and Daniel Kaluuya’s 59% Productions, as the companies have set Emmy and Golden Globe winner Ayo Edebiri to write the screenplay ...

With Edebiri, 28, attached as a writer and potentially leading the cast, this version of Barney is shaping up to be anything but ordinary. Plot details are still under wraps, but it’s clear that this ...

Dorchester native Ayo Edebiri will pen a script for a live-action "Barney" movie aimed at adults, with Mattel executives saying the A24 film will be a "surrealistic" journey into "millennial angst." ...