Did you ever suppose A24 and Barney can be talked about in the identical sentence? Yeah, me neither, however we’re now dwelling in a world the place the unbiased leisure firm is making a Barney film with Mattel and Get Out’s Daniel Kaluuya by means of his 59% Productions banner. The newest replace on this upcoming A24 film is that The Bear’s Ayo Edebiri has come aboard to work on Barney, and I already know which position I’d like for her to play within the loving purple dinosaur’s upcoming film.
Let’s get the official data out of the way in which first: Edebiri has been tapped to jot down the Barney screenplay, and talks are additionally underway for her to star in it. A24’s Barney and Kaluuya’s involvement in it had been introduced again in October 2019, and a 12 months later, he teased that he was to discover what occurs when the music from the unique TV present “I Love You” isn’t true. Mattel Movies’ Robbie Brenner acknowledged (through EW) that the Barney film will ship a “fully new strategy” to the title character that “will shock audiences and subvert expectations,” and Mattel CEO Anon Kreiz described this strategy as “enjoyable, entertaining and culturally oriented. It won’t be an odd film.”
The unique Barney & Mates TV sequence from 1992 to 2010 and featured quite a few baby actors frolicking about with Barney, Child Bop and BJ, together with Demi Lovato and Selina Gomez. Assuming all the things works out with Ayo Edebiri performing within the undertaking after writing it, that’s the sort of position I would like her to play: somebody who hung out with Barney as a child and had a cheery outlook on life again then, however then grew up and have become jaded by the challenges of maturity.
Regardless that plot particulars are nonexistent for Barney, I’ve to think about that if the story will contain the dinosaur coming again into the lifetime of the principle protagonist after years away. It’s much like what was achieved with Winnie the Pooh and the opposite 100 Acre Wooden inhabitants in 2018’s Christopher Robin. Edebiri would do a fantastic job taking part in somebody who’s been crushed down by life and may gain advantage from Barney’s positivity. On the similar time although, she’d be advanced sufficient to know that one can’t merely ignore the unpleasantness that comes with on a regular basis life that’s simply not current in Barney’s world.
Among the finest A24 films are R-rated, however like Barbie, one other Mattel property movie adaptation, I believe Barney might be envisioned by means of a PG-13 lens. That leaves sufficient wiggle room to discover this material in a deep method, however doesn’t make it inaccessible to youthful moviegoers. Then it’s only a matter of realizing how bizarre Barney goes to get, as a result of let’s face it, you may’t not have weirdness in an A24 film. I’m assured that Ayo Edebiri’s script will discover the right stability, and hopefully we’ll be taught quickly if she’ll even be lending her abilities on digital camera for Barney.