![]() Mattel's television unit, which also recently brought back its Monster High and Masters of the Universe franchises, hopes to once again tap into young and middle-aged adults longing for their childhood days. “With our modern version of Barney, we hope to inspire the next generation to listen, care and dream big,” added Soulie. "In creating the new series, it was important to us to appropriately reflect the world that children live in today so that it could provide meaningful lessons on how to navigate it," Fred Soulie, general manager of Mattel Television, said in the statement. Mattel and SpaceX to launch line of space toys The company's Mattel Studios unit is working with Nelvana, a studio owned by Canadian media company Corus Entertainment (CJREF), to co-produce the new series. Mattel said the new franchise will include TV content and Alphabet-owned YouTube content, as well as music and a wide range of merchandising, including toys (of course), clothing and books. PBS was not immediately available for comment. So there will be no actor dressed in a dinosaur costume marching and singing to the little kids.Ī Mattel spokesperson told CNN that it has no specific news yet to announce on whether the relaunched Barney will be on PBS, but added that the company has "confirmed broadcast partners that we will announce later in the year." Mattel said Monday that the new show, unlike the original, will be animated. ![]() The show "Barney & Friends," featuring the titular purple T-Rex, aired on PBS in the United States from 1992 to 2010. Thanks to the switch from live action to animation, he will now also have big eyes. Toy giant Mattel announced Monday that Barney the friendly (and, let's be honest, an embarrassment to a large group of Millennials who watched it as preschoolers) purple dinosaur will make a triumphant return to TVs and bookshelves. ![]() Barney is back, and while Mattel hasn't officially confirmed it yet, we're guessing he still loves you. ![]()
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