Get Out’s Daniel Kaluuya is ready to supply a live-action Barney film with Mattel, and the premise seems to be a bit “heartbreaking.”Talking to EW, Kaluuya introduced up how Barney, everybody’s favourite purple dinosaur, taught us “I like you, you like me. Will not you say you like me too?” Nonetheless, what occurs when “that is not true?”“Barney taught us, ‘I like you, you like me. Gained’t you say you like me too?’ That’s one of many first songs I bear in mind, and what occurs when that isn’t true? I believed that was actually heartbreaking,” Kaluuya mentioned. “I don’t know why nevertheless it looks like that is sensible. It looks like there’s one thing sudden that may be poignant however optimistic. Particularly at the moment now, I feel that’s actually, actually wanted.”
Barney & Friends was a youngsters’s present that aired from 1992-2009 and starred Barney, a purple Tyrannosaurus Rex, and his buddies Child Bop, B.J., Riff, and extra. The present was set to return in 2017, however there was little to no phrase of it since then.
Kaluuya was additionally chatting with EW about his upcoming movie Judas and the Black Messiah, which is ready to be launched in theaters in 2021 and is seeking to “present the ‘full image’ of the Black Panthers.”
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