Two years after Warner Bros. ‘”Barbie” became the highest gross film in 2023, Mattel Studios announced Thursday that it will produce an animated film based on their famous doll with lighting that will be released by Universal Pictures.
The project will be the first theatrically released animated “Barbie” movie after several years with direct-to-video animated films. It also marks Illumination’s other projects based on an outer IP after it set a studio record with the “Super Mario Bros. movie” of $ 1.36 billion.
The “Barbie” agreement comes a month after Mattel combined his film and television production departments to Mattel Studios Under the direction of Robbie Brenner. The studio will release a film adaptation of “Masters of the Universe” with Amazon MGM in June 2026 and has a lot of other development in development including “Matchbox” with John Cena and “Hot Wheels” with Jon M. CHU who would direct.
2023 The “Barbie” movie, directed by Greta Gerwig, set a new studio record for Warner Bros. With $ 1.44 billion gross on Global Box Office. It stands as the highest gross film directed by a woman and was nominated for eight Academy Awards, including best image.
The new project was first reported within the deadline.
