The ‘Barbie’ short film David Lynch was “kindly asked” to delete from his website

David Lynch made a bizarre Barbie short film to advertise his own brand of coffee in 2011, but Mattel were not impressed and ...
Rolling Out

Barbie finally gets a brilliant theatrical animated film

For more than 25 years, Barbie’s animated life existed exclusively on home video shelves. That era is officially over. Illumination and Mattel Studios finalized a partnership in July 2025 to develop ...
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The Next Barbie Movie Has Finally Been Announced (But With an Unexpected Twist)

Today, Deadline reported that Mattel Studios has finalized a deal with Illumination to develop a new Barbie movie, which will make it the first animated Barbie film created for theaters. The report ...
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‘Barbie’ Animated Feature In Works From Illumination & Mattel Studios

EXCLUSIVE: Two years after the record-setting release of Barbie, the feminist live-action take on Mattel’s iconic doll that became a cultural phenomenon, Illumination and Mattel Studios have finalized ...