Oh boy. Barney is again.
The iconic ’90s youngsters’s TV sequence, with its earworm of a theme music and countless merchandising prospects, is returning to cable TV (and streaming) with a brand new sequence. The new Barney’s World, starring an animated model of Barney, is coming subsequent yr to Cartoon Network and Max.
The official plot description of the present goes like this:
With all the guts and luxury of the unique iconic dinosaur, “Barney’s World” is modernized with dynamic characters and music-filled storylines that spotlight themes of affection, group, and encouragement. Set in a neighborhood playground, Barney is joined by dinos Billy and Baby Bop and their three child finest buddies. Throughout foolish and imaginative adventures collectively, Barney helps youngsters discover huge preschool feelings and exhibits them easy methods to love themselves and others.
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The unique Barney & Friends TV sequence aired for 14 seasons and greater than 250 episodes on PBS. Unlike this new present, the outdated one was live-action, with a performer inside an outsized dinosaur costume and a voice supplied first by Bob West and later by Dean Wendt.
Mattel and Warner Bros. have but to announce who will probably be voicing Barney on Barney’s World, but when it had been as much as me I’d choose Tom Waits. People love a gritty reboot as of late, and he’d be precisely what youngsters within the 2020s want from their pleasant purple dinosaur. Plus he can sing his personal songs!
Barney’s World will debut on Cartoon Network and Max in 2024.
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