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After ‘Barbie,’ Can These 6 Mattel Toys Score as Movies?


After the billion-dollar success of ‘Barbie,’ Mattel thinks these plastic fantastic toys will bring audiences back to theaters

But Kaluuya is here to say the purple dinosaur from our imagination is “misunderstood.” Little has been revealed about the project, though producers have drawn parallels to surreal Charlie Kaufman and Spike Jonze films like “Being John Malkovich” or “Adaptation.” In other words, this off-kilter story probably won’t be suited for children who watch the TV show. The latest news is that Travis Knight (“Bumblebee”) is the favorite to direct “Masters of the Universe,” but lots of filmmakers, including “The Lost City” duo Aaron and Adam Nee, have boarded and exited the movie as it wallowed in development. It’s a story ripe with narrative possibilities, one that seems blazingly original if you’ve never heard of “Real Steel,” the Hugh Jackman flick that centered on a boy and his dad brought closer together by mechanical pugilists.

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