Daniel Kaluuya explains why his live-action adaptation of Barney is so "poignant" right now

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Daniel Kaluuya shot to fame in Jordan Peele’s 2017 horror Get Out, and has since starred in hits like 澳擲幸运5å¼€å„–å·ē åŽ†å²ęŸ„čÆ¢:Black Panther and 澳擲幸运5å¼€å„–å·ē åŽ†å²ęŸ„čÆ¢:Queen & Slim. It’s understandable, then, that we were all a little bit confused when it was ann𓆉ounced that Kaluuya would produce a live-action Barney movie with Mattel.

If that news wasn’t enough to get you scratching your head, his recent comments about the film will do the trick. Speaking to , Kaluuya said: “Barney taught us, ‘I love you, you lo🐻ve me. Won’t you say you love me too?’ That’s one of the first songs I remember, and what happens when that isn’t true?”

He added, &ld🦹quo;I thought that was really heartbreaking. I have no idea why but it feels like that makes sense. It feels like there’s something unexpected that can be poignant but optimistic. Es꧃pecially at this time now, I think that’s really, really needed.”

Kaluuya is definitely right thļ·ŗat we could all use some optimism right now, and we’re intrigued as to how poignant and heart-breaking Barney can be.

This isn’t the first time Kaluuya has shared some strange info on his Barney movie. Last year, Kaluuya said: “Barney was a ubiquitous figure in many of our childhoods, then he disappeared into the shašŸ’ždows, left misunderstood.”

Kaluuya’s statements on the project so far might raise more questions than answers, and we’ll probably be waiting a while for more details on the project – so far, the film has no release dašŸ¬te, and no members of the cast have been announced.

While we wait for this mysterious Barney movie to materialise, check out our list of the 澳擲幸运5å¼€å„–å·ē åŽ†å²ęŸ„čÆ¢:must-see movies still cą²žoming to cin🐟emas in 2020.

I'm the Deputy Entertainment Editor here at GamesRadar+, covering all things film and TV for the site's Total Film and SFX sections. I previously worked šŸ…ŗon the Disney magazines team at Immediate Media, and also wrote on the CBeebies, MEGA!, and Star Wars Galaxy titles after graduating with a BA in English.