Just two years after the blockbuster release of Barbie, Illumination and Mattel Studios are ready to develop a Barbie animated movie.

Two years after Margot Robbie rollerbladed her way through Greta Gerwig ’s billion-dollar Barbie movie, the world’s most famous doll is heading back to cinemas – and she’s going animated.

Illumination, the studio behind The Super Mario Bros. movie, is set to make the first theatrical Barbie animated movie. Deadline broke the news that Illumination and Mattel Studios would develop ...

A 'Barbie' animated feature is moving forward, as Illumination & Mattel Studios have closed a deal percolating for some time, sources tell Deadline.