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Odette gets turned into a swan by a wicked wizard who is trying to overthrow the Fairy Queen. Based on the Swan Lake ballet music by Tchaikovsky, this 3rd film revolves around Barbie playing Odette, a young daughter of a baker, who one day follows a unicorn by name Lila into an enchanted forest. The 2nd ballet Barbie film in the franchise. After many years alone Rapunzel goes on a journey with her friends Penelope and Hobie to find her happily ever after. Hidden from the outside world, Rapunzel spends much of her day painting and dreaming of a happier life. This 2nd entry based on the classic tale by the Brothers Grimm stars Barbie as Rapunzel, who is trapped in a tall tower by an evil witch. In the midst of the adventure is the live nutcracker toy dancing with Clara at two intervals in the film. Clara gets shrunk to toy size and along with her brave Nutcracker goes in search of a magical Sugarplum Princess to reverse a spell. Later that night, the toy comes alive to protect Clara from the evil Mouse King's soldiers.

Aa made to move barbie series#

Hoffmann and The Nutcracker ballet music by Pyotr Illych Tchaikovsky, this inaugural film in the series stars Barbie narrating a story to her younger sister, Kelly, a story about a young girl named Clara who gets a beautiful wooden nutcracker from her aunt Elizabeth as a Christmas gift. Rob Hudnut, Linda Engelsiepen & Hilary Hinkleīarbie Fairytopia: Mermaidia/ Barbie: Mermaidiaīased on The Nutcracker and the Mouse King by E. Lionsgate was permitted to continue distribution of the titles released by them up to The Barbie Diaries for several years after these rights eventually reverted to Mattel, who then authorized Universal to begin reissuing these titles. In 2006, Mattel ceased distribution of the films on VHS and focused solely on DVD at the same time, Universal (which had already held foreign distribution rights) took over the domestic distribution rights, after negotiations with Lionsgate broke down over the low amount offered by Mattel to continue distributing future Barbie films. The films were originally distributed on VHS and DVD by Artisan Entertainment and Family Home Entertainment from 2001 until 2004, when both were acquired by and folded into Lionsgate. In 2007, Mainframe was purchased by the Rainmaker Income Fund, subsequently rebranding as Rainmaker Entertainment the following year. In between their co-productions, American studio Curious Pictures pitched in by animating The Barbie Diaries (2006). Elise Allen introduced original storylines to the series through screenwriting the main entries of the Barbie: Fairytopia franchise. Mattel launched its eponymous in-house entertainment division in 2001 and began the Barbie film series by adapting pre-existing stories/tales, with CGI animation provided by Canadian studio Mainframe Entertainment. Adaptations and original plots (2001–2009) and Mattel Films, alongside Luck圜hap Entertainment and Heyday Films. Additionally, a live-action adaptation of the toyline was theatrically released on 21 July 2023 by Warner Bros. In 2020, Mattel revamped the films into streaming television films, branding them as animated 'specials' and integrating them into the canon of the inaugural television show in the Barbie media franchise, Barbie: Dreamhouse Adventures. From 2012 onwards, Mattel expanded the franchise beyond just the films to other audiovisual media such as web series, television shows and streaming television content, with the latter following the growing trend of streaming services and online platforms. In response to a growing rise of digital and interactive media as well as the gradual decline of the sales in dolls, toys and accessories in the 1980s, Mattel partnered with animation studios to produce films which were broadcast on Nickelodeon in the United States from 2002 and released on home video formats, originally by Family Home Entertainment and successor Lionsgate, and then predominantly by Universal Pictures Home Entertainment, both until 2017.

A complete list of CGI or computer-animated feature films and streaming television films starring or featuring Barbie, a fashion doll manufactured by American toy and entertainment company Mattel, is as follows.