Barbie DPY39 Princess Castle Playset

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Kathleen Barr as Lydia – Lydia is an evil former Muse and current sorceress who wants Diamond Castle for herself, with the intention of making it gloomy. She plays her flute to use her evil spells. She is the main antagonist.

Starting with Barbie in A Mermaid Tale in early 2010, the film series moved away from the classic princess and fairy stories to focus on more modern themes like fashion, music and on stories revolving around Barbie's friends, family and careers. [37] Barbie: Video Game Hero, the 35th film entry released in early 2017, marked the last time a Barbie film both aired on American television and released on home video formats. [38] In 2017, the film series was put on hiatus after Barbie: Dolphin Magic, which served as the pilot to the inaugural television show in the franchise, Barbie: Dreamhouse Adventures, in Mattel's attempt to focus on expanding the franchise to other audiovisual media formats. Mattel later revamped the films in 2020 as animated "specials", beginning with the musical, Barbie: Princess Adventure. [39] [40] Mattel produced a number of animated short films featuring Barbie as tie-ins with other titles within the franchise which include as follows: D'Alessandro, Anthony (26 April 2022). " Barbie Heads To Summer 2023 – CinemaCon". Deadline Hollywood . Retrieved 26 April 2022.

The songs "I Need to Know" and "Shine" were originally from Barbie as the Island Princess and Barbie in the 12 Dancing Princesses, respectively.

Barbie: Dreamhouse Adventures, the inaugural TV series in the franchise released between May 3, 2018, and April 12, 2020, on Netflix in the U.S. It consisted of 52 episodes over 5 "season" episode bundles and aired as an actual TV series in over 8 countries.This is the first movie to include Barbie's other sister Stacie, as well as the first film since Barbie of Swan Lake to have Barbie tell her sister a story. Barbie in A Christmas Carol". Universal Pictures Home Entertainment. 8 March 2015 . Retrieved 24 January 2018.

Known as Mainframe Entertainment until early 2007, Rainmaker Animation until late 2007, Rainmaker Entertainment until mid-2016 and Rainmaker Studios until late 2017. The studio adopted its current name on 16 March 2020. [30] Forde, Eamonn (4 May 2020). "Warner Music Group signs distribution partnership with Mattel". Music Ally . Retrieved 2 February 2022. Barbie & Her Sisters in A Puppy Chase". Universal Pictures Home Entertainment. 20 July 2016 . Retrieved 24 January 2018.Mattel referred to themselves on-screen as Mattel Entertainment at the beginning of the franchise except "The Barbie Diaries" until mid-2010, when it adapted the name of Barbie Entertainment solely for Barbie films. With the formation of Mattel Playground Productions in 2013, the company went by that name from late 2014 until mid-2016 when it was replaced with Mattel Creations until the franchise's hiatus in 2017. Upon resumption in 2020, the company adopted its current division's name Mattel Television. Barbie and Teresa tell us the fairy tale story of Liana and Alexa, best friends who share everything including their love of music." a b Ault, Susanne, "Girl Power Builds Barbie muscle: Mattel Takes Kids' Fave Forward with U Pact," Daily Variety (February 12, 2007). A11-A13. Millman, Ethan (1 May 2020). "Warner Music's Newest Artists Are... Hot Wheels and Barbie". Rolling Stone . Retrieved 5 February 2022.

a b "Barbie: Spy Squad (2016) - Financial Information". The Numbers. Archived from the original on 12 October 2021 . Retrieved 25 March 2019. Cassidy Ladden as Teresa/Princess Alexa – Teresa also stars as Princess Alexa, a gardener/princess of music who lives in a cottage with Liana. They are best friends, though Alexa often wishes that they could live in grand style, so they won't have to worry about anything. She believes in magic, and she has a silly sense of humor. She has a beautiful singing voice. Starting with the interactive special film Barbie: Epic Road Trip on October 25, 2022, Mattel signed a long-term deal or contract extension with Netflix to make available the pre-2017 film catalogue previously held by Universal Pictures occasionally on the service and also co-produce upcoming projects which include exclusive animated films, specials and shows based on Barbie, while still maintaining the possibility of linear television broadcast agreements and YouTube engagements. [27] [28] Barbie in A Mermaid Tale 2". Universal Pictures Home Entertainment. 8 March 2015 . Retrieved 24 May 2022.On February 14, 2021, film and media podcast, Cult Popture, released an 18-hour episode of Film Franchise Fortnights covering all of the 37 Barbie films released at the time. During the production of the episode, a 38th film was announced. [142] See also [ edit ]