Additionally, a live-action adaptation of the toyline is currently awaiting its American theatrical release on 21 July 2023 by Warner Bros. In 2020, Mattel revamped the films into streaming television films, brand them as animated 'specials' and revolve them around the canon of the inaugural television show in the Barbie media franchise, Barbie: Dreamhouse Adventures. From 2012 until date, 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 a growing rise and trend in 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 such films which were broadcast on Nickelodeon in the United States from 2002 and released on home video formats, predominantly by Universal Pictures Home Entertainment, both until 2017. This article shows the 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.
