Barney's Big Surprise (My Version)

a Barney and Friends film was a 2020 American film produced by Lionsgate Pictures, HIT Entertainment, FHE Pictures (the film division of Family Home Entertainment), Ilion Animation Studios, and PBS Films (uncredited) and distributed by American Artists Corporation.

the film's rights is transferred to the Hartnett Organisation in 2022.

Film Distributor
becoming the sequel to Barney's Great Adventure and The End of Barney the Dinosaur, HiT announced Fox to distribute the film. it has issues with Big Five Majors (Paramount Pictures, Warner Bros., Universal Studios (Ploygram's parent Company), and Columbia Pictures) and the Independents (Walt Disney Pictures, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, DreamWorks Pictures).

also, Lionsgate's american division took distribution in 2006. in 2009, the project moved to 20th Century Fox because of this Lionsgtae/Fox Deal.

However in 2017, Lionsgate it's american distribution arm American Artists to distribute the film as the film was distributed by Lionsgate in Canada and American Artists in the United States.