Premiering in 1988, "Barney & Friends" aired for 14 seasons on PBS before coming to an end in November 2010 ... "We're very much hand in glove and in concert," Silverman said.

Barney is a dinosaur from our imagination, and soon he'll be — oh, let's just see — a live-action film sensation. That's right millennials, zillennials, and purple dinosaur lovers of all ages ...