Barbie: Fairytopia

Barbie: Fairytopia
DVD cover art
Directed byWalter P. Martishius
Will Lau
Written byElise Allen
Diane Duane
Produced byNancy Bennett
Luke Carroll
StarringKelly Sheridan
Edited bySylvain Blais
Music byEric Colvin
Production
companies
Distributed byNorth America:
Lions Gate Home Entertainment (Family Home Entertainment)[1]
Overseas:
Universal Pictures Video
UK and Ireland:
Right Entertainment[2]
Release dates
  • March 6, 2005 (2005-03-06) (Nickelodeon)[3]
  • March 8, 2005 (2005-03-08) (DVD)
Running time
71 minutes
CountriesCanada
United States
LanguageEnglish

Barbie: Fairytopia is a 2005 animated fantasy film directed by Walter P. Martishius and William Lau and written by Elise Allen and Diane Duane[4][5] that premiered on Nickelodeon in the United States on 6 March[3] and was released on VHS and DVD two days later. It was distributed internationally through Universal Pictures Video and Entertainment Rights.[2]

The fifth installment in the Barbie film series and the first to have an original storyline not based on existing material, the film follows Elina, a wingless flower fairy who goes on a journey to save the enchanted land of Fairytopia from the evil fairy Laverna. The film is followed by two sequels; Barbie: Mermaidia and Barbie Fairytopia: Magic of the Rainbow and two spin-offs; Barbie: Mariposa and Barbie: Mariposa & the Fairy Princess.[6]

  1. ^ "Lions Gate Family Home Entertainment (FHE) Acquires Rights to First Feature Release in Mattel's All-New 'BARBIE™ FAIRYTOPIA™' DVD Series".
  2. ^ a b "Fairytopia Announcement". Archived from the original on 15 May 2006.
  3. ^ a b "TV listings". The Orlando Sentinel. Ancestry.com. 6 March 2005. Archived from the original on 1 October 2022. Retrieved 21 September 2022.
  4. ^ "Barbie: Fairytopia". Barbie.com. Mattel. Archived from the original on 12 December 2013. Retrieved 9 December 2013.
  5. ^ "Barbie Fairytopia". Universal Pictures Home Entertainment. 8 March 2015. Archived from the original on 24 May 2022. Retrieved 24 May 2022.
  6. ^ "Barbie: Fairytopia". Mainframe Entertainment (Animation, Family, Fantasy). Mattel. 8 March 2005. Archived from the original on 27 June 2022. Retrieved 22 July 2022 – via IMDb.