Warner Brothers Making LEGO Ninjago Movie

ComingSoon.net and The Hollywood Reporter are reporting today that after Warner Brothers saw the success and excitement over the teaser trailer for their upcoming feature-length LEGO movie, they decided to go ahead and start drawing up plans to create a film for the LEGO Ninjago theme.

Dan Hageman and Kevin Hageman who have been credited for working on The LEGO Movie and the immensely popular LEGO Ninjago: Masters of Spinjitzu TV series are also going to be writing the story for their next big feature film, based on LEGO Ninjago.

If all this is true and Warner Brothers are actually making this LEGO Ninjago movie, then Ninjago fans are in for a treat. It seems as though LEGO Legends of Chima has sort of backfired and LEGO has been forced to keep Ninjago, even after trying to create loads of publicity for Chima. Warner Brothers and LEGO announced that they were working on a feature film awhile ago and recently released more information, images and a trailer for their upcoming LEGO Movie, which is set to come out on February 7th 2013. Read excerpts from The Hollywood Reporter’s story below:

Warner Bros. is so high on its upcoming The Lego Movie that it is moving forward with another big-screen take based on the popular toy.

The Cartoon Network series is set in the fictional world of Ninjago, a place inspired by Chinese and Japanese myths and culture and features dragons and mystical snakes like the Great Devourer. The main character is Kai, the red ninja of fire. The film will feature a new take that diverges from the TV series.

Warner Bros.-based Dan Lin and Roy Lee, who are producing The Lego Movie, will produce Ninjago alongside Miller and Lord. The directing duo will not helm Ninjago, however, but are close to attaching a director. Lego’s Jill Wilfert, who oversees all the Lego movies on behalf of the company, is executive producing.

What do you think about Warner Brothers producing another LEGO movie? Are you excited to see Ninjago in the movies some time in the near future?

Source: The Hollywood Reporter

The LEGO Movie Teaser Poster and Trailer

Well I guess you could say that this caught me by surprise. 😛 Warner Brothers has today released a press release, a teaser poster and a full trailer for the upcoming LEGO Movie. Quite of lot of LEGO fans and builders are getting pretty excited about the whole thing. Warner Brothers has already told everyone that it will be released on February 7th (for US – see additional release dates) next year.

Warner Bros have set up a website for The LEGO Movie which is located at thelegomovie.warnerbros.com. The Internet Movie Database (IMDb) lists The LEGO Movie as being about: “An ordinary LEGO minifigure, mistakenly thought to be the extraordinary MasterBuilder, is recruited to join a quest to stop an evil LEGO tyrant from gluing the universe together.”

From just watching the just-over-two-minute-long trailer, the animation and storyline look pretty good and with a list of some pretty big names in acting (Chris Pratt, Will Ferrell, Elizabeth Banks, Will Arnett, Liam Neeson and Morgan Freeman) which will be the voices of the main characters. The director, Phil Lord, also worked as director on Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs. As far as I know, I haven’t really written about The LEGO Movie that much, but now that a load of new information has been released, I just had to post about it. 🙂

The LEGO Movie

The LEGO® Movie, the first-ever, full-length theatrical LEGO® adventure, directed by Phil Lord & Christopher Miller, opens in theaters February 7, 2014. It stars the vocal talents of Chris Pratt, Will Ferrell, Elizabeth Banks, Will Arnett, Nick Offerman and Alison Brie, with Liam Neeson and Morgan Freeman.

The original 3D computer animated story follows Emmet, an ordinary, rules-following, perfectly average LEGO minifigure who is mistakenly identified as the most extraordinary person and the key to saving the world. He is drafted into a fellowship of strangers on an epic quest to stop an evil tyrant, a journey for which Emmet is hopelessly and hilariously under prepared.

Chris Pratt (Moneyball) stars as the voice of Emmet. Will Ferrell (The Campaign) stars as the voice of his primary adversary, President Business, an erudite, anal-retentive CEO who has a hard time balancing world domination with micro-managing his own life; while Liam Neeson (Taken and Taken 2, Oscar nominee for Schindler’s List) voices the president’s powerful henchman, known as Bad Cop, who will stop at nothing to catch Emmet.

Starring as Emmet’s fellow travelers are Oscar® winner Morgan Freeman (Million Dollar Baby), as Vitruvius, an old mystic; Elizabeth Banks (The Hunger Games, Emmy nominee for 30 Rock), as tough-as-nails Lucy, who mistakes Emmet for the savior of the world and guides him on his quest; Will Arnett (Emmy nominee, 30 Rock), as the mysterious Batman, a LEGO minifigure with whom Lucy shares a history; Nick Offerman (NBC’s Parks and Recreation) as a craggy, swaggering pirate obsessed with revenge on President Business; and Alison Brie (NBC’s Community) as a sweet, loveable member of the team, with a powerful secret.

What do you guys think about this upcoming movie? What do you like about it or what don’t you like about it? Will you be going to the cinemas in February 2014 just to see it? Share your thoughts on what I think will make a great film below in the comments.