You've wandered off the path!The web page you requested from our site could not be found. LEGO Hero Factory: Savage Planet Sign In or Join to save for later Genre: Family and Kids Running Time: 45 minutes What parents need to know Parents Need to Know Top advice and articles What parents and kids sayUniversal is in negotiations to acquire the screen rights to Lego’s line of robotic toys called Hero Factory. Michael Finch and Alex Litvak, best known for writing 2010’s sci-fi hit Predators, are in negotiations to pen the script for the project, which would be produced by Mark Gordon and Bryan Zuriff of the Mark Gordon Company along with Ben Forkner and Dean Schnider of Film 360, the production side of representation firm Management 360. As opposed to other Lego toys, Hero Factory, which is marketed with the tagline “We Build Heroes,” has a distinct storyline and a dense mythology. The characters hail from a planet where a factory churns out robotic machines whose goal is to fight intergalactic evil.
The heroes include characters such as Stormer, Bulk, Stringer, Furno and Breez with villains having monikers such as XPlode, Corroder, Meltdown and Von Nebular -- a good guy gone rogue. PHOTOS: Toy Wars: Battle of the Blockbuster Summer in 2011 The toy line, which comprises about 55 sets, debuted in 2010 as a replacement to Lego’s Bionicle line. The Hero Factory line includes not only the toys but comics, a computer app and a theme park. Hero Factory would be a live-action adaptation set in the world of the mythology and would be distinct from the building block-based Lego movie being made by Warner Bros. The latter is a CGI-animated feature that is in production under the direction of Phil Lord and Christopher Miller. Hollywood has shown increased interest in recent years in making films based on toys. Universal's most recent release, Battleship, is based on a Hasbro board game. The studio also developed Stretch Armstrong and Candyland, though the former is said to be in turnaround and the latter project moved to Sony with Adam Sandler's company attached to produce.
Transformers, based on the Hasbro autobots, has become a multibillion-dollar franchise for Paramount. PHOTOS: Top 15 Grossing Threequels of All Time Finch and Litvak are no strangers to the toy-adaptation biz, having worked on He-Man and the Masters of the Universe, based on the Mattel property. They also are writing Treasure Island for Fox. Litvak, who occasionally writes solo, wrote Five Against a Bullet, which Bruce Willis will shoot next year, as well as Summit’s recent adaptation of The Three Musketeers. The scribes are repped by Verve. Gordon and Film 360 have partnered on several other projects, including the adaptation of Walter Isaacson’s biography Steve Jobs that is set up at Columbia with Aaron Sorkin writing, and Cowboy Ninja Viking, an action movie based on the Image Comics title that has Marc Forster attached to direct for Universal. Kristen Lowe and Sara Scott will oversee the project for Universal. 'Logan' Premiere: Hugh Jackman Thanks Fans for 17 Years as Wolverine
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, Lego’s line of robotic toys.While no director has been named at this point, Predators scribes Michael Finch and Alex Litvak are already negotiating to write the script for the live-action feature, with Mike Gordon, Ben Forkner, and Dean Schneider on board to produce. More details after the jump.In fairness, Hero Factory isn’t just Battleship redux. The Hero Factory line boasts an actual storyline and established characters, so in that sense, it’s more like Paramount’s hit Transformers franchise — which, we can assume, is exactly why Universal is eager to pick it up. The Hero Factory movie is also distinct from the other Lego-based movie in the works, a CG project which is set up at Warner Bros. with Cloudy With a Chance of Meatball directors Phil Lord and Christopher Miller.Lego’s Hero Factory line first debuted in 2010 to replace Lego’s now-discontinued Bionicle line, and currently consists of about 55 toy sets, plus a comic book series, a TV miniseries, a computer app, and theme park attraction.
Its characters hail from the high-tech Makuhero City, located in a distant galaxy. The good guys, who have names like Stormer, Bulk, Stringer, Furno, and Breez, come from a factory that churns out robotic heroes to keep the peace by fighting evil across the galaxy. According to THR, Universal’s adaptation will take place in the Hero Factory world.Like many of the other major studios, Universal has shown a marked interest in toy-based properties. However, few have worked out as planned. Universal signed a deal with Hasbro a few years ago with the intention of making movies based on the company’s board games, but over the past few months has dropped projects based on Ouija, Clue, Monopoly, Candyland, and Stretch Armstrong. The one completed project to come out of that agreement was Battleship. Perhaps Universal will have better luck with the Hero Factory toys. At least they come with recognizable characters and a built-in story idea.Also helping is the fact that Finch and Litvak already have some experience spinning toys into a big-screen feature — the duo have previously worked on the He-Man and the Masters of the Universe movie.