The LEGO Ninjago Movie teaser trailer: First look at the Lego Movie spinoff starring Jackie Chan Chan voices Sensei Wu in the film Tuesday 7 February 2017 16:10 GMT Launched in 1998, Lego’s Ninja series wasn’t exactly the company’s most popular range, being discontinued just two years later. However, in 2011, Lego decided to have another go at bringing ninja’s into childhood homes, releasing the TV series Ninjango alongside numerous toy sets. Six series of the TV show - not including two pilots and a special - were released by Cartoon Network, being watched by children around the world. Thanks to the success of The Lego Movie, Ninjango is being brought to the big screen, the first teaser trailer for which has just been released. Notably, Jackie Chan’s Sensei Wu makes a huge impression, while the six ninjas his character hires - voiced by Dave Franco, Michael Peña, Fred Armisen, Kumail Nanjiani, Zach Woods and Abbi Jacobson - also make a brief appearance.
Other voice actors who will appear as characters in Ninjango include Justin Theroux and Olivia Munn. Unlike the TV series, the animation for The Lego Ninjago Movie will be in the same vein as The Lego Movie and the recently released The Lego Batman Movie. The full trailer will be available tomorrow. The Lego Ninjago Movie was originally scheduled for 23 September 2016 release but was delayed by a year, until the 22 September 2017. 37 Films to get excited about in 2017 Meanwhile, Lego fans can catch The Lego Batman Movie in cinemas now. The LEGO Ninjago MovieThe LEGO Batman Movie trailer: New look takes hilarious aim at Batman v Superman The film sees Will Arnett voice the Caped Crusader in a spin-off of animation mega-hit The LEGO Movie Friday 4 November 2016 15:13 GMT Serena Williams crashes men's tennis match in a park Israeli soldier who killed wounded Palestinian attacker appeals Francois Fillon to be questioned formally over 'fake work' scandal
Donald Trump filmed practising Congress address in his car Are you in need of a break from the gritty, sober tones of Ben Affleck's Batman? Then let The LEGO Batman Movie be your saviour. A new trailer has dropped for the spin-off to Phil Lord and Chris Miller's animation mega-hit The LEGO Movie, and everything is once more awesome; with Will Arnett returning to voice the Caped Crusader, even taking the time out for a jab about Warner Bros.' own epic hero clash. "Come catch your greatest enemy," Zach Galifianakis' Joker teases. Batman retorts that his greatest enemy is actually Superman, as the trailer cuts to a shot of the pair clearly imitating Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice - complete with Superman's glowing red eyes. A great little self-referential take from the studio, in what's promising to be an absolute riot of a film. Arnett and Galifianakis are joined here by the likes of Ralph Fiennes (voicing Alfred), Michael Cera (voicing Dick Grayson/Robin), Rosario Dawson (voicing Barbara Gordon/Batgirl), and Mariah Carey (voicing Gotham's mayor).
Indeed, cameos seem to be a major part of the upcoming animation. "We’re nothing but exhaustive about the cameos and other characters that try to enter Batman’s life," director Chris McKay has stated, who worked as animation director for The LEGO Movie; which hopefully spells reappearances by superfriends Superman (Channing Tatum), Green Lantern (Jonah Hill), and Wonder Woman (Cobie Smulders). First look at the LEGO Batman movie "We thought if we can tell a well-rounded, funny story that’s action-packed, we can build a big movie around this character," McKay has also said. "This is the movie we would want to see. Batman is an island onto himself, the only thing he doesn’t have is relationships. We're making About a Boy as directed by Michael Mann." The LEGO Batman Movie hits UK cinemas 10 February 2017.The Lego Batman Movie: latest trailer released The Lego Batman Movie is another forthcoming film that has been exciting fans at the annual Comic Con in California this weekend, with the latest trailer released on Saturday night.
The computer-animated comedy is a spin-off from 2014's The Lego Movie, which took place inside a world built from Lego based on the imagination of a little boy. Lego Batman is voiced by Will Arnett (Bojack Horseman, Arrested Development) and takes a wry look at the traditionally troubled and moody portrayal of the superhero on the big screen by directors such as Christopher Nolan. Arnett is joined by Ralph Fiennes, who voices butler Alfred Pennyworth and Rosario Dawson as Batgirl. Other cast members include Michael Cera, who also starred in Arrested Development, Zach Galifianakis as The Joker and Mariah Carey, who voices Mayor Marion Grange. Ahead of the trailer, Warner Bros released photographs of Arnett and Lego Batman as well as the film's poster. The movie is due to be released in February 2017.From an incredibly irritating Robin to a lovesick Joker, this extended look at the much-anticipated spin-off suggests a worthy new franchise The Lego Batman Movie From an incredibly irritating Robin to a lovesick Joker, this extended look at the much-anticipated spin-off suggests a worthy new franchise
If DC’s “expanded universe” continues to struggle – and this week saw upcoming movie The Flash lose its second director – studio Warner Bros might want to consider shrinking its entire roster of colorful crimefighters down and just make Lego superhero movies instead. For there is more joie de vivre in the new three-minute trailer for The Lego Batman Movie than there was in the entirety of Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice – and I’m including the extended edition in that equation. Here are five takeaways from our latest look at the tiny, plastic plaything who’s fast making Batfleck look like yesterday’s dark knight. This caped crusader has had a personality upgrade The Batman we met in The Lego Movie aways seemed an unlikely candidate for his own solo film, a pompous jerk who was more Flash Thompson than Bruce Wayne. But this time around, despite his vast wealth and playboy lifestyle, our Will Arnett-voiced caped crusader is being painted as a far more sympathetic superhero.
It appears a life lived all alone in one’s echoing mansion, eating cordon bleu TV dinners and trying to get all your gadgets to sync properly is a rather lonely one. Hence, The Lego Movie looks like it will focus on Batman’s transition from solo operator to leader of an extended family of masked vigilantes, with Robin and Batgirl also pulling on their costumes for the first time. Yes, it’s the plot of Batman & Robin all over again, but without the Batnipples and painful script. Some serious synopsizing of typical Batman mythos has gone down Barbara Gordon, AKA Batgirl, AKA Oracle, has been through almost as many alternate versions as the dark knight himself over the years. The Lego Batman Movie pitches a new iteration of the superhero who is both Batgirl and Commissioner Gordon, the role usually played by her father James. (The 2007 comic Batman #666, which imagined a future dystopian Gotham, pulled the same trick.)Gordon appears to be set on dropping the Gotham City police department’s traditional public opposition to Batman’s activities in favour of working alongside the dark knight.
Has she got the hots for the caped crusader? At least, this being a kids’ movie, we can guarantee they’re not about to go all Killing Joke on us. Michael Cera’s Robin is an eye-poppingly irritating riff on the boy wonder’s reviled status Given Cera often pops up on mean lists of actors who Hollywood forgot about, you might think he’s being rather brave taking on the role that killed Chris O’Donnell’s career. But rather than trying to rehabilitate Robin – a character who comic book fans famously once voted should be killed off – The Lego Batman Movie seems more than happy for us to carry on hating him. This particular boy wonder, resembling the Carrie Kelley version from The Dark Knight Returns, is an eye-poppingly irritating creation whose sole purpose seems to be to wind Batman up with his perky overenthusiasm and skimpy outfits. The new Joker is a lovesick puppy From The Killing Joke to The Dark Knight, Batman stories have often hinted at the symbiotic connection between the caped crusader and his green-haired nemesis – remember Heath Ledger’s spiky nod to Jerry Maguire?
But The Lego Batman Movie seems to be taking the twisted love-hate thing to a whole new level. Informed that Superman is the dark knight’s true enemy – a neat Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice reference – the villain finds himself unexpectedly reduced to tears, his cackling exterior ripped away to reveal the soggy little puppy dog beneath. Might Batman come to regret such coarse and casual contempt further down the line? It doesn’t matter that this is the second Batman film in as many years If this new trailer shows us anything, it’s that the world needs a little more meta-fuelled superhero satire. And with more than half a century of movies, comic books and TV shows to riff on, Batman seems to be the perfect target. Warner Bros might be responsible for having turned the caped crusader into a gun-toting, knuckle-headed bore, but at least the studio knows how to have a joke at its own expense. If Chris McKay’s film registers with audiences on the level that The Lego Movie did, one imagines they’ll be laughing all the way to the Gotham National Bank.