Phil Lord & Chris Miller Tease Setting For ‘The Lego Movie 2,’ Plus New Featurette For The Animated Hit Phil Lord & Chris Miller Tease Setting For 'The Lego Movie 2,' Plus New Featurette For The Animated Hit If there are two filmmakers who know a thing or two about subverting predictable expectations it’s Phil Lord and Chris Miller. You probably don’t need to be reminded that "The " and "21 Jump Street" were both creative, wildly entertaining, hilarious efforts that went beyond being movies about toys or TV show reboots. But where do they go next? Well, "22 Jump Street" showed the pair can make a sequel and still keep things fresh, but what about "The Lego Movie," whose third act featured an out-of-the-box narrative shift? Well, it seems that will be the starting place for the next movie. "Well I don’t want to give you spoilers but we were really interested in what happens to that boy who’s in the meta story in the first movie when he’s four years older," Miller told Empire.
"When he’s an adolescent how does that change his point of view? And it’s nice to have the characters start in a different place from the first movie. Emmet, for example, was in an existential crisis of having seen another dimension and was questioning the whole point of his existence." So that’s a tantalizing little nugget to think about—for a long time, as "The Lego Movie 2" isn’t due to arrive until 2018. However, the victory lap for "The Lego Movie" isn’t done yet. Unless something goes horribly wrong, an Oscar nomination for Best Animated Film is all but assured, and Warner Bros. is giving the movie one last push with a new featurette you can check out below.The LEGO Movie Blooper Reel The makers of The LEGO Movie have released an official blooper reel from the making of the film. The filmmakers have actually created animated scenes to go along with several outtakes of voice actors Chris Pratt, Will Arnett, Morgan Freeman, and Alison Brie tripping over their lines.
It’s a nice extra something to take from the popular and successful film.The Lego Movie, the first-ever, full-length theatrical LEGO® adventure, from Warner Bros. Pictures and Village Roadshow Pictures, opened in theaters February 7, 2014. Directed by Phil Lord & Christopher Miller (“21 Jump Street,” “Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs”), it stars Chris Pratt, Will Ferrell, Elizabeth Banks, Will Arnett, Nick Offerman, Alison Brie and Charlie Day, 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 underprepared.Watch the first teaser for The Lego Ninjago Movie The LEGO movie universe just keeps expanding to more playsets. Warner Bros. released the first teaser for the upcoming LEGO Ninjago Movie, ahead of the first full trailer expected to arrive this week.
Although the teaser (above) is brief, it hints that the flick will retain the same sense of humor as The LEGO Movie and The LEGO Batman Movie (which hits theaters this week). Dan and Kevin Hageman, who wrote the TV series Lego Ninjago: Masters of Spinjitzu and co-wrote The Lego Movie, will pen the story for the film adaptation, which is said to be a departure from the show. The movie stars Jackie Chan, Dave Franco, Justin Theroux, Fred Armisen, Abbi Jacobson, Olivia Munn, Kumail Nanjiani, Michael Pena, and Zach Woods. Here's the official synopsis: "In this big-screen Ninjago adventure, the battle for Ninjago City calls to action young Lloyd, aka the Green Ninja, along with his friends, who are all secret warriors and LEGO Master Builders. Led by kung fu master Wu, as wise-cracking as he is wise, they must defeat evil warlord Garmadon, the Worst Guy Ever, who also happens to be Lloyd's dad. Pitting mech against mech and father against son, the epic showdown will test this fierce but undisciplined team of modern-day ninjas who must learn to check their egos and pull together to unleash their true power."
The film opens September 22. Meanwhile, check out the untold truth of The LEGO Movie.If you've already seen The LEGO Movie, but you still don't feel like you've laughed enough, we've got good news: There's a blooper reel.As the film continues its box-office dominance into its second week (Will RoboCop dethrone it?), Warner Bros. Pictures continues to grace us with amusing web-only tidbits from the making of the film, and they only add to the joy of the LEGO Movie experience. Yesterday, we got a longer version of Will Arnett's Batman song about darkness and life as an orphan who's super-rich ("kind of makes it better"), and today we get more than two minutes of "bloopers" from the film, featuring flubbed lines, improvised tangents that didn't quite work, and a grappling hook gun that just won't stop malfunctioning. It's hard to tell how much of this was engineered for the sake of creating a blooper reel and how much of it was simply fun from the sound booth that the filmmakers decided to animate, but either way it adds even more laughs to a film that was already hilarious.
Check out the reel below to see Batman's alternate lines for flying into the sun, Uni-Kitty's use of the phrase "poo-poos," Emmet taking his screaming a little too far and, of course, a thorough discussion about leaning.(Via Comic Book Movie) Recommended friends are based on your interests. Make sure they are up to date. The LEGO Movie Blu-ray Review - Reviewed by Kidzworld on ( Rating: ) Come with Kidzworld to explore the many extras on disc when The LEGO Movie comes to Blu-Ray, 3-D and DVD. Check out funny outtakes, see how Legos are made, enjoy a sing along and more in our review! Emmet (voice of Chris Pratt) is a joyful tiny “everyman” construction worker who could never be a hero. He’s even boring to his so-called friends. When evil mega-mogul Lord Business (voice of Will Ferrell) decides to use a major weapon to glue the city and everyone in it in any form he likes, it’s up to Emmet to save the day. Emmet goes about his day singing the local anthem “Everything is Awesome” along with everyone else in town until hot Wyldstyle (Elizabeth Banks) tells him he needs to save the city.
In an isolated cavern, Emmet becomes attached to the Piece of Resistance, a mysterious red block that an ancient legend foretells will be wielded by a savior called "The Special." That has to be him! Emmet soon learns that he has become “somebody” very quickly. Emmet is arrested by a corrupt good cop/bad cop in one policeman (Liam Neeson). He understands that he's now a dangerous rebel leader with the key to save his world. He is both aided and sometimes hindered by heroes of several of the LEGO realms; Wyldstyle of course, her “boyfriend” Batman (Will Arnett), wise sage Vitruvius (Morgan Freeman), corny space astronaut Benny (Charlie Day), pirate/cyborg Metal Beard (Nick Offerman) and colorful but very weird, happy, happy Unikitty (Alison Brie). They all must make sure Emmet and his Piece of Resistance can stop Lord Business (Will Ferrell) who will use The Kragle (aka superglue) to shape the city and its inhabitants into whatever form he wishes. Kidzworld got the “Everything is Awesome Edition Blu-ray Combo Pack” containing the 3-D version of the movie plus a good 2D version, a cute 3-D portrait of Emmet and a swell mini-LEGO figure of the Vitruvius character…
Besides looking and sounding great, this set provides: Feature Commentary - with Directors Chris Miller and Phil Lord. They are joined by actors Chris Pratt, Will Arnett, Charlie Day, Alison Brie and Wyldstyle Elizabeth Banks on the phone for a silly, fact-filled chat during the movie. Sometimes they are way off subject and you can’t tell who is talking but it’s certainly entertaining. Batman: A True Artist , Michelangelo and Lincoln: History Cops and enter the Ninjago- are all very short films starring LEGO characters that appear to be made by fans but could be the filmmakers having fun. Bringing LEGO to Life – is a fun, behind-the-scenes featurette narrated by Chris Pratt that gives you a little insight into the making of the movie but no great details. You do get a trip to the factory in Denmark where LEGOs are made. “Everything is Awesome” sing-along – Okay this is a karaoke-style music video that you can sing and party to but wow, will that silly song get stuck in your head forever or what?
Stories from the Story Team- This is a quick trip through the development of the story using storyboards. Storyboard artists show you scenes that were cut, entire lands left out and other cute stuff you missed. Quite a fun extra. See It, Built It! - This is fun for LEGO builders and newbies alike. You are encouraged to build some of the vehicles and props from the film and then add stuff and be creative! You get "Introduction with Senior Designer Michael Fuller," "Build the Double-Decker Couch," "Build Emmet's Car," "Introduction with Modeling Artist Adam Ryan," "Digital Double-Decker Couch" and "Digital Emmet's Car." Get some LEGOs and join in. Fan-Made Films: Top-Secret Submissions – we get clips from several homemade animated shorts, with the top three winners of a recent LEGO-hosted contest presented in their entirety. Alleyway Test- Wyldstyle builds a motorcycle out of things in an alley. This was the film's first animation test. Deleted Scenes – These are storyboarded scenes cut early in the production.
Especially fun is a scene in which Batman and Emmet argue over how they feel about Wyldstyle. Outtakes – This is a funny blooper reel using the voice actor’s goof ups but coming from the mouths of the LEGO characters. Dream Job: Meet the LEGO Builders – Wow, designing and building LEGOs for a living? These master builders are seen in action and then building the massive basement set we see in live action at the end of the movie. In the LEGO world, the adjoining kingdoms, well, don’t make much sense. Adults don’t really get why Superman (in this film, Channing Tatum), Abraham Lincoln (Will Forte), Gandalf the Grey (Todd Hansen), Wonder Woman and Shaquille O'Neal would co-exist and interact. Why would Star Wars characters like Lando Calrissian (of course Billy Dee Williams) know anything about Green Lantern (Jonah Hill)? But see, that is the fun of LEGO and this film reflects that. It’s crazy, funny, witty, nonsensical and high energy the whole way. The extras will please LEGO buffs and newbies alike.