Pretty much everyone scoffed at the idea of an entire film based on the enduring Lego toy line. After all, it was anyone’s guess how construction blocks could be used to, well, build a compelling story. Yet, directors Phil Lord and Chris Miller found a way to deliver an energetic, imaginative animated hit which earned rave reviews and $469 million worldwide back in 2014. Since then, Warner Bros. has taken its time with the sequel. But now the long-awaited follow-up to The Lego Movie looks like it’s locked into place at last. Mike Mitchell to direct, according to The Hollywood Reporter, with a deal following the box office success of his last project, the Dreamworks animated hit Trolls. The film – also based on a popular line of toys – earned a mostly positive critical response and, more importantly to studio heads, grossed $339 million globally. Prior to its release, Mitchell’s credits include box office hits (and misses) like Shrek Forever After, The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water and Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked.
Rob Schrab – a comic book writer and television director who worked on series like Community and The Mindy Project – was previously in line to direct the film, but left due to “creative differences,” the trade publication said. As it stands, Mitchell will direct a script by Matt Fogel which was initially written by Lord and Miller themselves and later worked on by Bojack Horseman creator Raphael Bob-Waksberg. Given his experience helming colorful, exuberant animated properties, it’s easy to see why Warner Bros. opted to go with Mitchell. His proven track record likely bodes well for the visual style of The Lego Movie 2, and the studio’s decision to turn to a different filmmaker at this stage could be a sign it’s taking care not to squander audience goodwill acquired by the surprising success of the first film. The sequel’s release was even pushed from May 2018 to Feb. 8, 2019, presumably to allow more time for development. In the meantime, fans of the Lego franchise can see the first two of what will likely be many spin-offs when The Lego Batman Movie and The Lego Ninjago Movie hit theaters on Feb. 10 and Sept. 22, respectively.
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How do you play The Lego Movie Videogame? Working together with your co-op partner (or with a computer controlled buddy if you're playing on your own), it's up to you to smash, crash, and rebuild your way through the game's many levels, playing as practically every major character from the film (and plenty who were only featured fleetingly), each of which has their own special power you can put to good use. From Bad Cops' laser, which can melt through gold, to Vitruvius' stick, which can be used to open secret passages, there's plenty of secrets waiting to be found for those who like to explore. Simple puzzles, which generally involve locating a switch or two to open a locked door, deactivating some lasers or building a ladder to a higher platform, help keep things interesting. How easy is The Lego Movie Videogame to pick up and play? Less platformer and more LEGO-y beat 'em up, the LEGO Movie follows a very similar path to previous games, and if your child can cope with the earlier games, they'll soon be at home here - perhaps even more so, as there's much less of a reading requirement, with pictures being displayed to tell you which character to switch to, etc.
While figuring out what you have to do and where you have to go next may still be a step too far for the youngest of players, the game's generally forgiving nature means it should go down a treat with most kids. With unlimited lives, it's impossible to get things majorly wrong, which should help avoid any unwanted frustrations too.Based on the fantastic kids film, the LEGO Movie Videogame contains little in the way of questionable content. There's no sex or swearing, and any violence is minimal, with the baddies you attack simply flashing when they take damage, before falling to pieces. Violence and Gore: Bad Language: Sexual Content: Cartoon, implied or minorNoneNone Price correct as of 11:45, Thursday 2nd of March 2017, may not include postage. More infoRegion auto-detected as: SGChange regionWhat a world we live in where the best Batman on the big screen in years wasn’t from the big-budget tentpole film featuring an Oscar winner behind the cowl, and instead is the sarcastic animated spoof based on a toy line.
“The Lego Batman Movie,” spun off the 2014 monster hit “The Lego Movie,” is a kinetic, silly explosion of crazy ideas, where a metal Batman (voiced by Will Arnett) — not metallic, but imbued with the heavy-metal spirit and sometimes an electric guitar — is a badass loner who protects Gotham City with a cocky attitude and a slew of amazing vehicles. But the one thing he’s missing is a family — partly because he’s so self-centered to even acknowledge Alfred (Ralph Fiennes), his butler who raised him. He’s such a loner that he won’t even acknowledge to the Joker (Zach Galifianakis) that he’s his greatest enemy. The Clown Prince of Crime is hurt — Batman won’t even tell him he hates him. So the Joker raises the stakes and comes back with a plot so dangerous that Batman alone can’t save the day — unless he can get help from friends, in the form of the orphan he accidentally adopts, Dick Grayson, aka Robin (Michael Cera), and police chief Barbara Gordon (Rosario Dawson).