A deliriously fun rideA thing of wonder Funniest animated movie of the year A movie the whole family will enjoy In the irreverent spirit of fun that made “The LEGO® Movie” a worldwide phenomenon, the self-described leading man of that ensemble—LEGO® Batman—stars in his own big-screen adventure. But there are big changes brewing in Gotham, and if he wants to save the city from The Joker’s hostile takeover, Batman may have to drop the lone vigilante thing, try to work with others and maybe, just maybe, learn to lighten up. Will Arnett reprises his starring role from “The LEGO Movie” as the voice of LEGO Batman, aka Bruce Wayne. Zach Galifianakis (the “Hangover” films, “Muppets Most Wanted”) stars as The Joker; Michael Cera (TV’s “Arrested Development”) as the orphan Dick Grayson; Rosario Dawson (TV’s “Daredevil”) as Barbara Gordon; and Ralph Fiennes (the “Harry Potter” films) as Alfred. “The LEGO Batman Movie” is directed by Chris McKay, and produced by Dan Lin, Phil Lord, Christopher Miller and Roy Lee, who worked together on “The LEGO Movie.”
Jill Wilfert, Matthew Ashton, Will Allegra and Brad Lewis serve as executive producers. The screenplay is by Seth Grahame-Smith and Chris McKenna & Erik Sommers and Jared Stern & John Whittington, story by Seth Grahame-Smith, based on LEGO Construction Toys and based on characters from DC Entertainment. Batman was created by Bob Kane with Bill Finger; Superman was created by Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster. Production designer Grant Freckelton and editor David Burrows also return from “The LEGO Movie,” joined by editors Matt Villa, and John Venzon. The music is composed by Lorne Balfe. From Warner Bros. Pictures and Warner Animation Group, in association with LEGO System A/S, a Lin Pictures / Lord Miller / Vertigo Entertainment production, “The LEGO Batman Movie” will open in theaters in 3D, 2D and IMAX. It will be distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures, a Warner Bros. Entertainment Company. Sign up for exclusive access The Great Wall 2D The LEGO Batman Movie 3D
The LEGO Batman Movie 2D The Great Wall 3D Stage Russia HD: The Black Monk John Wick Chapter 2 ROH - Royal Ballet 2016/17 Season: The Sleeping Beauty National Theatre - Saint Joan Encore Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from MarsThe 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 MovieAdding another £5.63m, The Lego Batman Movie continues to dominate the UK box office, and has now reached £23.08m after 19 days. Some schools were on half-term holiday last week, which boosted takings for Lego Batman as well as rival family films such as Sing, Moana and Ballerina.
Sing is now at £26.55m (after adding £3.09m), and it remains to be seen whether Lego Batman will ever catch it. The top six films remained the same this weekend, albeit with some shuffling of position. Fifty Shades Darker crossed the £20m barrier – only the sixth 18-certificate film ever to do so, after Fifty Shades of Grey, The Wolf of Wall Street, Gone Girl, Hannibal and American Beauty. Two new major Hollywood releases, with a combined site count of 827, arrived with rather disappointing box-office numbers. Landing in seventh place, Peter Berg’s Patriots Day began with £749,000 from 440 cinemas (£843,00 including previews). A Cure for Wellness took 10th place, with £410,000 from 387 venues, including a handful of previews. The Patriots Day number compares with a debut of £1.76m plus £220,000 in previews for Berg’s Deepwater Horizon last autumn. Both films star Mark Wahlberg and are based on true events, as is the case with Berg’s Lone Survivor, which kicked off with £752,000 from 392 sites.
Comparisons for A Cure for Wellness are hard to make, since many of director Gore Verbinski’s more recent films have benefited from big stars and established characters or elements (The Lone Ranger, the original Pirates of the Caribbean trilogy), while Rango was an animation. Dane DeHaan leading roles are not numerous, and 2012’s Chronicle (which began with a robust £2.19m including previews of £617,000) benefited from a clearly defined teen-skewing audience. The 18 certificate for A Cure for Wellness can’t have helped, but the lack of any major star, an ill-defined genre positioning and absence of familiar source material were likewise commercial negatives. Among titles that featured prominently in the Oscars race, top commercial performer is Hidden Figures, which didn’t convert any of its Oscar nominations into wins. Theodore Melfi’s film grossed £986,000 at the weekend, a decline of just 19% from the previous frame. Next comes Lion, with £694,000 – a decline of less than 1%.
At £9.26m, Lion is poised to overtake Arrival (£9.46m) to become the second highest grosser among this year’s best picture nominees, behind La La Land (£29.19m). Moonlight expanded from 85 to 175 cinemas, adding £393,000 at the weekend, for a total of £1.26m. It is such a competitive field currently that this was only enough to land 12th place. Similarly, Fences, which declined by a slim 7% at the weekend, found itself down in 13th place despite solid takings of £350,000. Total so far is £1.16m. Following Moonlight’s chaotic best-picture Oscar win, the film saw a big-box office spike, assisted by one-off showings in Odeon cinemas that had already been booked in anticipation of Oscars success. The film shot up to fourth place on Monday, with takings up 121% on the previous Monday. Moonlight expands to 280 cinemas this Friday. Compared with US box office, both La La Land and Lion are performing better in the UK, when the adjustments are made for the disparity in the size of the markets.
Given La La Land’s US gross of $141m, you might expect a UK total around £14m, but it’s twice that. Lion has taken $43m in the US, suggesting a UK equivalent between £4m and £5m – again, it’s twice that. Conversely, Hidden Figures (which has scored a stonking $153m in US) and Fences ($57m) are not yet delivering equivalent numbers in the UK. Given its subject, it’s perhaps surprising that Jackie is overperforming in the UK (£3.5m) compared with what you’d expect from the US result (it’s done $14m so far). Jackie was nominated for best actress, costumes and score, but won nothing. The dearth of commercially appealing new releases saw box office overall tumble by 34%. However, takings are 26% up on the equivalent weekend from 2016, when the underperforming Grimsby was the top new title. Box office has been up on the year-ago equivalents for three of the four weekends in February (by 29%, 13% and 26%) and down (by 12%) on the 2016 equivalent for only one session.
Based on those numbers, February has been good for UK cinemas, and we can expect to see an admissions rise on 2016 when those numbers are tallied. Bookers’ hopes are now pinned on X-Men spinoff Logan, the third stand-alone film starring Hugh Jackman as Wolverine, which arrives on Wednesday. User rating is currently 9.5/10 at Internet Movie Database, which augurs well. The other two wide releases this week are Charlie Day/Ice Cube comedy Fist Fight (a critically lambasted commercial underperformer in the US) and Gurinder Chadha’s Viceroy’s House – an inter-faith love story set against the backdrop of Indian partition in 1947. Alternatives include Michael Fassbender and Brendan Gleeson in British indie Trespass Against Us, and Kelly Reichardt’s Certain Women, with a cast including Michelle Williams and Kristen Stewart. 1. The Lego Batman Movie, £2,893,337 from 610 sites. Total: £23,076,742 (three weeks) 2. Fifty Shades Darker, £1,449,678 from 525 sites. Total: £20,310,579 (three weeks)
3. Sing, £1,476,148 from 595 sites. Total: £26,553,860 (five weeks) 4. John Wick: Chapter 2, £1,146,520 from 455 sites. Total: £4,443,479 (two weeks) 5. Hidden Figures, £986,288 from 521 sites. Total: £3,348,278 (two weeks) 6. The Great Wall, £963,823 from 459 sites. Total: £3,545,145 (two weeks) 7. Patriots Day, £843,380 from 440 sites (new) 8. Lion, £694,483 from 402 sites. Total: £9,259,106 (six weeks) 9. La La Land, £447,000 from 427 sites. Total: £29,192,848 (seven weeks) 10. A Cure for Wellness, £409,540 from 387 sites (new) Rusalka – Met Opera, £215,774 from 175 sites (event) Wolyn, £68,175 from 138 sites Rangoon, £58,123 from 34 sites It’s Only the End of the World, £35,165 from 15 sites Best (George Best: All By Himself), £25,323 from 31 sites Sargi, £9,606 from eight sites Within, £8,364 from 18 sites Bitter Harvest, £7,444 from 41 sites Yaman, £5,756 from three sites