posted on 2014-01-17 08:00 UTC-8 The Lego Movie, an upcoming American-Australian animated movie, imagines a world built entirely out of Legos and populated entirely by Lego figurines and tells the tale of a fight against the evil Lord Business, who is bent on gluing everything together. While the English cast is mostly comprised of Hollywood celebrities, the Japanese will consist of a mere eight voice actors — voicing over 150 characters. Emmet, the ordinary guy mistaken for a legendary hero, will be voiced in English by Chris Pratt, but in Japanese by , known for voicing Sephiroth in and Mitsurugi in the Soul Calibur series, as well as dubbing over Hollywood stars like Brad Pitt and . Wyldstyle, the resistance fighter who recruits Emmet, will be voiced by Elizabeth Banks in English, while , who plays the famous femme fatale Fujiko in as well as Puchiko in , will voice her in Japanese. , the voice of Inspector Zenigata in , Spike in , as well as the Japanese voices of Eddie Murphy and Will Smith, will play Lord Business, who is voiced by Will Ferrell in English.
Other characters will be voiced by (Shinnosuke in , Relena in ), (Captain Global in , Hans Schubert in ), Tesshô Genda (the narrator in , Optimus Prime in the Japanese version of ), (Saito in , Akaooni in ), and (Marduk in Street Fighter X Tekken, Ibachi in ). The will be supervised by screenwriter . Here's the English-language trailer for the movie: The Lego Movie will premiere on February 7 and open in Japan on March 21.Image from Geeky Gadgets] Update: Here are the Japanese trailers: discuss this in the forum (14 posts) | this article has been modified since it was originally posted; Interest homepage / archivesAction Girl: Wyldstyle and Princess Uni-kitty at the very end. Adaptation Explanation Extrication: Emmet talking to Lord Business in the finale and convincing him to do a Heel�Face Turn is kept in the Junior Novel and Video Game, but the context for whynote isn't. Interestingly, the video game keeps the Plot Twist from the film, but still .
Affectionate Parody: The movie frequently (though not completely) parodies summer blockbuster movies. The fact that Everything's Built with LEGO helps, as even the most spectacular explosions and overloaded action sequences end up becoming sillier as a result. Especially the scene with the real-life kid, which Emmet views as an Attack of the 50-Foot Whatever. Allegory Adventure: The movie notably toys with this trope. The entire plot of the film is presented In-Universe as a metaphor for Finn's playtime in his dad's study, which explains why the ancient "relics" of human artifacts can appear alongside LEGO bricks. However, Emmet, complete with mental voiceover, is able to consciously move himself in this world, albeit with great difficulty. It's left to the viewer's interpretation whether or not the whole movie took place in Finn's head, or if the world of LEGO is its own universe that Finn and Dad can just manipulate. And the Adventure Continues: "We are fwom the pwanet Duplo, and we are hew to destwoy you!"
Arc Words: "See everything" is used repeatedly to refer to the power of the Master Builders to see the potential in the pieces around them. Lord Business's obsession with keeping everything "how it is supposed to be." . "Now it's your turn to be the hero." Finn says that to Emmet during his vision, and Emmet says it to Wyldstyle before his Heroic Sacrifice. The power of the Special is... you're special. Artistic License � Chemistry: The mineral spirits The Man Upstairs uses to un-Kragle the Lego universe at the end would almost certainly remove the paint used to give minifigs their faces and clothing details, in the same way Lord Business uses nail polish remover to remove Bad Cop's "Good" face. We can safely assume that, being a Lego connoisseur, he was probably careful with the stuff. Ascended Meme: In the "Behind the Bricks" featurette, Vitruvius talks about how great it is that he's voiced by Morgan Freeman, noting the famous joke that "that man could read the phone book and make it sound interesting."
He then proceeds to do just that.Vitruvius: Five five five, three four nine two. Just listen to that rich molasses. The LEGO Batman Movie Full Cast and Crew Contribute to This PageAustralian animation studio Animal Logic signs a deal with Tezuka Productions to produce a live-action version of Japan’s favourite robot boy Astro Boy is about to be given a reboot by Australian animation studio Animal Logic. The Australian animation studio Animal Logic is set to make a live-action superhero film, based on the popular manga character Astro Boy. The makers of past animated hits The Lego Movie and Happy Feet, have signed a deal with Japan’s Tezuka Productions. Chief executive Zareh Nalbandian said the plan was to create a “Marvel-style” franchise that would be “at the very convergence of live-action, animation and visual effects”, the Sydney Morning Herald reported. “There are very few characters in the entertainment world like Astro Boy that haven’t already been brought to the big screen in a live-action movie,” said Nalbandian.
Authored and illustrated by Osamu Tezuka, Astro Boy was originally titled Mighty Atom, and was a popular Japanese manga series in the 1950s and 60s. The character found new life in the following decades as an animated television show. The series is based on a robot boy modelled after the late son of his inventor Doctor Tenma, who passed away in a car accident. Astro Boy quickly proves to have special powers and skills that he uses to fight crime and injustice, often defending humans from other more maniacal robots. A 2009 film adaption of the character was co-produced by American, Hong Kong and Chinese film companies. Called Astro Boy, it had a US$65m budget, featured the voices of Freddie Highmore and Kristen Bell, but outside of China it did not fare well at the global box office. Animal Logic is one of the world’s busiest animation and visual effects studios having won several awards for its work in The Lego Movie. Fans have suggested it was snubbed by the Oscars when the film failed to receive an Academy award nomination for best movie.