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 / archives: While the movie is filled to the brim with the then-current and a number of previous LEGO lines throughout the history of the company, licensing issues prevented certain themes from showing up, due to the film being made by with Star Wars specifically cited in spite of the brand's history with LEGO (it's owned by Disney, Warner Bros.'s biggest rival).
They lied about Star Wars, to keep one of the biggest gags in the movie a surprise.With over $200 million in box office receipts worldwide, a sequel to The LEGO Movie is already in the works. Warner Bros. hired Jared Stern to write the follow-up last month. The studio is also planning on expanding the Lego universe with the stand-alone LEGO Ninjago movie. Dan Hageman and Kevin Hageman starting writing the script in June, although Warner Bros. currently faces a dilemma, as to which of these two movies will hit theaters first.Warner Bros.' greenlight committee is currently tasked with deciding whether or not they will move forward with both projects at the same time. The studio previously had a November 2013 deadline from LEGO regarding the LEGO Ninjago project, but sources say the toy company has granted an extension. LEGO Ninjago is an important project for the studio, since they currently only have rights to one sequel for The LEGO Movie, and it is believed that Warner's can strengthen their relationship with LEGO by moving forward with LEGO Ninjago before The Lego Movie 2.Sources claim that both LEGO and producers Dan Lin and Roy Lee are free to take the property to another studio after The LEGO Movie sequel.
The producers are expected to stay at the studio, if the franchise should move somewhere else, since they both have first-look deals with Warner Bros.Dan Hageman and Kevin Hageman, who created the popular Ninjago: Masters of Spinjitzu animated TV series and received story credit on The LEGO Movie, are also expected to be involved in both projects. LEGO Ninjago is viewed as more of a risky proposition, since the toy line and TV series are more aimed towards young boys, with the story said to be an action-adventure with comedic elements, as opposed to the straight comedy of The LEGO Movie. However, both writers cited a recent study which revealed that 30% of Ninjago: Masters of Spinjitzu's viewers were female.Here's what Dan Hageman had to say about the "curse" of The LEGO Movie's success."The success of The LEGO Movie is great, but it's also a burden and a curse. It set the bar really high for the franchise."Charlie Bean (The Powerpuff Girls Movie, Tron Uprising) is set to direct LEGO Ninjago, with Dan Lin, Roy Lee and The LEGO Movie directors Phil Lord and Chris Miller producing.
The story is set in a world dubbed Ninjago, inspired by Japanese and Chinese cultures. The main character is Kai, described as "the red ninja of fire," in a story that will not be connected to the Ninjago: Masters of Spinjitzu TV series. These cultural elements will likely help attract more moviegoers in international markets as well. The Lego Ninjago Movie is an upcoming 2017 Danish-American 3D computer-animated action-comedy martial arts film that is being directed by Charlie Bean and written by Dan and Kevin Hageman, Hilary Winson, Bob Logan and Paul Fisher. Based on the Lego Ninjago toy line, the film is the second spin-off installment from the 2014 film The Lego Movie, following The Lego Batman Movie, which was released earlier in 2017. The film will star the voices of Dave Franco, Michael Peña, Kumail Nanjiani, Zach Woods, Fred Armisen, Abbi Jacobson, Olivia Munn, Justin Theroux, and Jackie Chan. The film is scheduled to be released in the United States on September 22, 2017 by Warner Bros. Pictures.
Six teenagers are "hired" by an old master (Jackie Chan) and become ninja heroes at night, defeating monsters and riding awesome vehicles to protect the far-away land of Ninjago and its capital city. Meanwhile, a hungry warlord (Justin Theroux) plots for revenge on his brother, who is the master that trained the ninjas. Main article: List of Lego Ninjago: Masters of Spinjitzu characters On September 17, 2013, it was announced that Warner Bros. Pictures was developing an animated Ninjago film based on the Lego toy line Lego Ninjago, which the Hageman brothers, who wrote Lego Ninjago: Masters of Spinjitzu and co-wrote the story of The Lego Movie, would be writing the film adaptation.[3] Charlie Bean would direct the film, and would be produced by the The Lego Movie team of Dan Lin, Roy Lee, and both Phil Lord and Chris Miller.[3] On June 27, 2016, the films voice cast was announced which included Dave Franco, Michael Peña, Kumail Nanjiani, Zach Woods, Fred Armisen, Jackie Chan, and Abbi Jacobson.