Warner Bros. is currently in the middle of making a well-rounded, cinematic universe out of Lego movies, something that is still a bit surprising to think about. The Lego Movie was a massive hit for the studio in 2014 and next weekend will see the release of The Lego Batman Movie, which looks to be another big success. The Lego Movie 2, officially titled The Lego Movie Sequel, is getting ready to get off the ground as well and has just found a new director in the form of Trolls helmer Mike Mitchell.The Hollywood Reporter broke the news that Mike Mitchell will be tackling The Lego Movie Seqeul for Warner Bros. Previously, director Rob Schrab, who worked a lot on the show Community, was attached, but according to the report, he departed the project over "creative differences." Warner Bros. didn't skip a beat, though, and tapped Mike Mitchell, who directed Shrek Forever After, The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water, and had a big hit recently with Trolls, to take over. As of this writing, Trolls has grossed a grand total of $338 million at the box office.
Perhaps less encouraging is the fact that he also directed Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked, as well as Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo.As for The Lego Movie 2, expectations will surely be high from both Warner Bros. and moviegoers. The first Lego Movie was a massive hit at the box office, bringing in $469 million worldwide from just a $60 million budget. Perhaps just as important, the movie was really embraced by critics, boasting a very impressive 96 percent approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes. Mike Mitchell seems qualified for the gig, since he has worked in animation quite a bit in the past, but also because with Trolls, he proved he could take a concept derived from a toy and make it work as a movie.Phil Lord and Chris Miller, who directed both 21 and 22 Jump Street, directed The Lego Movie and wrote The Lego Movie Sequel, but because they decided to take the gig directing the young Han Solo movie for Disney and Lucasfilm, they didn't have time to direct this time around. BoJack Horseman creator Raphael Bob-Waksberg also did a rewrite on the movie.
That left the position open and Rob Schrab stepped in for a time, but his loss turned into Mike Mitchell's gain. Recently, Warner Bros. announced that they had to delay The Lego Movie 2, which was originally slated for release on May 18, 2018, but has now been pushed back to February 2019.Next up for The Lego Movie franchise is The Lego Batman Movie, which is set to hit theaters on February 10. That will be followed by The Lego Ninjago Movie, which is scheduled for release on September 22 of this year as well. The Lego Movie Sequel is now slated for release on February 8, 2019. That means the sequel will be arriving a full five years after the release of The Lego Movie, which is a pretty significant gap. Were it not for the other spinoff movies coming out between now and then, that might be more of an issue. We will be sure to keep you posted as more details on the movie become available. Central Kurdish (کوردیی ناوەندی) Haitian Creole (Haitian Creole) Loading seems to be taking a while.
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Whereas the animation community once had to share anecdotal stories about apathetic Academy members, now the membership’s handiwork is on full display thanks to the Hollywood Reporter’s “Brutally Honest Oscar Ballot” series. And when it comes to animation, the series might be more aptly titled Brutally Ignorant Oscar Ballots. For the second year in a row, Scott Feinberg of the Reporter surveyed seven Academy members about who they voted for, and their selections for the animation and vfx categories are beyond comprehension. It’s not that the Academy members have a poor rationale for their choices; it’s that they often have no rationale at all for their choices. Like last year’s survey, few of this year’s participants appear to apply any kind of objective criteria to judging the animation categories. Some members even acknowledge that they didn’t view all the films, yet still voted in the animation categories. In fairness, a seven-person survey, even over two years, is still a tiny sample size for any kind of definitive argument for or against Academy members.
However, if you’ve ever pondered how The ChubbChubbs! could possibly win an award for best-anything, much less an Oscar, I think this is as close as you’ll ever get to an answer. Here’s how the seven Academy members voted in each category, followed by a general description of each Academy member. Voter #1: If you can call anything a “snub,” this year, it was The Lego Movie, which was one of the best movies of the year. I don’t know what happened there, but it is inconceivable to me. Of the five they did nominate, my favorite is Big Hero 6, which was adorable and original.MY VOTE: Big Hero 6 Voter #2: Where’s our Finding Nemo this year? It’s not a very great group. I liked Song [of the Sea] and The Tale [of the Princess Kaguya], but I’m voting for [How to Train Your] Dragon [2] because it was superbly entertaining and works on most levels, although its story could be a little better.MY VOTE: How to Train Your Dragon 2 Voter #3: I never got a chance to watch those screeners.
There were so many films to watch and I just had to pick and choose.MY VOTE: I abstain. Voter #4: I loved Big Hero 6. Then I saw The Boxtrolls and I thought the animation was great — but the movie didn’t knock me out. I must admit that I have not seen How to Train Your Dragon 2. But I have seen Song of the Sea and The Tale of Princess Kaguya, both of which I loved very much — they were really unique. If I was just voting for animation, I’d have gone with Boxtrolls. But since you have to consider everything, I went with Big Hero 6.MY VOTE: Big Hero 6 Voter #5: I only watch the ones that my kid wants to see, so I didn’t see [The] Boxtrolls but I saw Big Hero 6 and I saw [How to Train Your] Dragon [2]. We both connected to Big Hero 6 — I just found it to be more satisfying. The biggest snub for me was Chris Miller and Phil Lord not getting in for [The] Lego [Movie]. When a movie is that successful and culturally hits all the right chords and does that kind of box-office — for that movie not to be in over these two obscure freakin’ Chinese fuckin’ things that nobody ever freakin’ saw [an apparent reference to the Japanese film The Tale of the Princess Kaguya, as well as the Irish film Song of the Sea]?
That is my biggest bitch. Most people didn’t even know what they were! How does that happen? That, to me, is the most ridiculous thing I’ve ever seen. Voter #6: I saw all five. I like to sit down with [the young people in her family] and watch them. We all loved Big Hero 6 and there was no discussion, no argument, no nothing. The kids watched that one three times — what does that tell you? Voter #7: Frankly, I didn’t see any of them. Voter #1: MY VOTE: I abstain. Voter #2: I watched them twice. They were all beautifully made—each one was terrific and I have no complaints. Funnily enough, the weakest was the Disney one [Feast]. But I was so charmed by [The] Dam Keeper.MY VOTE: The Dam Keeper Voter #3: I didn’t get around to seeing them. Voter #4: I have seen all of these. Feast is absolutely charming and delightful and lovely. But I really, really liked A Single Life.MY VOTE: A Single Life Voter #5: I didn’t do any of that. Voter #6: I’m a dog lover, so this one was no contest.
Voter #7: The clock ran out on me for these. Voter #1: I don’t think I should be able to vote for this category either, but I can’t resist another opportunity to support Guardians of the Galaxy. It should get something.MY VOTE: Guardians of the Galaxy Voter #2: I give it to the apes! If you can make people believe and care about apes as credible performers, you deserve a lot of points.MY VOTE: Dawn of the Planet of the Apes Voter #3: I went again with Guardians of the Galaxy, just to kind of recognize it. Voter #4: I haven’t seen Captain America [: The Winter Soldier] and I haven’t seen X-Men [: Days of Future Past]. Guardians of the Galaxy was fun. But I loved Dawn of the Planet of the Apes.MY VOTE: Dawn of the Planet of the Apes Voter #5: I’ve never seen more freakin’ frontrunner ads for VFX — covers, inside, back covers — than I have for Planet of the Apes. I mean, it was relentless. It brought me back to Apollo fuckin’ 13, which took every cover of everything for like three weeks straight.
But they did something that was really great, which was to show you the actors performing in stop-motion-capture or whatever side-by-side with what the shot in the film looked like. Voter #6: Out of all of the nominees, I suspect that Guardians of the Galaxy had the least amount of visual effects, but I voted for it anyway because I liked it so much. Voter #7: I didn’t vote here. I’m not so much into special effects pictures, you know? That’s the world that we’re in now, but I’m not in that world. I’m interested in character-driven stories. A longtime member of the Academy’s 378-member public relations branch. Voter #2: A longtime member of the Academy’s 387-member short films and feature animation branch who has been nominated for an Oscar. Voter #3: A member of the Academy’s 386-member writers branch who was nominated for an Oscar within the last decade. Voter #4: A member of the Academy’s 1,150-member actors branch who accumulated most of his credits in the 1970s.