Lego Batman movie is in the works and will be ready for release in 2017.
The Lego Movie was a huge hit in 2014, and it’s no surprise that talks of a sequel surfaced shortly after its release. Warner is planning to push back the direct sequel to The Lego Movie in favor of a spin-off starring one of the first film’s most popular characters: Batman, voiced by Will Arnett.
Lego Batman movie is in the works and will be ready for release in 2017
Chris McKay, the animation supervisor from The Lego Movie, is now said to be directing Lego Batman as well as The Lego Movie 2. Seth Grahame-Smith is set to write the script, while Arnett will again play the slightly obnoxious yet very funny plastic incarnation of the Caped Crusader.
What Warner seems to be planning is a Lego movie for each year after 2015. There’s a Ninjago film scheduled for 2016, while the Batman spin-off will land in 2017. It’s now thought that The Lego Movie 2 will show up in 2018.
A Lego Movie sequel will find its way to cinemas in 2017, Warner Bros has confirmed.
Phil Lord and Christopher Miller’s The Lego Movie has racked up $275 million worldwide in under three weeks on release.
The film has a hugely impressive 96% “fresh” rating on the review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, indicating almost universal acclaim.
A Lego Movie sequel will find its way to cinemas in 2017
Little is known about the planned sequel other than a release date: May 26, 2017. There is no word as to whether Phil Lord and Christopher Miller will return for the second film, nor whether voice talent such as Chris Pratt, Elizabeth Banks, Morgan Freeman, Liam Neeson, Channing Tatum and Jonah Hill have signed up for another outing.
According to the Hollywood Reporter, a Lego Ninjago movie, based on the Danish company’s popular Japanese-themed line, could be first into cinemas.
Latest reports do not confirm whether The Lego Movie sequel will be a straight follow-up, or a Ninjago spin-off.
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The Lego Movie remains on the top of the North American box office chart, after spending a third week at number one.
The film earned $31.5 million over the weekend, according to early estimates.
Kevin Costner crime drama 3 Days to Kill debuted in second place with $12.3 million.
A sequel of the Lego Movie has just been announced, with a release date set for May 2017.
The Lego Movie is the highest-grossing film of the year so far.
Gladiator drama Pompeii, starring Game of Thrones actor Kit Harington, took third place with $10 million, despite a mauling from many film critics.
The RoboCop reboot dropped from third to fourth place in its second week of release, taking $9.4 million while George Clooney’s war movie, The Monuments Men, also dropped a place, from fourth to fifth.
The Lego Movie remains on the top of the North American box office chart, after spending a third week at number one
Two Kevin Hart movies, About Last Night and Ride Along, took sixth and seventh place respectively.
Ride Along has also secured a sequel off the back of the first film’s successful run.
North American box office chart
1. The Lego Movie – $31.5 million
2. 3 Days to Kill – $12.3 million
3. Pompeii – $10 million
4. RoboCop – $9.4 million
5. The Monuments Men – $8.1 million
Source: Rentrak
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The Lego Movie topped the North American box office this weekend taking $69.1 million.
George Clooney’s film about Nazi-looted art, The Monuments Men, took $22.7 million.
The critics have not generally been kind to his fact-based tale.
A spokesman for the Sony studio was upbeat about its performance, saying it was “right where we hoped to be”.
The Lego Movie enjoyed the biggest opening of 2014 so far. A sequel is already in development.
Will Ferrell and Liam Neeson are among the voice cast in Warner Brothers’ collaboration with the popular Danish top brand.
The Lego Movie topped the North American box office this weekend taking $69.1 million
The new arrivals at the top of this week’s chart saw last week’s number one film, cop comedy Ride Along, fall down to three.
Disney animation Frozen also fell two places to four, while raunchy rom-com That Awkward Moment dropped down to five.
Teen film Vampire Academy opened poorly in seventh place with a first weekend tally of $4.1 million.
North American box office Top 5:
1. The Lego Movie – $69.1 million
2. The Monuments Men – $22.7 million
3. Ride Along – $9.4 million
4. Frozen – $6.9 million
5. That Awkward Moment – $5.5 million
Source: Rentrak
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