Rob Schrab will make his feature directorial debut on Warner Bros.’ upcoming The LEGO Movie Sequel. Schrab has directed quite a few great episodes of Community and Parks And Recreation, but he snatched my heart forever by creating the AMAZING action/comedy comic book, Scud: The Disposable Assassin. The LEGO Movie Sequel is scheduled for a May 2017 release.
Damned cape covered the best parts, though… (Via.)
A big tip of the LEGO Devo hat to Tegan & Sara, The Lonely Island, Mark Mothersbaugh, ?uestlove, Will Arnett and countless construction worker dancers for pulling off such an amazing Oscar performance. Your 2.5 minutes made the other 3 hours (almost) bearable.
LEGO Movie writer/director Chris Miller recently told Empire Magazine:
“Rest assured that every era of Batman filmmaking will be acknowledged. There have been so many interpretations of Batman and there is so much to play with there. There are 40 versions of his origin story alone.”
Even the Joel Schumacher Batman? Hallelego!
The bad news: Warner Bros. has put The LEGO Movie 2 on hold.
The good news: A LEGO Batman movie is being fast-tracked to take its place. Chris McKay, the animation supervisor on The LEGO Movie, will direct.
The great news: Will Arnett is back as Batman!
For more info, click here.
(And most painful.)
The barefoot LEGO firewalk, via Bullmoose
‘Where Are My Pants’ Guy, Larry the Overpriced Coffee Barista, Abraham Lincoln and Mrs. Scratchen-Post the Cat Lady — The LEGO Movie‘s most memorable walk-ons are now available for purchase! And just cuz I find their scribbled customizations so cute, here are the links for Biznis Unikitty and Sharpie-Smile Good Cop.
Tegan & Sara, The Lonely Island and Devo front-man Mark Mothersbaugh created an insanely infectious pop ditty with Everything Is Awesome, the theme song to The LEGO Movie. Enjoy!
“We’ve basically made a movie about totalitarianism for kids.”
USA Today just ran a piece regarding this year’s dark horse, The Lego Movie. In addition to an interview with directors Chris Miller and Phil Lord (Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs, 21 Jump Street), the hotel hand-out posted a series of character pics and descriptions.
Here are the highlights: Continue reading
