Tag: The Lego Movie
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Elizabeth Banks to Direct ‘Cocaine Bear,’ a Thriller Produced by Phil Lord and Chris Miller
Elizabeth Banks has found her next project. The Charlie’s Angels director has signed on to direct a Universal Pictures thriller produced by her The Lego Movie directors Phil Lord and Chris Miller. The movie’s title? Cocaine Bear. And that’s how you get people’s attention, folks, in spite of Banks’ underwhelming directorial career so far. Deadline…
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Lionsgate Inks First-Look Deal with Vertigo Entertainment
Lionsgate Motion Picture Group has announced a first-look deal with Vertigo Entertainment, the production company behind the “It” franchise and “The Lego Movie.”The wide-ranging deal covers all media other than television, including motion pictures, stage, location-based entertainment, podcasts and video games. With this new pact, Vertigo will become a prime provider to the Lionsgate’s slate,…
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Tribeca Film Festival and Walmart Partner for Free Nationwide Drive-In Screening Series
Tribeca and Walmart Drive-In ScreeningsThe Tribeca Film Festival is teaming up with Walmart for a new drive-in series that will take place at 160 Walmart stores across the country. Store parking lots will be turned into outdoor theaters Aug. 14 to Oct. 21 for free screenings of family-friendly films, including classics such as “The Karate…
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Phil Lord & Chris Miller Sign New First Look Film Deal at Universal Pictures
Phil Lord & Chris Miller have been behind an impressive array of innovative films over the past decade. They gave the big screen TV adaptation new life with 21 Jump Street, somehow turned a building brick into a viable feature film with The Lego Movie, and helped innovate in animation and comic book stories with…
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The Angry Birds Movie 2 review – another fun-filled flutter
Sworn animal enemies must team up as the smartphone game adaptation catapults towards another minor triumphSony Animation’s The Angry Birds Movie surprised many three years ago by a) not being terrible, and b) actually being quite fun in a disposable way: the zappiest attempt at brand extension this side of The Lego Movie. The sequel…
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Will Forte to Voice Shaggy in Animated Scooby-Doo Movie
Will Forte is set to voice the iconic character Shaggy in Warner Bros.’ animated Scooby-Doo film, titled “Scooby.”Gina Rodriguez is also joining the voice cast as Velma.Chris Columbus is on board as a creative producer with Tony Cervone directing the new project. Plot details are unknown other than the film revolving around the lovable dog…
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‘Spider-Verse’ Directors on the 160-Page Version of the Script and Their Sequel Ambitions
Few studio films have pushed the boundaries of animation in recent years the way that Sony Pictures Animation’s
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‘Lego Movie 2’ Builds $1.5 Million, ‘What Men Want’ Close Behind on Thursday Night
“The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part” has opened with $1.5 million from Thursday night preview showings in North America and another $600,000 from Jan. 26 screenings.Paramount Pictures’ comedy “What Men Want” launched with $1.3 million in previews. Lionsgate’s Liam Neeson thriller “Cold Pursuit” took in $540,000 from Thursday previews at 2,050 locations.Thursday previews for…
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‘The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part’ Review: Everything Isn’t Awesome, But It’s Pretty Good
The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part is a sequel that’s sometimes as unwieldy as its title. Almost all of the major characters from the 2014 original have returned, and the same weirdly anarchic spirit that ran through the first film revives itself every so often in this follow-up. But where The Lego Movie was…