God, three more Lego movies?

Jesus Christ, three more lego movies? Yes, three more movies about Denmark’s beloved interlocking blocks are in development at Universal. He’s probably enjoying the endless enthusiasm surrounding animated Pharrell propaganda. PiecemealUniversal and Lego are linking up for three movies about the barefoot’s worst enemy: Lego blocks. And the movies that prove the Dark Universe isn’t dead will be live action.

The names associated with these projects range from the unsurprising to the depressing. First, Jake Kasdan will follow up on his success, which is a sure thing. The Red One with a Lego movie with four screenwriters attached. Per Hollywood Reporter, D Train writers Andrew Mogel and Jarrad Paul will discuss this topic Pickup Writers Matt Rider and Kevin Burrows have left. Previously, Kasdan made a biographical parody very effective He said he ruined the biographies.

For four years, Warner Bros. and Disney, Patty Jenkins finally has another project, a goddamn Lego movie she’s co-writing with Geoff Johns. Having made one of the Snyderverse’s few undisputed hits, Jenkins has been rewarded for achieving this feat. Wonder Woman The sequel people didn’t like after four years of development hell Star wars the movie that never happened. To be fair Wonder Woman 1984It was hard to enjoy anything in December 2020.

Finally, director Joe Cornish Attack the Block and the one seen below is utterly fascinating The Boy Who Would Be KingHeather will rewrite Anne Campbell and Simon Rich’s draft of a different Lego movie. The names here are very interesting. Cornish always seems busy with projects that don’t make it across the finish line. Snow Accident, starlightand perhaps most notably, the continuation of his debut, Attack the Block. Campbell and Rich are two of Hollywood’s best comedy writers, so if we had to put our money on either of them being worthwhile, this would be it. Maybe we’ll see a new Joe Cornish movie for the first time in five years.

But is this really where we’re going anyway? Live action Lego movies? How many fish-out-of-water stories can a studio produce about a Lego man leaving the Lego world? Now that superhero movies are no longer a safe bet, Universal wants to avoid Warner Animation’s mistake of producing more Lego movies than anyone could reasonably want. Have we learned nothing? ninjago? Nothing Playmobil: The Movie? This is truly a Dark Universe.