The scribe behind The Lego Batman Movie has actually handled to offer a “high concept” specification script to Disney after a bidding war in between Hollywood studios. Disney bested other significant studios, consisting of Warner Brothers, to purchase the script– an uncommon motion picture for the Burbank-based attire. In addition to The Lego Batman film, Whittington also composed The Lego Ninjago Movie and is currently penning DC Super Pets for HBO Max.
The animated hit includes an ensemble cast that consists of Will Arnett, Zach Galifianakis, Michael Cera, Rosario Dawson, Ralph Fiennes, Jenny Slate, Mariah Carey, Seth Green, Billy Dee Williams, Jemaine Clement, Conan OBrien, Zoe Kravitz, Doug Benson, Channing Tatum, and dozens of others.
” Everyone states this, however for lack of a better expression, theres a LEGO cinematic universe that were developing that has a sci-fi premise, as far as the world that the movies are occurring in for most of the running time, and the other world thats out there.” McKay stated back in 2017. “I think over the course of the motion pictures, were constructing out the relationship between those. Theres no mandate always to do that, but we are very actively working to discover all of the rules and establish that relationship between the real life and the LEGO world.”
John Whittington has his next task lined up and it sounds like its going to be a doozy, even by modern-day Hollywood standards. The scribe behind The Lego Batman Movie has actually managed to sell a “high concept” specification script to Disney after a bidding war between Hollywood studios. While precise details relating to the plot (through THR) are being kept close to the chest, some chatter online compared the live-action flick to a project including a considerable quantity of intellectual property, something along the similarity Ready Player One.
Disney bested other major studios, consisting of Warner Brothers, to buy the script– a rare motion picture for the Burbank-based attire. Composed by Whittington, the project is being produced by John Davis of Dolemite is My Name and Game Night fame and his organization partner John Fox. In addition to The Lego Batman film, Whittington likewise composed The Lego Ninjago Movie and is currently penning DC Super Pets for HBO Max.
Lego Batman ended up as a smash hit, both seriously and commercially. Certified Fresh on Rotten Tomatoes with a very-solid 90-percent Fresh score, the Chris McKay movie earned $312 million at package workplace versus its documented production budget of $80 million. McKay verified last year he and his team were wanting to get a sequel for the film made, however bit has been said on that front since the initial chatter.
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