Recently coming off of the success of The Lego Movie, the film based on the children's toy line, Warner Bros. has unsurprisingly announced that there will be a sequel to The Lego Movie as well as a spinoff based on the Ninjago line of Legos. The direct Lego Movie sequel will be arriving in theaters sometime in 2017, but in the meantime Warner Bros. has been working on the production of Ninjago for a September 23, 2016 release. Phil Lord and Chris Miller, who directed and wrote The Lego Movie will be back as producers for Ninjago. They will also be producing The Lego Movie sequel.
Ninjago is currently gaining success as a popular television series on Cartoon Network since 2011, so the discussion of a film adaptation was to be expected. Writers Dan and Kevin Hageman were expected to write the screenplay for the film adaptation, since they did the TV show and previously worked on The Lego Movie; however, Warner Bros. decided to go with Bryan Shukoff and Kevin Chesley to write the screenplay for Ninjago.
Warner Bros. domestic distribution president Dan Fellman made a statement about the Ninjago spinoff by saying: "Following the huge success of ‘The Lego Movie,’ we are very excited to build on the Lego franchise. We know there are already Ninjago collectors who can’t wait to see their favorite characters on the big screen. This promises to be a terrifically fun and thrilling entry into our Fall 2016 slate, with broad audience appeal."
Hopefully that statement is true, and the Lego Movie sequel as well as Ninjago will keep the same amount of kid-friendly fun that should also appeal to (most) adults. As a young adult in their mid-20's I was surprised at just how much I enjoyed The Lego Movie. I'm actually looking forward to a sequel as well as the Ninjago spinoff. Time will tell if both the sequel and the spinoff can live up to the original.
Ninjago will make its way into theaters September 23, 2016. The Lego Movie 2 is expected to arrive almost a year later on May 26, 2017.
Source: Screen Rant , Deadline
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