Jorge Gutierrez, director of The Book of Life, has signed on to develop and direct The Billion Brick Race, a new animated movie from Warner Bros. and The LEGO Group. The Billion Brick Race was first announced back in 2015, with Drew Pearce (Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation) and Jason Segel (The Muppets) penning the script, although […]
Guardians of the Galaxy animated series gets third season, LEGO special ‘The Thanos Threat’
During yesterday’s animation panel at the D23 Expo in Anaheim, California, Disney XD announced a third season of the animated Guardians of the Galaxy series, which is set to tie into the new Mission: Breakout! attraction as Disney California Adventure. Take a look at the official poster here… The official description for Marvel’s Guardians of […]
Exclusive interview with Chris McKay on The LEGO Batman Movie and LEGO Universe
Tai Freligh interviews director Chris McKay… Chris McKay has an extensive background in television work, including editing, directing, producing, animation and visual effects. He is best known for his editing work early on for Robot Chicken and Moral Orel before later adding directing to his resume. He was animation co-director on The LEGO Movie with Phil Lord and Christopher […]
LEGO Star Wars – Jakku Quadjumper (75178) Review
Gary Collinson reviews LEGO Star Wars’ Jakku Quadjumper set… Summer is here, which means a brand new wave of LEGO Star Wars sets! And, with the Star Wars: The Last Jedi tie-in sets not arriving until later in the year, The LEGO Group has taken the opportunity to revisit Star Wars: The Force Awakens for a couple of brand […]
The LEGO Movie’s Unikitty receiving a spinoff series from Cartoon Network
Cartoon Network has announced that The LEGO Movie character Unikitty is to receive her very own animated series from Warner Bros. Animation, which will follow Unikitty and her friends “into a world full of adventure, excitement and dance parties.” As ruler of the kingdom, Unikitty has busy days full of royal responsibilities. Unikitty is most […]
Video Game Review – LEGO City Undercover
Emma Withington reviews LEGO City Undercover… Super cop Chase McCain has returned to LEGO City to right past wrongs and take down escaped criminal Rex Fury…’again’. Serving under credit hogging Chief Dunby and joined by your best friend – of one whole day! – Frank Honey, who is very excited to show you his ‘special place’…It’s […]
Video Game Review – LEGO Worlds
Emma Withington reviews LEGO Worlds… A meteorite plummets into the LEGO earth, sending studs scattering into temporary chaos. As the debris settles, a perfectly formed crater remains. The lost spaceman – let’s call him Nondescript Norman – finds his first tool, cooling off in the centre: The Discovery Tool. A whole new world of possibilities […]
LEGO Worlds Hands-On Preview
Emma Withington reports from the LEGO Worlds preview… In a universe full of explorable LEGO chunks, dive – crash land – into a world made entirely out of LEGO, where dinosaurs, astronauts, dragons, and Peter Serafinowicz can coexist. Explore. Discover. Create. Together. After two years in Early Access on STEAM, LEGO Worlds is now on the […]
Movie Review – The LEGO Batman Movie (2017)
The LEGO Batman Movie, 2017. Directed by Chris McKay. Featuring the voice talents of Will Arnett, Zach Galifianakis, Michael Cera, Rosario Dawson, Ralph Fiennes, Mariah Carey, Jenny Slate, Billy Dee Williams, Hector Elizondo, Conan O’Brien, Jason Mantzoukas, Doug Benson, Zoe Kravitz, Kate Micucci, Channing Tatum, Jonah Hill, Riki Lindhome, Eddie Izzard, Seth Green, Jermaine Clement, […]
LEGO takes over The CW’s Arrowverse end cards
As part of the promotion for Warner Bros.’ The LEGO Batman Movie – which topped the U.S. box office this past weekend, helping it to a $92.6 million global opening – LEGO is taking over the end cards for The CW’s four DC superhero shows Supergirl, The Flash, DC’s Legends of Tomorrow and Arrow; check […]
