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Warner Bros. has green lit a live-action/animation
LEGO movie, which is slated for release in 2014.
Variety reports that the film will consist of 80 percent animation produced by Animal Logic, an Aussie-based vfx house whose previous credits include
Happy Feet and
Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga’Hoole. Although further details are scarce, Variety has provided a list of those involved with the production:
“Lego” has been in development at Warner Bros. since 2008, when the studio began working with the toymaker on a family comedy based on the popular building blocks with Dan Lin and Roy Lee producing and the writing team of Dan and Kevin Hageman tapped to pen the script. In 2010, Warners brought on the “Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs” team of Phil Lord and Christopher Miller to write and direct… Warners recently brought on Chris McKay, director of Adult Swim’s stop-motion animation/comedy “Robot Chicken,” to serve as co-director on “Lego” under Lord and Miller.
With such impressive talent involved behind the scenes, the resulting film will surely be on the top of every LEGO fanatic’s “must see” list.
(Variety via Movieline)
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Though it kind of feels like an elaborate fan film, the video after the break is purportedly test footage from a ThunderCats movie that was in development five years ago under Warner Bros. but never got made (which, after watching the video, is probably a good thing).
Thankfully, we still have the new ThunderCats TV series to look forward to.
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In order to garner publicity for the upcoming 3D film Megamind, DreamWorks Animation sounded the nerd call with the hope of setting a Guinness world record for the largest gathering of superheros. With Will Ferrell and DreamWorks Animation CEO Jeffrey Katzenberg on hand for the event, a total of 1,580 superheros showed up, including Harry Potter and the Ghostbusters, shattering the previous record of 1,501 set by a New Hampshire children’s hospital back in August. Read more on
Fashionably Geek…
By now you are all familiar with the saga that is The Hobbit film. Much like J.R.R Tolkien’s novels, it is a story involving an epic struggle. Whether or not it will have a happy ending remains to be seen, but Blastr’s infographic will fill you in on the backstory so you aren’t like that dude that went to see The Return of the King without seeing the first two movies. I mean, what was up with that guy?
(via Blastr)
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You’ll laugh, you’ll cry, you’ll learn that the wilderness is a harsh and unforgiving place full of diseases that can shred your colon until you die a horrible poop-related death.
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From Fashionably Geek: The LA Times snagged this pic from the upcoming Thor movie featuring his father Odin (Sir Anthony Hopkins) wearing an asinine gold eyepatch and his brother Loki (Tom Hiddleston). Damn, that freakin’ eyepatch. And what’s up with the armor? Is anyone wearing a helmet in this movie?
On the plus side (I guess) both Thor and Captain America have been confirmed as 3D flicks.
(LA Times via Topless Robot)
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Yes, this
movie might make
Godzilla look like an Oscar winner, but Alien vs. Ninja from director Seiji Chiba has that cult hit vibe—one of those movies that’s so bad it’s good. And you simply can’t beat the concept (unless you somehow work pirates and/or zombies in there).
The film is currently looking for a distributor in the US, so let’s keep our fingers crossed that it will eventually turn up wherever cheesy Asian movies are sold.
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The builders who recently brought us the $100,000 Batpod are now releasing a very limited-edition of five Tron Lightcycles on eBay for $35,000 apiece. The difference? These are street legal.
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Here’s your first look at the NECA series of figures from the upcoming Predators movie. Whether you thought that the world needed another Predator movie or not, you have to admit that these figures look pretty badass.
Product Page ($45/Pre-Order for August 2010 via Super Punch)
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The amazing
line of new Tron Legacy toys unveiled only a few days ago are now available for pre-order. This includes Light Cycles, a Recognizer and those bad ass action figures with projected faces that synch up with voice clips from the movie.
Check out the clip after the break to see some of the toys in action.
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