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The Hollywood Reporter reports that a LEGO Batman spin-off from The LEGO Movie will be coming. Will Arnett will reprise his role as The Dark and Brooding Knight, Seth Grahame-Smith will write the script, Chris McKay, animation supervisor of TLM will direct and Roy Lee, Dan Lin, Phil Lord and Christopher Miller will be producing. I just hope they don't start milking the LEGO franchise to death now - then again, I was very skeptical about TLM at its first announcement and Phil Lord and Chris Miller will have some involvement in this, so there is some hope we may be getting at least the funniest Batman movie to date, if not more. How do you feel about this?

 

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Yes. Just yes. As long as it's in the same universe as TLM then this is probably gonna be good.

 

Or it could be absolute rubbish, but seeing as Will Arnett and Chris McKay are still part of it then it should be at least slightly good. :)

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All I know is I'm not wasting money seeing this.

 

BZP didn't mention that the film is in fact being fast-tracked. That means instead of taking the time to develop it properly, over a period of several years, Warner Bros. is spending as little time as possible to create what may be the worst piece of cinema ever.

 

This is a shameless cash grab. I cannot stress this enough. No love or thought will be put into this film. No effort will be made for it to be memorable. It is meant only to trick kids into going to see it. People will forget it even existed just one year after its release. The LEGO Movie could have easily been nothing but an hour-long toy ad, but it really wasn't. This will be a toy ad.

 

It's ironic, isn't it? The LEGO Movie was about being creative and going against the conventional way of doing things... Warner Bros. has taken that success to fund what will no doubt be a filthy, uncreative movie about Batman, full of Bat-puns and Will Arnett. How sickening.

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Hold on there, that's a very harsh judgement considerig we know so little. The film is still almost three years away and considering the animation system was already developed with The LEGO Movie, that's already some time they won't need. I'm skeptical, too, but this is way too early to write it off as rubbish, in my opinion. There is no way you can tell that "no love or thought or effort" will be put into it and you can be sure there will also be no way people will forget about it just one year after its release. Is there anything Batman that has been forgotten? In the worst case, it would be remembered just like Batman & Robin but I hope not. I prefer to give the makers the benefit of doubt and hope they will pull off a good movie.

 

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Since I still haven't seen the Lego Movie and thus haven't this version of Batman yet, I can't make an educated guess as to if this could be any good. I hope that it is though.

 

All that said. I think we could all agree that it will be better than Batman and Robin. No Batman movie, Lego or not, could ever sink as low as that movie. :P

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It's the word "fast-tracked" that's causing me to doubt this film so much.

It's a word The Hollywood Reporter chose in their story that doesn't even need to apply. More important than that I feel is the release date, which is over two years and a half away. That seems an average development time for sequels.

 

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You know what, I've been thinking and this could be quite awesome. Wanna know why?

 

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Easy. BECAUSE I'M BATMAN!

 

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Pros:

  • At least brings something different to the bill. I think I might prefer this to a third Lego Movie just from an originality standpoint
  • Still leaves one date open for a possibly theatrical Bionicle release, hopefully 2018 or so to coincide with the expected three-year at least confirmed lifespan of the new Bionicle reboot as indicated at NYCC. This isn't a compliment on this movie at all; I'm just glad any possibility of a Bionicle flick wasn't dashed for this @#$%.

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     Pretty much what TheSkeletonMan939 said. This is a lazy cash-grab to capitalize off the success of the Lego Movie. Batman can't carry his own movie- he's just a supporting character for comic relief, pretty much. What the heck is this movie going to be about? It sure isn't going to have any of the poignancy or social commentary of The Lego Movie, that's for sure. I don't care about ninety minutes of jerk Batman (I did like his character in The Lego Movie and how he was used, but I certainly wouldn't want a whole movie about him). This demonstrates the cold, lazy, cynical nature of Hollywood. It's like those rumors about a prequel movie about Han Solo or whatever; they know we like Han Solo, so they'll give us a prequel about him as a kid by a totally different actor who we don't care about or like at all, doing something stupid. We want to see Han Solo being cool and interacting with the other characters and stuff; we don't want to see him by himself, doing something that we don't care about.

     It's like in the rare occasion that Hollywood has a hit, they take whatever worked and on the most superficial level start cramming it into our faces until it isn't good anymore, rather than actually figuring out what worked and what people like in a way that provokes a similarly positive reaction but remains fresh and original. People like the Lego Movie for a variety of reasons; it was funny (and Batman was a part of that), but also it had more of an ensemble cast and better protagonists/story, and also had appropriate seriousness and depth when necessary. That's kind of the problem with spin-offs of stuff that worked on several levels, is that you by design you lose all effective levels but one. Spin-offs should only happen if a) that one level is good enough to carry a whole movie- Batman is not, or b) the movie only did work on one level, so a spin-off would give that lone good point room to shine and give people what they want. It doesn't matter if anything gets lost when the franchise gets spun-off because all that other stuff sucked. But losing what really made The Lego Movie good would be a loss.

     This sucks. It's depressing. It shows lack of artistic integrity by Lego and Hollywood in general.

     Also... I'm so sick of Batman movies. Hollywood won't stop making them. We've got a reboot like 4 years since the previous franchise ended, with nothing apparent to justify it since Man of Steel sucked and this new Batman doesn't look very different from the last (same tank-like Batmobile etc). I'm all for good Batman films, and there have certainly been some, but at this rate we don't need anymore Batman, especially not some comic relief jerk who isn't even a real character. Again, it shows how lazy, cynical, and repetitive Hollywood is. Do something different for once. 

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Well, whether it's in TLM2 or a standalone Batman movie, I'd like to see how Batman is doing after his breakup with Wyldstyle. He handled the breakup itself with an uncharacteristic level of tact but I can only imagine how he might let himself go when he no longer has her around to fuel his massive ego. I'm picturing him writing bad breakup songs and cyberstalking Wyldstyle on his Bat-Computer while he lets his crime-fighting fall by the wayside.

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Well, whether it's in TLM2 or a standalone Batman movie, I'd like to see how Batman is doing after his breakup with Wyldstyle. He handled the breakup itself with an uncharacteristic level of tact but I can only imagine how he might let himself go when he no longer has her around to fuel his massive ego. I'm picturing him writing bad breakup songs and cyberstalking Wyldstyle on his Bat-Computer while he lets his crime-fighting fall by the wayside.

It might end up being something where he gets into a funk (like what you described) and then decides to get his head back into the game and suddenly becomes a crime-fighting master again. I sure hope that doesn't happen.

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Well, whether it's in TLM2 or a standalone Batman movie, I'd like to see how Batman is doing after his breakup with Wyldstyle. He handled the breakup itself with an uncharacteristic level of tact but I can only imagine how he might let himself go when he no longer has her around to fuel his massive ego. I'm picturing him writing bad breakup songs and cyberstalking Wyldstyle on his Bat-Computer while he lets his crime-fighting fall by the wayside.

It might end up being something where he gets into a funk (like what you described) and then decides to get his head back into the game and suddenly becomes a crime-fighting master again. I sure hope that doesn't happen.

 

Really? Because that's pretty much EXACTLY what I'd want a Lego Batman movie to do. Lego Batman is a jerk and we love him for it but a little rehabilitation wouldn't hurt.

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Well, whether it's in TLM2 or a standalone Batman movie, I'd like to see how Batman is doing after his breakup with Wyldstyle. He handled the breakup itself with an uncharacteristic level of tact but I can only imagine how he might let himself go when he no longer has her around to fuel his massive ego. I'm picturing him writing bad breakup songs and cyberstalking Wyldstyle on his Bat-Computer while he lets his crime-fighting fall by the wayside.

It might end up being something where he gets into a funk (like what you described) and then decides to get his head back into the game and suddenly becomes a crime-fighting master again. I sure hope that doesn't happen.

 

Really? Because that's pretty much EXACTLY what I'd want a Lego Batman movie to do. Lego Batman is a jerk and we love him for it but a little rehabilitation wouldn't hurt.

 

You have a point there. It certainly would be a unique Batman movie!

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I can see a Batman spinoff as a silly, fun thing, but overall it will not hold up to the same standards as the original Lego Movie. (As great and kinda-original that Batman was as a character, he seems to me as a secondary character, and don't know if he could hold his own movie.) Plus, it is pushing back TLM 2, so I found that interesting.

 

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Everything is Batman! Everything is cool when you're Batman!

Everything is Batman! BECAUSE I'M BATMAN!!

 

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I can see this either turning out really good or really bad. It could be cheesy Lego version of all the other Batman movies out there, it could actually have some interesting points, but mostly I see it turning out like Cars 2. Cars is a great movie. Spies is a great theme. Put them together, and you get a decent movie, but all the way through I was like "What? Why? I don't even..." It doesn't make sense to combine two great themes that could work, but then extend it way longer than it should be.

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Horrible. This is just what I didn't want to see. I was skeptical about a sequel, but I don't really like the idea of a spin-off. The originality of the movie was what made it great. 

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There is a certain lowest standard i hold Lego movies to,

 

It's called Clutch Powers.

I think Clutch Powers was quite cute and decent for a direct-to-video release, though LEGO has definitely improved its style since then.

 

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This is something I really didn't think I would be hearing about today (or ever).

 

My only thought is that if you want want to make a movie about Batman, why would you make it a Lego movie too? We've already gotten Batman movies, so I can't see what story they can make for a Lego Batman spin off considering their Batman was a comedic version of the real one. 

 

I'm really just not sure how this will end up. If they make it work and be a good movie, great. But if they don't have some secret weapon up their sleeves or brilliant, ground-breaking inspiration for this then I can really see this being stupid. I liked Batman in the Lego movie, but I'm not sure if he's capable of having standalone movie. I can see it being a "cash-grab" for them like Skeleton Man said, simply because they know people will watch it, but they don't bother trying to make it good or have heart and soul into it.

 

But hey, who ever said there weren't enough bat-puns in the world?

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This is something I really didn't think I would be hearing about today (or ever).

 

My only thought is that if you want want to make a movie about Batman, why would you make it a Lego movie too? We've already gotten Batman movies, so I can't see what story they can make for a Lego Batman spin off considering their Batman was a comedic version of the real one. 

 

I'm really just not sure how this will end up. If they make it work and be a good movie, great. But if they don't have some secret weapon up their sleeves or brilliant, ground-breaking inspiration for this then I can really see this being stupid. I liked Batman in the Lego movie, but I'm not sure if he's capable of having standalone movie. I can see it being a "cash-grab" for them like Skeleton Man said, simply because they know people will watch it, but they don't bother trying to make it good or have heart and soul into it.

 

But hey, who ever said there weren't enough bat-puns in the world?

The thing about Lego Batman is that to a great extent he's a completely different character than actual Batman. Real Batman is a super-serious crime-fighter who pursues justice. Lego Batman (based on his depiction in The Lego Movie as well as other media) is a jerk. He's got a colossal ego which he satisfies by doing things like writing really bad death metal or giving his Bat-gear unnecessary cosmetic upgrades. He's a hilarious character just in how self-centered and un-heroic he is and I think he really could carry a movie that shows that he DOES have what it takes to do the right thing and maybe act a little less immature.

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It's the word "fast-tracked" that's causing me to doubt this film so much.

It's a word The Hollywood Reporter chose in their story that doesn't even need to apply. More important than that I feel is the release date, which is over two years and a half away. That seems an average development time for sequels.

 

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Just to sort of ad on to this, it's a similar time frame that Dreamworks Animation has employed with their Shrek and Kung Fu Panda films. And, for the most part, those sequels where fairly well received and not just thought of as cash grabs (though maybe with the exception of Shrek 3 and 4). The article doesn't mention what stage of development the movie is in, either. Perhaps they already have a script idea and are just ironing out the details? It's also not impossible to think that WB had sequel or spin off plans for before The LEGO Movie even released (something Dreamworks tends to do as well). After all, wasn't Ninjago announced sometime late last year? I do agree that the phrase 'fast-tracked' can leave a bad taste in the mouth, but the way the article is written tells me that the author was using 'fast tracked' to designate that it's pushing an already set film (LEGO Movie 2) further back on the schedule. Yeah, it could be a cash grab, but as Gata said it's a little early to say that.

 

That said... still not interested. I can't say I had a whole lot of love for The LEGO Movie in the first place and Batman didn't strike me as a character I'd want to watch in a stand alone film. But we'll see how things work out.

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This is something I really didn't think I would be hearing about today (or ever).

 

My only thought is that if you want want to make a movie about Batman, why would you make it a Lego movie too? We've already gotten Batman movies, so I can't see what story they can make for a Lego Batman spin off considering their Batman was a comedic version of the real one. 

 

I'm really just not sure how this will end up. If they make it work and be a good movie, great. But if they don't have some secret weapon up their sleeves or brilliant, ground-breaking inspiration for this then I can really see this being stupid. I liked Batman in the Lego movie, but I'm not sure if he's capable of having standalone movie. I can see it being a "cash-grab" for them like Skeleton Man said, simply because they know people will watch it, but they don't bother trying to make it good or have heart and soul into it.

 

But hey, who ever said there weren't enough bat-puns in the world?

The thing about Lego Batman is that to a great extent he's a completely different character than actual Batman. Real Batman is a super-serious crime-fighter who pursues justice. Lego Batman (based on his depiction in The Lego Movie as well as other media) is a jerk. He's got a colossal ego which he satisfies by doing things like writing really bad death metal or giving his Bat-gear unnecessary cosmetic upgrades. He's a hilarious character just in how self-centered and un-heroic he is and I think he really could carry a movie that shows that he DOES have what it takes to do the right thing and maybe act a little less immature.

 

 

... except that doing a movie like that would basically be taking the character they specifically made him (a jerk-ish version of the heroic Batman), undoing what they made, and then basically having a regular Batman film, except with Lego bricks. I don't see a point in that. They might as well just make a regular Batman movie (again)!

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Hopefully they have enough material for the Batman parody kind of character to stand on its own for a full movie - part of the reason TLM was so good is nothing was done too much IMO and there were lots of hilarious little elements. Still Batman was one of the strongest bits of TLM so hopefully it will deliver. :)

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All I know is I'm not wasting money seeing this.

 

BZP didn't mention that the film is in fact being fast-tracked. That means instead of taking the time to develop it properly, over a period of several years, Warner Bros. is spending as little time as possible to create what may be the worst piece of cinema ever.

 

This is a shameless cash grab. I cannot stress this enough. No love or thought will be put into this film. No effort will be made for it to be memorable. It is meant only to trick kids into going to see it. People will forget it even existed just one year after its release. The LEGO Movie could have easily been nothing but an hour-long toy ad, but it really wasn't. This will be a toy ad.

 

It's ironic, isn't it? The LEGO Movie was about being creative and going against the conventional way of doing things... Warner Bros. has taken that success to fund what will no doubt be a filthy, uncreative movie about Batman, full of Bat-puns and Will Arnett. How sickening.

Sums up my thoughts exactly.

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It's pretty much been said by everyone, but this movie could turn out really awful, or fairly intriguing. It just depends on what they do with it. I think younger kids will enjoy the movie quite a bit regardless. And many people had doubts about the Lego Movie, but it turned out pretty wonderful if I do say so....so who knows. It could be really great!

 

...or they could destroy it. :/ hahaha we'll have to see.

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This is something I really didn't think I would be hearing about today (or ever).

 

My only thought is that if you want want to make a movie about Batman, why would you make it a Lego movie too? We've already gotten Batman movies, so I can't see what story they can make for a Lego Batman spin off considering their Batman was a comedic version of the real one. 

 

I'm really just not sure how this will end up. If they make it work and be a good movie, great. But if they don't have some secret weapon up their sleeves or brilliant, ground-breaking inspiration for this then I can really see this being stupid. I liked Batman in the Lego movie, but I'm not sure if he's capable of having standalone movie. I can see it being a "cash-grab" for them like Skeleton Man said, simply because they know people will watch it, but they don't bother trying to make it good or have heart and soul into it.

 

But hey, who ever said there weren't enough bat-puns in the world?

The thing about Lego Batman is that to a great extent he's a completely different character than actual Batman. Real Batman is a super-serious crime-fighter who pursues justice. Lego Batman (based on his depiction in The Lego Movie as well as other media) is a jerk. He's got a colossal ego which he satisfies by doing things like writing really bad death metal or giving his Bat-gear unnecessary cosmetic upgrades. He's a hilarious character just in how self-centered and un-heroic he is and I think he really could carry a movie that shows that he DOES have what it takes to do the right thing and maybe act a little less immature.

 

 

... except that doing a movie like that would basically be taking the character they specifically made him (a jerk-ish version of the heroic Batman), undoing what they made, and then basically having a regular Batman film, except with Lego bricks. I don't see a point in that. They might as well just make a regular Batman movie (again)!

 

No, no, no. You don't understand. I'm not saying "make Batman not a jerk anymore". I'm saying "maybe make him a bit less of a jerk". Put him in a situation where he has to put his ego aside, at least temporarily, for the greater good, or at least start focusing a little more on actual crime-fighting instead of having him just laze around in his man— I mean, Bat-cave. Perhaps have his self-centered attitude come back to bite him and have him have to fight to make things right again. Maybe team him up with Superman, Green Lantern and/or Wonder Woman—they were all great characters in the movie too, so why not see how they all play off each other? I just see a lot of potential for excellence here and all they have to do is capitalize on it.

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This could either be really great or be a somewhat decent but unfortunately-not-even-close-to-TLM's-wonderfulness movie. Or it could be horribly bat.

 

Ok, that was a pretty bat pun. :tounge:

 

It looks like we're going to get a whole saga of Lego movies now. All of the sudden a Lego Bionicle movie seems more than likely if these movies are successful. Just imagine all the theatrical movie spin-offs they could make:

 

  • Lego Indiana Jones: Search for the First Brick
  • Lego Star Wars: Return of Jek-14
  • Lego Mixels: Revenge of the Nixels
  • Lego Lord of the Rings: One Piece to Rule Them All
  • The Lego Chima Movie
  • Bionicle: Legend of the Mask of Creation
  • The Lego SPACESHIP Movie
  • The Lego Pirate Movie
  • The Lego Unikitty Movie
  • The Lego Blah blah blah... :eyeboggle:  :P

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