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Somebody wants Lego under the tree for Christmas. Universal is leading the pack of several studios chasing the rights to make future Lego movies. The franchise began at Warner Bros, with the 2014 smash hit The Lego Movie, directed by Phil Lord & Christopher Miller, and a second hit was hatched with The Lego Batman Movi…

A new TV incubator designed to generate straight-to-series shows is being launched by The Lego Movie franchise producer Dan Lin’s production company Rideback and MRC, the TV and film studio behind House of Cards and Baby Driver. The Rideback TV Incubator, unveiled Thursday by Rideback and MRC, has a core mission to…

Cartoon Network announced its largest slate of content ever from a group it called “a new wave of creators telling stories that are relevant and reflective of today's kids.” The Turner kids network said new series rolled out in the upfront season include Owen Dennis' adventure series Infinity Train and Diego Molano's…

Cartoon Network has given the green light to Unikitty, a new animated series produced by Warner Bros. Animation, based on the beloved character from The Lego Movie. As ruler of the kingdom, Unikitty has busy days full of royal responsibilities. Unikitty is most interested in making sure everyone is happy and ridding…

Mike Mitchell, who most recently directed the DreamWorks Animation hit Trolls, is set to helm the sequel to Warner Bros’ The Lego Movie. He replaces Rob Schrab, who had been attached. Matt Fogel penned the most recent version the pic, which has a February 8, 2019 release date. It follows the first one which bowed in…

Village Roadshow has put together another strong slate of films between their first-look deal at Warner Bros. and a smaller co-financing deal at Sony Pictures Entertainment. At Warner Bros., Village Roadshow Pictures, under the tutelage of chairman and CEO Bruce Berman, is co-financing/producing another seven films in…

When it comes to evaluating the financial performance of top movies, it isn't about what a film grosses at the box office. The true tale is told when production budgets, P&A, talent participations and other costs collide with box office grosses, and ancillary revenues from VOD to DVD and TV. To get close to that myster…

Director Rob Schrab, who on the TV side has helmed Community, Parks And Recreation and The Mindy Project, will make his feature directorial debut on Warner Bros’ The LEGO Movie Sequel. Phil Lord and Christopher Miller, who directed the first pic, are writing and will produce the sequel together with Dan Lin and Roy…

American Sniper, a six-time Oscar nominee, almost didn’t make awards season, said Warner Bros. studio chief Kevin Tsujihara at the Code/Media conference today in Dana Point, Calif. Tsujihara, quoted on the conference’s live blog, said the film had been greenlit two years ago. It was directed by Clint Eastwood and…

An Academy voter yesterday told me she wished there was one place to hear all five of the Oscar-nominated songs at once. Alhough the Academy sends out a lavish DVD package of the Foreign Language, Documentary Feature and Live Action, Documentary and Animated Shorts, it does nothing regarding the songs, which at best…

The BAFTA Awards were handed out at the Royal Opera House tonight in London, and IFC Films’ Boyhood took the big prize with the Best Film award, its third overall nod of the night including for director Richard Linklater and supporting actress Patricia Arquette. Fox Searchlight’s The Grand Budapest Hotel, which…

  Score along at home as the 42nd annual Annie Awards at being handed out tonight at UCLA’s Royce Hall in Westwood. The nominees for the big prize, Best Animated Feature, are Big Hero 6, Cheatin’, How To Train Your Dragon 2, Song Of The Sea, The Book Of Life, The Boxtrolls, The Lego Movie and The Tale Of Princess Kaguy…