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The LEGO Movie creators Phil Lord & Chris Miller are making an animated Spider-Man movie

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Phil Lord and Chris Miller have been tapped up by Sony to write and produce a new animated Spider-Man movie. The announcement was made at the recent CinemaCon event in Las Vegas. The guys behind The LEGO Movie and both Jump Street flicks will apparently only write a treatment and act as producers for now but considering […]

Phil Lord, Chris Miller and Chris McKay tease their research for LEGO Batman spinoff

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Phil Lord and Chris Miller may not be returning to the LEGO Movie universe anytime soon (in a directorial capacity, at least), but are hard at work on producing several upcoming LEGO films, including The LEGO Movie 2 and the two spinoff films featuring LEGO Ninjago and LEGO Batman.  The latter project is the most exciting at the moment, in part because of how […]

The Last Man On Earth nabs The Sarah Silverman Program’s Dan Sterling as season 2 showrunner

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The Last Man on Earth recently wrapped its first season, and will return next season for its sophomore run of episodes. Fans of the show don’t just have that to get excited about, however, as THR reports that the show has picked up a new showrunner, in the form of The Daily Show, The Sarah Silverman Program, and South […]

Chris Miller talks 23 Jump Street/Men in Black crossover, “it’s a really interesting concept”

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Still struggling to believe that a 23 Jump Street and Men in Black crossover movie is in development following the Sony Hack scandal last December? You know the one which Sony plans to use as a reboot to the Men in Black franchise? Well, it looks like it is still on the table. “Well, it’s […]

Will Arnett and Phil Lord talk The LEGO Batman movie

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After the massive box-office success of last year’s The LEGO Movie, which ended 2014 as the UK’s highest-grossing film, it was only a matter of time before sequels and spin-offs were going to happen, and sure enough a LEGO Batman movie was announced back in October. In recent days, star Will Arnett – who will […]

Marvel wanted Spider-Man for Captain America: Civil War, Sony approached Sam Raimi about returning to the Spidey franchise

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The hack into Sony Pictures has revealed some interesting details about the studios plans – or lack of – for its Spider-Man franchise as it looks to shake-up the property following the negative response to this year’s The Amazing Spider-Man 2. According to The Wall Street Journal, leaked emails have revealed: – Extensive discussions between […]

The LEGO Movie directors sign on for Star Wars Anthology Han Solo movie

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The official Star Wars site has announced that The LEGO Movie and 21 Jump Street directors Phil Lord and Chris Miller are set to venture to a galaxy far, far away for a Star Wars Anthology movie centred on the character of Han Solo. The project, which has been penned by Lawrence Kasdan (The Empire […]

Rumoured details on Solo: A Star Wars Story director shake-up and Alden Ehrenreich being “just not good enough”

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Back in June of last year it was announced that Lucasfilm had fired The LEGO Movie directors Phil Lord and Chris Miller with just weeks of production remaining on Solo: A Star Wars Story. As you’d expect, the rumour mill soon went into overdrive, claiming that Lord and Miller’s sensibilities were out of tune with […]

Phil Lord and Chris Miller discuss their Solo: A Star Wars Story credit

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Phil Lord and Chris Miller were speaking about their careers at the GLAS Animation Festival this past week, and have revealed the extent to which they will be credited on the forthcoming Solo: A Star Wars Story. The duo, who were fired from the project last summer after creative differences, having reportedly clashed with producer […]