'Chance of Meatballs' Directors Making LEGO Movie

The LEGO video games that have come out recently are damn good fun and I think we ought to see more stuff like that. So I think Warner Bros. might be missing a golden opportunity by making a LEGO movie that's separate from some of the brands that have already incorporated the colorful building blocks.

We can only speculate that the new movie won't be an animated LEGO Batman or Indiana Jones flick, although I think my logic's sound: Wouldn't that be a big part of any announcement? Instead, we don't know what the story will be, but we do know, thanks to Geek Tyrant, that Phil Lord and Chris Miller are the likely writers-directors of the new movie, mixing live-action and CGI. Lord and Miller, also my favorite Victorian-era haberdashery, directed Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs, a really entertaining flick that audiences warmed to pretty quickly. They snagged this gig with a presentation to both Warner Bros. executives and LEGO brass, and LEGO has been fiercely protective of its image over the years. They all liked what they heard, I'm guessing, because here we are.

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Video: Lego Trailer for 'Machete'

Fun with Legos: Here's a remixed trailer for Robert Rodriguez' Machete.

Yes, that is the first time I've had to black out Lego nudity. Clearly, somebody put some work into this and had lots of free time, but it's a pretty good version, actually. If I were Danny Trejo, I'd be honored. Of course, if I were Danny Trejo, I wouldn't be here; I'd be out being a bad ass. And I wouldn't use semi-colons.Incidentally, as fun as the real Machete trailer is, wouldn't it have been cool if this version debuted first?

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Disney Goes Lego

One popular off-shoot of many recent films has been a very successful line of Lego products. Whether it's the Lego Batman game (tremendous fun, that) or the fan made Lego Star Wars movies, the Danish toy company has been able to reconnect movie fans with an essential part of their childhood, and it has made Lego very cool again.

Now Lego has entered into a partnership with Disney, an exclusive licensing arrangement that will allow for recreations of Toy Story, Cars, and even the unreleased Prince of Persia. It will all be available beginning in 2010, with Toy Story hitting store shelves first. Although, why a January release is better than a November launch, I have no idea.

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