‘Tron: Uprising’ Director Signs For ‘Ninjago’, AKA The Other Lego Movie
WithThe Lego Movieless than six months from release, Warner Bros. is getting the ball rolling on its other Lego movie.Charlie Bean(Tron: Uprising) has just signed on to directNinjago, based on the popular line of Lego toys.
WhilePhil LordandChris Milleraren’t helming this one, they’ll serve as producers alongsideDan LinandRoy Lee. Get plot details and more after the jump.
The Ninjago: Masters of Spinjitsu line was launched in 2011, based in part on an earlier line called Lego Ninja. The Ninjago toys have proved popular enough to inspire a board game and a Nintendo DS game, as well as its own Cartoon Network series.
According toTHR, the Ninjago movie will be set in a world in which ninja, samurai, and sensei fight together against dragons and snake men. The villain will be Lord Gagmadon, an evil warlord who’s been banished to the underworld but now wants to return to power.
Ninjagoisn’t directly connected toThe Lego Movieon a plot level, as far as we know, but the two movies will share a similar pedigree. The aforementioned producers Lord, Miller, Lin, and Lee all worked onThe Lego Movie, andNinjago’s script will be penned byDan HagemanandKevin Hageman. They received a “story by” credit onThe Lego Movie.
The Hageman brothers are a particularly good pick to writeNinjagoas they also penned the animated Cartoon Network series. However, anearlier reportindicated that the movie wouldnotbe an adaptation of the TV show.
Bean directedTron: Uprising, which premiered on Disney last spring. The series completed its first season in January of this year and has not been renewed for a second season. Previously, Bean helmed the British animated seriesRobotboy, and served as a storyboard artist and writer on shows likeThe Powerpuff Girls,Samurai Jack, andDexter’s Laboratory.
