Chris Pratt has been cast as the lead
voice in the Lego animated movie from Warner Bros. Will Arnett has nabbed a supporting
role, that of a Lego version of Batman.
"21 Jump Street" and "Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs" co-directors Phil
Lord and Chris Miller
are directing the movie, which is untitled but sometimes
referred to as "Lego: The Piece of Resistance."
The project takes place in an animated Lego world but does have live-action
components. The studio and the producers, Roy Lee and Dan Lin, are working with
Australian animation house Animal Logic on the CGI.
According to the studio, Pratt is voicing Emmet, "an ordinary, law-abiding,
rules-following, perfectly average Lego mini-figure who is mistakenly identified
as the most extraordinary MasterBuilder. He is drafted into a fellowship of
strangers on an epic quest to stop an evil tyrant from gluing the universe
together, a journey for which Emmet is hopelessly and hilariously
underprepared."
While the movie will have its own cast and characters, it also will feature
several cameos of known characters that are already well-established in the Lego
brand.
Lego has a deal with DC for a line of toys, and Batman and Superman appear in
the film. The studio has an offer out to Channing Tatum for Superman, but it was
unclear if the busy actor can fit the movie into his schedule.
Other characters to watch out for are Yoda and Indiana Jones.
Pratt is one of the stars of NBC's "Parks and Recreation."
He appeared in "Moneyball" and will next be seen in Kathryn
Bigelow's Osama bin Laden movie.
