The Lego cinematic universe as you know it is no more. Late last year the once-lucrative deal between Lego and Warner Bros., which got off to such a great start with The Lego Movie but faltered down the stretch, came to an end. The toy company began eyeing deals elsewhere and Universal seemed like a possible new home. Well, everything appears to have snapped into place perfectly.
Deadline reports that a deal has been struck between Lego and Universal that’ll see feature films made centered on the popular building block toys. This is interesting because now we could see Universal’s library of franchises transformed into fun Lego characters, such as Fast & Furious, Jurassic World, and others.
Personally, I’d kill to see M. Night Shyamalan’s Unbreakable characters Lego-style, or perhaps Pacific Rim?
Lego and Warner Bros. had a pretty good run of it, though, with over $1B earned at the box office across The Lego Movie, The Lego Batman Movie, The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part, and The Lego Ninjago Movie. But the numbers were dwindling, and a move needed to be made. Perhaps Universal can breathe new life into Lego on the big screen.
