Earlier this year Patty Jenkins told us she owed Lucasfilm a Rogue Squadron draft, but nothing has been said from either party since, and now we learn that the LEGO Group have enlisted Jenkins, with Jake Kasdan and Joe Cornish, to helm a trio of live-action films.
Plot details of the three untitled movies are yet to be revealed, but the filmmakers behind each project have been announced. All three films will be produced by the Lego Group’s Jill Wilfert and Ryan Christians.
Kasdan will direct from a script written by Andrew Mogel and Jarrad Paul (“The D Train,” “The Grinder”). The project is based on an original idea and previous draft by Matt Mider and Kevin Burrows (“The Pickup,” “Animal Friends”). Kasdan will also produce the film with Melvin Mar under their Detective Agency banner.
Jenkins will direct from a script she co-wrote with Geoff Johns, reteaming after they co-wrote “Wonder Woman 1984” (with Dave Callaham). Jenkins will produce the movie through her Wicious Pictures.
Cornish will rewrite to direct the third film. Heather Anne Campbell (“Rick & Morty,” “One Punch Man”) wrote a previous draft of the script based on a treatment by Simon Rich (“Man Seeking Woman,” “Miracle Workers”).
Universal’s executive vice president of production development Matt Reilly and director of production development Jacqueline Garell will oversee these projects for the studio.
The three untitled movies will be produced under Universal and Lego’s ongoing partnership, which began more than a decade ago with the Lego Jurassic World product line and video games (which spawned multiple television projects). The Lego brand’s expansion into feature films began at Warner Bros. in 2014 with “The Lego Movie,” which has developed into a $1 billion-grossing franchise including subsequent titles, “The Lego Batman Movie,” “The Lego Ninjago Movie” and “The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part.”
Universal’s Focus Features most recently collaborated with Lego on Pharrell Williams’ biopic “Piece by Piece,” which was fully told via Lego animation. The film has been a critical success and recently earned two nominations for the Critics’ Choice Documentary Awards.
