Here Comes The LEGO Movie!!

Merrick here...
Work is underway on a LEGO movie. The project is produced by Dan Lin (the forthcoming SHERLOCK HOLMES and JOHNNY QUEST films) and is being scripted by Kevin and Dan Hageman.

Scribes Dan and Kevin Hageman are penning the script for the family comedy that will mix live action and animation. Warners is keeping the plot tightly under wraps, but it's described as an action adventure set in a Lego world. [EDIT] Directors and producers in town have attempted to make a Lego movie for years, approaching the Danish toymaker with various ideas, but Lego turned down most of them because it's highly protective of its brand. To date, Lego has made only a series of direct-to-DVD animated movies based on its Bionicle line. But the company sparked to Lin and the Hageman brothers' embrace of core values Lego wanted to include in a film, especially "a fun factor, creativity and that imagination has no boundaries," Lin told Daily Variety. The film's been in development for more than a year, with the scribes and producers making several trips to Denmark to work with Lego's execs on the concept.

...reveals THIS report in Variety. The idea of directors and producers actually trying to make a LEGO movie for years is really quite staggering to me. The notion that...considering this already dubious objective...their concepts were somehow lacking is even more incomprehensible. The whole world has gone to plaid...