THE LEGO NINJAGO MOVIE (U)

WHO’S IN IT?

Dave Franco (Now You See Me), Justin Theroux (The Girl On The Train), Michael Peña (Ant-Man), Kumail Nanjiani (The Big Sick), Abbi Jacobson (Bad Neighbours 2), Zach Woods (The Heat), Fred Armisen (Anchorman), Jackie Chan (Rush Hour), Olivia Munn (X-Men: Apocalypse), Randall Park (The Interview), Retta (Slackers), Constance Wu (The Architect), Charlyne Yi (Knocked Up), Chris Hardwick (The Life Coach)

WHO’S BEHIND THE CAMERA?

Paul Fisher (film debut) and Bob Logan (film debut), directors, writers; Charlie Bean (Robotboy), director; Jared Stern (Mr. Popper’s Penguins), Tom Wheeler (Puss in Boots), William Wheeler (Queen of Katwe) and John Whittington (The LEGO Batman Movie), writers; Maryann Garger (Astro Boy), Roy Lee (The LEGO Movie), Dan Lin (Gangster Squad), Phil Lord (The LEGO Batman Movie), Chris McKay (Robot Chicken) and Christopher Miller (Top Cat Begins), producers; Mark Mothersbaugh (21 Jump Street), composer; David Burrows (Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga’Hoole), Garret Elkins (Anomalisa), Ryan Folsey (When in Rome), Julie Rogers (Curious George) and John Venzon (Storks), editors

WHAT’S IT ABOUT?

In the far-away land of Ninjago, six teenagers are recruited by old ninja Master Wu (Chan) to become stealthy ninjas and protect the city from the evil Lord Garmadon (Theroux) – which turns out to be a bit of a problem for green ninja Lloyd (Franco), because Lord Garmadon also happens to be his father…

IN ONE SENTENCE, WHY SHOULD YOU BE EXCITED?

The LEGO universe keeps on expanding with this action-packed and laugh-out-loud adventure with ninjas, dragons, evil warlords, and complicated father-son bonding issues.

WHEN’S IT OUT?

FRIDAY 13TH OCTOBER 2017

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