Warner Bros. LEGO Film Looming on the Horizon?

Undoubtedly due to the success of Michael Bay’s little art house Transformers pictures and Stephen Sommers’ surprisingly entertaining G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra (not to mention a whole slew of popular LEGO-themed video games), we might be in for a Warner Bros. LEGO film.

Variety is currently reporting that writers Dan and Kevin Hageman are crafting a family-oriented LEGO movie that will combine animation with live action in “an action adventure set in a LEGO world.” Dan Lin, who is currently  producing Sherlock Holmes and Robert Rodriguez’s new family film Shorts will produce the film under Lin Pictures.

The aforementioned Transformers and G.I. Joe have been the testing ground for box office success drawn from toy-based films, and with the second Transformers film gathering over $800 million in gross revenue, the floodgates have opened for a variety of franchises to try out the cinema waters.  With a built-in audience derived from family-friendly film seekers and a seemingly ubiquitous presence of LEGO products in every child’s toy chest, Warner Bros. is sure to have at least a modest success on their hands.