The Lego Movie

They're working on the third Spider-Verse movie right now, and they did Mitchell's vs.

Machines, the Lego movie.

Plus, on the live-action side, they've got the 21 Jump Street franchise.

They're producing another one of those right now.

Or at least on Spider-Verse, you're not directing.

We

directed Cloud of the Chance of Meatballs and the Lego movie.

Okay.

It's a great movie, by the way.

You seen the Lego movie?

Yeah.

It's so

Bajaria spending nearly a decade at Netflix, overseeing the company's expansion into international productions, reality TV, live sports, and other entertainment.

Her dismissal was followed Monday by the departure of Netflix's film chief, Dan Lin, the Hollywood producer behind The Lego Movie and many others, who joined the company in 2024.

Sharon Waxman, editor-in-chief of entertainment news outlet The Wrap, describing the leadership changes as a major shift in the company's priorities on her site's YouTube channel.

So Bela came from television, she came out of CBS, and she was very focused on broadening the, uh, number of products that Netflix had, whether that was podcasting, whether that was live sports.

Dan Lin's departure adds a more immediate question about movies.

Lin came to Netflix in 2024 after producing films including The Lego Movie and Sherlock Holmes.

Now Rice will oversee film during the transition while the company decides who will lead the division.

For me, that appointment is one of the first concrete things worth watching.

Sean's CIA problems catch up to him, though, and the Matchbox Gang finds themselves up against shady government agents, arms dealers, a missing nuke, helicopters, and lots and lots of cars.

It's a movie that knows it's ridiculous, and if you're fascinated by films like Barbie, The Lego Movie, Battleship, or Tetris, this might float your boat.

What's your favorite movie or TV show based on a toy line? Let me know down below in the comments.

If you like action comedies where everybody seems to be having a great time, there's a lot to like here.

Um, I personally love a good how are we going to make this work concept.

You know what I mean? Like, I love, like, The Lego Movie.

When they announced there was gonna be a Lego movie, I'm like, "How? How are you going to do that?" And it worked.

Uh, when they announced there was gonna be a Battleship movie-

And the proof that the craft was always the point, Lego's own films now pretend to be brickfilms.

The Revenge of the Brick in 2005, and then The Lego Movie, which did four hundred and sixty-eight million dollars at the box office.

A computer-animated film that spends its whole budget pretending to have been shot the slow way with fingerprints on the bricks.

The look became the brand.

It's just strange, but I love it.

Same with The Lego Movie.

There's, you know-

Yeah