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The LEGO MovieI absolutely loved The LEGO Movie. Loved it with all my heart. Subversive, anti-conformity film, fun for kids and absolutely hysterical. My favorite part (other than the Gandolf/Dumbledore thing) was Batman. Even his song “Untitled Self Portrait,” which I’ve included below, was brilliant. If you agree, you’re going to be happy to hear that LEGO Batman is getting a spinoff movie!

According to THR, Chris McKay will direct. The news was confirmed by Chris Miller (who directed the film with Phil Lord) on Twitter. Will Arnett will be back to lend his voice to the role and Seth Grahame-Smith will write the script for the film, which is expected to hit theaters in 2017.

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Jenna Busch

Jenna Busch is the founder and Editor-in-Chief of Legion of Leia and has hosted and written for sites like Nerdist, ComingSoon.net, Metro, Birth. Movies. Death., IGN, AOL, Huffington Post and more. She co-hosted Cocktails With Stan with the legendary Stan Lee and has appeared on Attack of the Show, Fresh Ink, Tabletop with Wil Wheaton, in the documentary She Makes Comics, on NPR and Al Jazeera America, and has covered film/TV/gaming/comics for years. She's currently a co-host on Most Craved. She's been published in the comics anthology Womanthology, is a chapter author for Star Wars Psychology: Dark Side of the Mind, Game of Thrones Psychology and Star Trek Psychology and more, and owns a terrifying amount of swords and 20-sided dice. There are also those My Little Pony trailer voice overs that give one nightmares.