Steven Spielberg’sReady Player Onearrives in theaters next week andLego Movie 2co-writer Chris Miller, the guy who was notoriously fired from co-directing Solo, has taken the opportunity to plug his upcoming sequel while poking some fun at the characters from different franchises teaming up in the new movie based off of Ernest Cline’s novel.Ready Player Onehas caught a lot of flack for possibly tossing too much nostalgia and too many properties into the promotional campaign. However, those criticisms have slowly started to quiet down now that the initial reviews are in.
Chris Millertook to social media to remind everybody thatReady Player Oneisn’t the only movie on the horizon that contains different franchises and properties rolled into one movie. ThoughLEGO Movie 2doesn’t come out until next February, Miller felt now would be the prime time to remind everybody about his upcoming LEGO sequel. The writer/director plays it off like he’s givingReady Player Onesome press and then switches the tables. Miller had this to say.
“There’s a certain movie coming out w/ a bunch of famous characters from different movies & TV shows & games that all interact in the same shared universe, and let me tell you, it is awesome. Yep, theLEGO Movie 2is coming this February.”
Some believe that Chris Miller was being malicious with his social media post, but that is almost certainly not the case. BothLEGO Movie 2andReady Player Oneare put out by Warner Bros., so it’s more than likely just a good-natured joke to promote his upcoming movie and nothing more. However, there are plenty of people willing to jump on the hate bandwagon forReady Player One.Phil Lord and Chris Millerknow a thing or two about bad press, and one can’t see them feeding into negativity.
The nostalgia-filledReady Player Onehas seen some stellar reviews, almost across the board. The movie had a surprise premiere last week at SXSW in Austin and nearly everybody who saw it, even those who were hating on the promotional campaign, enjoyed the movie. Steven Spielberg has worked some magic on Ernest Cline’s original novel and many believe that thelegendary director fixed some of the problemsthat people had with the book. There are still a handful of people who really did not enjoy the movie at all, but they seem to be in the minority.
As forLEGO Movie 2, it doesn’t come out until February of 2019, so we’ve gotquite a long wait before it hits theaters. It’s been 4 years since the last LEGO Movie was released, but since then, we’ve seen the LEGO Batman movie as well as the LEGO Ninjago Movie, all of which were big earners at the box office. There’s a lot of people waiting for the new LEGO movie, so hopefully a trailer is announced soon. You can read the tweet below, that started the playful war fromChris Miller’s Twitteraccount.
