“John Wick” star Keanu Reeves is in talks to star in an untitled live-action Lego hybrid movie at Universal, TheWrap has learned.
Josh Cooley is attached to direct. Producing the project are Jill Wilfert and Ryan Christians via The Lego Group. Plot details are under wraps, though, according to Deadline, which first reported the news, it will be a mix of live-action and animation.
Previously, Universal signed a deal with The Lego Group to co-produce a trio of untitled live-action films based around the popular toys.
The pact includes all film rights for theatrically released titles. The Lego Group’s expansion into content creation — “The Lego Movie,” “The Lego Batman Movie,” “The Lego Ninjago Movie” and “The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part” — has brought nearly $1.1 billion to the worldwide box office. Universal and Lego have previously collaborated on the television special “Jurassic World: The Secret Exhibit” and the 13-episode mini-series “Lego Jurassic World: Legend of Isla Nublar.”
The deal comes 10 years after the release of “The Lego Movie” by Warner Bros., which earned critical acclaim and was a box office success with $468 million at the global box office.
Reeves most recently reprised his role as “Duke Caboom” in “Toy Story 5,” which just grossed $160 million at the domestic box office. Last fall, Reeves made his Broadway debut in the revival of Samuel Beckett’s play “Waiting for Godot” opposite Alex Winter and directed by Jamie Lloyd.
Reeves is repped by WME and Ziffren Brittenham. Cooley is repped by WME, Untitled and Jackoway, Austen, Tyerman, Wertheimer. Universal had no comment.
