The LEGO Ninjago Movie is being co-written by Dan and Kevin Hageman: the story writers on Hotel Transylvania and LEGO Movie, who have also worked on the Cartoon Network animated TV series Ninjago: Masters of Spinjitzu in the past.
While a direct followup titled (fittingly so, given the first movie’s self-reflexive style of comedy) The LEGO Movie Sequel is scheduled to arrive in 2019, WB will first release a pair of spinoffs with distinctly different genre flavors; namely, DC superhero romp The LEGO Batman Movie and the martial arts/ninja-style adventure, The LEGO Ninjago Movie.
It turns out that the LEGO Ninjago Movie will feature the same main characters as the Masters of Spinjitzu TV series – including, Master (or Sensei) Wu, Lloyd, Kai, Nya, Jay, Zane, and Cole.
Brickset (via /Film) uncovered the voice cast for the LEGO Ninjago Movie in the catalog for WB’s 2016 Licensing Expo, where the studio is promoting its upcoming tentpole releases.