Ferrell, Neeson Join LEGO Movie

Add Will Ferrell, Liam Neeson, Nick Offerman and Alison Brie to Warner Bros.' LEGO movie. The actors join Chris Pratt, Elizabeth Banks, Will Arnett and Morgan Freeman in the latest marriage of toy and film. They predicted this in Cahiers du Cinéma, right?

Deadline reports that Ferrell will voice the chief baddie in the film, President Business, while Neeson will be the president’s henchman, Bad Cop. Offerman is to play a pirate and Brie will be a member of Pratt's hero character's questing team who has "a powerful secret." Phil Lord and Chris Miller (21 Jump Street) are writing and directing for a February 7, 2014, release.

I think it's a shame that Ferrell isn't playing a LEGO version of Buddy the Elf and Neeson a LEGO Ra's al Ghul. Hey, they're both Warner Bros. characters, so why not?!

We couldn't find a picture of Buddy the Elf making LEGOs, but you get the idea.

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What if George Lucas Wrote Lord of the Rings?

Imagine if someone else had written The Lord of the Rings besides J.R.R. Tolkien. That's exactly what Alison Brooks did with her site Alternative Authors Versions of Lord of the Rings, which was pointed out to us by io9.

The site offers parodies in the writing styles of different great authors (including Joyce, Hemingway, Lewis Carroll), film and TV icons (Star Wars' George Lucas, Star Trek's Gene Roddenberry, The Simpsons' Matt Groening), and music stars (Meat Loaf, Andrew Lloyd Webber).

Here's the "George Lucas" version of LotR:

"Did you ever wonder who your father was, Frodo?"

"Uncle Bilbo was my father, Obi Gan Dalf."

"Your Uncle is a fine man, but he is not your father. Your father was a fine warrior and a great captain, strong in the Force. He was called Sarumann the Wise, and he was a good friend."

"Was? Is he dead?"

"He is no more. It is your destiny to avenge his death, young Baggins."

How about if James Bond creator Ian Fleming had written LotR instead of Tolkien?

Aragorn placed his hand on the cool, ivory hilt of his 6.38 Anduril sword, half-holding it in as casual manner as possible. His eyes swept the room of the Prancing Pony, eyeing up the potential threats. He took out his pipe, made from the warmed heartwood of a mature oak. In the palm of his left hand, he unwrapped his leather tobacco pouch filled, as he preferred, with Gondorian Silk Cut. Aragorn preferred it to the harsher, stronger Numenorian blend...

Check out even more of these "what if?" parodies of Lord of the Rings here.

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