Warner Bros Pushes ‘Lego Movie 2’ Release To 2019

Ross A. Lincoln

Updated Sat, June 18, 2016 at 2:16 AM UTC

Warner Bros has shifted release dates for four of its upcoming films, including The Lego Movie 2 , which moves almost a year back from 05/18/18 to 02/08/19. No word on why the sequel to 2014's huge hit has been moved, but it now is slated to come out nearly five years to the day after The Lego Movie , and just under two years after The Lego Batman Movie , which bows February 10, 2017. Not bad symmetry for a franchise that so far has done very well for WB.

In addition, Dean Devlin's disaster flick Geostorm is getting shuffled around the schedule for the second time, moving from 1/13/17 to 10/20/17 – it was originally set to bow on October 21, 2016.

Meanwhile, the Owen Wilson/Ed Helms comedy Bastards , about two brothers who set out in adulthood to learn who their real father is, has been moved from 11/04/16 to 01/27/17. That takes Bastards out of a very competitive weekend, as its original release date would have pitted it against Marvel's Benedict Cumberbatch-starring Doctor Strange that, judging from previous Marvel successes, is likely to trounce all comers in its opening window. Bastards ' move to January doesn't denote lack of confidence however, as the new slot sees it up against a new outing from the reliable Resident Evil franchise, Resident Evil: The Final Chapter , and Trainspotting 2 .

Finally, Ben Affleck's next directorial effort Live By Night , a period crime film he wrote and stars in alongside Chris Messina, Zoe Saldana, Sienna Miller, and Brendan Gleeson, has been moved up the schedule, hitting theaters 01/13/17 instead of 10/20/17.

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