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Earlier this month, it was revealed that Warner Bros. had hired Jared Stern (The Internship) and Michelle Morgan (Girl Most Likely) to write a sequel to The LEGO Movie. Since being released in North America two weeks ago, the animated film has earned an incredible $200 million worldwide.

Phil Lord and Christopher Miller wrote the first movie, and the duo are expected to also helm the follow-up (although that has yet to be confirmed). Either way, the studio has now dated the sequel for a May 26th, 2017 release.

This is one of the first movies to be pencilled in for 2017, and it gives Lord and Miller plenty of time to fit the movie into their already packed out schedule (22 Jump Street is being released this year, and many are already speculating that a third instalment will soon be given the green light if the sequel is as successful as the first was in 2012).

The only competition faced by The LEGO Movie 2 is an untitled Marvel movie, although that opens in the first week of the month. It will also be the first major animated release of summer 2017 as a new Pixar property and Despicable Me 3 are currently set for June.

Starring Chris Pratt, Will Ferrell, Liam Neeson, Morgan Freeman, Elizabeth Banks, Will Arnett, Nick Offerman and Alison Brie, The LEGO Movie is out now!