Animation directors/creators Chris Miller and Phil Lord have struck a new deal.
Universal Pictures has set in a first-look film production deal with Phil Lord and Christopher Miller, the franchise-launching duo who shared the Best Animated Film Oscar for Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, and who hatched the Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs, 21 Jump Street and The Lego Movie franchises. Their films have collectively grossed $3.3 billion. ...
Miller and Lord started in television, but their careers took off when they resuscitated previously-moribund development of the animated feature Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs. Since then, Miller-Lord have jump-started live-action and animated franchises, have launched TV series, and been all-around successful*.
So it's hardly surprising that Universal-Comcast wants to partner with Miller-Lord in creating content.
* One small hiccup: their directing gig on "Solo". With 85% of the "Star Wars" feature shot, Miller and Lord were replaced by Ron Howard. But they must have a had at least a small bit of schadenfreude, no?
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