will arnett – Cinema Perspective

Since his attention turned to directing, actor Bradley Cooper has taken on emotionally weighty productions in adapting the much-loved musical A Star is Born and taking on the biopic of one of America’s great composers with Maestro. His third effort is lightweight in comparison, inspired by comedian John Bishop’s unorthodox introduction to stand-up. Comedy drama Is This Thing On? transports his tale from the clubs of Manchester to Manhattan and centres around middle-aged man, Alex Novak (Will Arnett) as his marriage with Tess (Laura Dern) is on the rocks. Having left the family home to find a small apartment in the city, he finds himself at an open mic night and to avoid paying an entrance fee, he puts his name down to perform.

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After the huge success of 2004’s Lego Movie written and directed by Phil Lord and Christopher Miller, the foundations were laid for a lucrative brick-built franchise. The pair return to produce the spin-off which focuses on the caped crusader voiced again by Will Arnett. With the directorial duties picked up by Chris McKay, the story sees Bruce Wayne adopt excitable orphan Dick Grayson (Michael Cera) after some encouragement from his loyal butler Alfred (Ralph Fiennes) to hang up his cape and cowl for good. However, when his arch-nemesis The Joker (Zach Galifianiakis) hatches a wicked plan that coincides with the appointment of new commissioner Barbara Gordon (Rosario Dawson), he must take action to protect Gotham City from a gang of super-villains.

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