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June 19, 2016 / 10:04 AM

Warner Bros. changes release dates for 'Lego Movie 2' and 'Geostorm'

Cast member Chris Pratt, the voice of Emmet Brickowoski in the animated comedy "The Lego Movie," attends the premiere of the film in Los Angeles on February 1, 2014. File Photo by Jim Ruymen/UPI

Cast member Chris Pratt, the voice of Emmet Brickowoski in the animated comedy "The Lego Movie," attends the premiere of the film in Los Angeles on February 1, 2014. File Photo by Jim Ruymen/UPI | License Photo

BURBANK, Calif., June 19 (UPI) -- Warner Bros has changed the release dates for its animated The Lego Movie 2 and disaster picture Geostorm.

Deadline said the sequel to 2014's The Lego Movie will now hit theaters Feb. 8, 2019, instead of May 18, 2018, as planned. It will once again feature the voice talents of Chris Pratt and Elizabeth Banks.

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Starring Gerard Butler, Abbie Cornish, Jim Sturgess and Ed Harris, Geostorm is slated to open Oct. 10, 2017, after being bumped from Jan. 13, 2017.

Cinema Blend credited the scheduling changes to the studio's focus on its DC Comics and Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them franchises.

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