the lego ninjago movie is an american-danish 3d computer-animated action comedy adventure martial arts movie. it is directed by charlie bean and written by dan hageman, kevin hageman, kevin chesley and bryan shukoff. the movie was released in the united states on september 22, 2017 through warner bros. and starts the voices of jackie chan, dave franco, olivia munn, justin theroux, zach woods, kumail ninjiani, abbi jacobson, fred armisen and michael pena. it is the second spin-off of the 2014 movie the lego movie.