Mariah Carey to Run LEGO Gotham City
Singer and actress Mariah Carey has joined the cast of The LEGO Batman Movie.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, she’ll voice the mayor of Gotham City. This report is contrary to a Deadline report that she would be playing Commissioner Gordon — which only works if she’s playing Commissioner Barbara Gordon from the animated Batman Beyond. Of course, that’s completely possible, too, given how the first LEGO Movie mashed up characters from all over the story multiverse.
Carey’s last role in a movie was in The Butler in 2013.
The LEGO Batman Movie is scheduled for release on February 10, 2017, with Chris McKay directing. Author and screenwriter Seth Grahame-Smith wrote the screenplay, which is the first follow-up to The LEGO Movie. The official sequel was bumped back to make room for Will Arnett to take center stage in his own story, playing the “Darkness. No parents.” version of LEGO Batman. Rounding out the cast are Ralph Fiennes (Alfred), Michael Cera (Robin), Rosario Dawson (Batgirl), and Zach Galifianakis (Joker).
Dan Lin and Roy Lee are producing, along with Lego Movie director-screenwriters Phil Lord and Christopher Miller, who are also working on an update of The Greatest American Hero for Fox.
The LEGO Movie grossed an unexpected $468.8 million worldwide. The LEGO Batman Movie will be followed by a Ninjago film and then the direct sequel to The LEGO Movie.
Carey seems to be playing in the genre sandbox in earnest, having recently appeared in commercials for Machine Zone’s mobile MMO Game of War: Fire Age.
