Entertainment Weekly - February 24 - March 3, 2017

In its 17-year run,Survivor has brought back

All-Stars. And Favorites. And Heroes and

Villains and Second Chancers. The latest crop

of returning players reenlisted by the show

has been christenedGame Changers, and

their Fijian adventure begins March 8

on CBS. Here are five former favorites to keep

an eye on as they battle both the elements

and one another for the million-dollar prize

and title of Sole Survivor.BY DALTON ROSS

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LEGO Batman’s third act has

cameos from iconic villains like

King Kong, Voldemort, and

Sauron. How did you pick them

and then get permission?

CHRIS MCKAYYou need an army of

lawyers. I wanted characters from all

over the world, like Daleks; stuff with

a history, like the Wicked Witch. And I

hoped people loved Gremlins as much

as I do. Voldemort plays a bigger role,

and we had to run stuff by J.K. Rowling.

But she gave us spell suggestions!

Did you consider having Ralph

Fiennes, who voices Alfred, also

play Voldemort?

Yes, but unless you’re going to do a

scene where Alfred and Voldemort

confront each other, I didn’t want

something to feel like a missed

opportunity. Eddie Izzard was great

to bring in. And apparently he’s

friends with J.K. Rowling? And he

loves Voldemort?!

Which villains didn’t make the

final cut?

I would have had LEGO Kathy Bates

fromMisery, and [Professor]

Moriarty, and at one point I pitched

Daniel Day-Lewis’ character from

Gangs of New York.

Now that the secret voice cast

is out, who have you been dying

to talk about?

Billy Dee Williams as Two-Face. The

first thing he said when he showed up

on set was “Oh, I finally get to play

the role I was hoping to!” As a kid,

when I saw [him in] the Tim Burton

Batman, I thought Harvey Dent would

have this great arc from good guy to

bad guy. And then the third movie

came around and there was no arc

and Tommy Lee Jones was Two-Face.

Is Batman going to be inLEGO 2?

There’s definitely a part for Batman in

LEGO 2. There are going to be

repercussions.

(“He is really excited about the

prospects of directors and where

this can go,” the source insisted),

and in any case, the actor likely has

no choice but to suit up, because

contracts are a thing. Plus, Affleck

and the studio arguably need each

other: Affleck’s last film wasLive by

Night, the unloved gangster pic

that crashed at the holiday box

office and reportedly lost Warner

Bros. $75 million, and the studio

desperately needs a DC hit to rees-

tablish the brand after the soft

reception of three bombastic titles

in a row (withMan of Steel and

Suicide Squad filling out the Trio of

Meh). Not helping matters: Marvel

makes interlocking superhero

smashes likeCaptain America:

Civil War look embarrassingly easy,

while Warner Bros. struggles to

prevent its directors on upcoming

titles likeThe Flash andAquaman

from bolting for the door. If Affleck

ditches the cowl, his exit could be

seen as another rebuke—and per-

haps a rather costly one. Hopefully,

the studio will somehow convince

Affleck that everything is awesome.

Will These

Five Survive?

The LEGO Batman Movie pulled

off what is probably one of the

greatest movie mash-ups in

history. With so many questions

about the blocky blockbuster’s

baddies, we went to director

Chris McKay—the LEGO film

franchise’s new master

builder—for the answers.

BY MARC SNETIKER

Sandra

Diaz-Twine

She’s played twice.

She’s won twice. Sandra

knows she’s a target but

says she just needs to

get past the first vote to

work her magic. “If they

don’t get rid of me at

the first Tribal Council,

that’s all she wrote.”

Malcolm

Freberg

“I’m the most competi-

tive human being on

earth,” says Malcolm.

He’s also bright, charis-

matic, and strong in chal-

lenges. But will the guy

who says “I don’t bat for

singles, I bat for home

runs” strike out?

Andrea

Boehlke

The Goldilocks of the

Game Changerscast,

Andrea played too

timid her first time, too

aggressive her second.

ThePeople Nowcohost

(people.com/pen) hopes

the third time will be

justright.

To ny

Vlachos

TheCagayan champ plans

to build his Spy Shack

underground this season

to eavesdrop on others.

But his most audacious

plan includes introducing

“clones” into the

mix. (Yes, he’s still

crazy. And crazy good.)

Cirie

Fields

“I have not closed the

loop on mySurvivorexpe-

rience,” says the now

four-time fan favorite

known for her cunning

social and strategic

game. “I need to make a

full circle, and the only

way to do that is to win.”

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SURVIVOR:

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