Entertainment Weekly - February 24 - March 3, 2017

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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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