The Lego Batman Movie

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The Lego Batman Movie
The Lego Batman Movie PromotionalPoster.jpg
Theatrical release poster
Directed by Chris McKay
Screenplay by
Story bySeth Grahame-Smith
Based on
Produced by
Starring
Edited by
Music by Lorne Balfe
Production
companies
Distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures
Release dates
  • January 29, 2017 (2017-01-29)(Dublin) [1]
  • February 9, 2017 (2017-02-09)(Denmark)
  • February 10, 2017 (2017-02-10)(United States)
  • March 30, 2017 (2017-03-30)(Australia)
Running time
104 minutes [2]
Countries
  • Australia
  • Denmark
  • United States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$80 million [3]
Box office$312.2 million [4]

The Lego Batman Movie is a 2017 animated superhero comedy film, based on characters created by DC Comics and the Lego Batman toy line. It was directed by Chris McKay (in his feature directorial debut) from a screenplay that is based on a Seth Grahame-Smith story. The film is a collaboration between production houses from the United States, Australia, and Denmark, the first spin-off in The Lego Movie franchise and the second installment overall. The film features Will Arnett reprising his role as Batman from The Lego Movie alongside Zach Galifianakis, Michael Cera, Rosario Dawson and Ralph Fiennes. The story follows Batman as he attempts to overcome his greatest fear while saving Gotham City from the Joker's latest scheme.

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Development of The Lego Batman Movie started in October 2014, after Warner Bros. announced several Lego films, following the critical and commercial success of The Lego Movie. Chris McKay was hired to direct after being replaced by Rob Schrab as director of the sequel to The Lego Movie. He cited both The Naked Gun and Airplane! film series as his main inspirations. Casting calls began in July to November 2015. The film pays homage to previous Batman films, cartoons and comics, and also features characters from other notable franchises and film series with them. Like The Lego Movie, the animation was provided by Animal Logic. Lorne Balfe composed the musical score.

The Lego Batman Movie had its world premiere in Dublin, Ireland on January 29, 2017, and was released by Warner Bros. Pictures in U.S. theaters on February 10. The film received generally positive reviews from critics for its animation, voice acting, music, visual style and humor, and was also commercially successful, having grossed $312 million worldwide against a budget of $80 million. A sequel, Lego Superfriends, was announced in 2018, but was cancelled after Universal Pictures acquired the film rights to the Lego brand in 2020.

Plot

Within the DC-centric portion of the Lego multiverse, Batman protects Gotham City and fights crime. During his latest mission to stop the Joker and his cronies from destroying the city, Batman succeeds, but also hurts the Joker's feelings by calling him a perfunctory presence in his life, leading the Joker to seek payback.

The following day, Batman's alter ego Bruce Wayne attends the city's winter gala, which is celebrating both the retirement of Police Commissioner Gordon and the ascension of his daughter, Barbara, to replace him. Wayne is smitten by Barbara and this distraction results in him unwittingly agreeing to adopt the enthusiastic orphan Dick Grayson. Wayne is then infuriated by Barbara's plans to restructure the police to function without Batman. The Joker crashes the party with his villain team, but abruptly surrenders himself and almost all the villains, except Harley Quinn, to the police. With so many villains incarcerated, Batman becomes despondent as Gotham no longer requires his crime-fighting skills.

Suspecting that the Joker is up to no good, Batman plans to steal Superman's Phantom Zone projector, a device that can banish anyone to the Phantom Zone, which houses some of the most dangerous criminals in the Lego multiverse, only for Alfred to intervene and advise him to take care of Dick. Batman initially refuses, so Alfred allows Dick to enter the Batcave. Appearing as Batman before Dick, Batman states that he is also adopting Dick, and fosters Dick as Robin to help in his scheme. Batman and Robin recover the projector from the Fortress of Solitude, break into Arkham Asylum and successfully send the Joker to the Phantom Zone. Suspecting that the Joker wanted to be sent there, Barbara detains Batman and Robin.

While the projector is being seized as evidence, Harley steals it back as part of the Joker's plan, and frees him, allowing him to return to Gotham with all the multiverse's villains he had recruited in the Phantom Zone, including Sauron, who informs the Joker that Batman is Bruce Wayne (which the latter mistakes as the two being roommates). The criminals attack Gotham and take over Wayne Island. Realizing that Gotham does need Batman after all, Barbara releases Batman and Robin and teams up with them and Alfred to stop the new threat. Although his teammates achieve some success in fighting the multiverse's villains, Batman forcibly sends them away and confronts the Joker alone, fearing that he might lose them just like his parents.

Believing that Batman is incapable of changing his ways, the Joker sends him to the Phantom Zone before stealing the Batcave's stash of confiscated bombs to destroy Gotham. Meanwhile, Phyllis, the Phantom Zone's gatekeeper, shows Batman how he has mistreated Dick, Alfred, Barbara and the Joker. Batman finally accepts his greatest fear, being part of a family, and decides to change. Batman's teammates return to the fight to help him, but are endangered themselves. Batman makes a deal with Phyllis to temporarily return to Gotham to retrieve the Zone's escaped prisoners, and arrives in time to save his teammates, apologizing to them for leaving them and requesting their help to stop the Joker. They agree, with Barbara taking on the Batgirl costume.

With help from Joker's former team, who felt neglected by the Joker when he refused to break them out of Arkham, Batman and his team defeat the escaped multiverse's villains and send them back to the Phantom Zone. Unfortunately, the Joker's bombs detonate, causing Gotham to tear apart at the plates below the city. Batman convinces Joker to help him by telling him he gives him purpose to be the hero he is, and with the help of every civilian and villain, they manage to save Gotham, chain-linking themselves together to reattach the plates.

In the aftermath, Batman reveals to Dick that he is Wayne in disguise, then goes to return to the Phantom Zone to face the consequences of his earlier behavior. Phyllis prevents Batman from entering the Phantom Zone, after realizing he is a hero and seeing how he changed to save everyone. Afterward, Batman gives the Joker and the rest of the villains a head start, knowing they will be no match for his team.

Voice cast

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Zach Galifianakis, Michael Cera, Rosario Dawson, and Ralph Fiennes (clockwise from top left) voiced Joker, Dick Grayson, Barbara Gordon, and Alfred Pennyworth respectively.

Several actors voice the various villains from Batman's rogues gallery, including Billy Dee Williams as Two-Face (as a nod to his role as Harvey Dent, Two-Face's former identity, in the 1989 Batman film), [16] [17] Riki Lindhome as Poison Ivy, Conan O'Brien as Riddler, Jason Mantzoukas as the Scarecrow, Zoë Kravitz as Catwoman (she would later portray Catwoman in The Batman ), Matt Villa as Killer Croc, Kate Micucci as Clayface, Doug Benson as Bane (the character's appearance and Benson's performance are meant to satirize Tom Hardy's portrayal of Bane in The Dark Knight Rises ), John Venzon as Penguin (the character's appearance is a nod to Danny DeVito's portrayal of the character in Batman Returns), David Burrows as Mr. Freeze (Burrows also voices an anchorman) and Laura Kightlinger as Orca (Kightlinger also voices a reporter). The film also features villains from other franchises, including Sauron from Middle-earth mythos (voiced by Jemaine Clement), the Wicked Witch of the West from The Wizard of Oz (also voiced by Riki Lindhome), Lord Voldemort from Harry Potter (voiced by Eddie Izzard), King Kong from King Kong , the Swamp Creature from various monster films (both voiced by Seth Green), Medusa from Greek mythology (also voiced by Lauren White), [15] and the Daleks from Doctor Who (voiced by Nicholas Briggs, reprising his role from the television series).

The voice of the Batcomputer (credited as 'Puter), depicted here as an artificial intelligence controlling all of Batman's gadgets and vehicles, is done by Siri. [18]

Production

Chris McKay, the animation supervisor on The Lego Movie, director of The Lego Batman Movie. Chris McKay, The Lego Batman Movie panel at the 2016 Comic-Con International.jpg
Chris McKay, the animation supervisor on The Lego Movie , director of The Lego Batman Movie.

Development

In October 2014, following the success of The Lego Movie , Warner Bros. greenlit multiple Lego films, including The Lego Batman Movie, a spin-off starring Batman. Warner Bros. scheduled the release of The Lego Batman Movie for May 26, 2017, moving the release date for The Lego Movie 2 (later titled as The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part ) to May 25, 2018. [20] [21] Chris McKay, who co-directed The Lego Movie, was brought on board to direct the film, making it his solo directorial debut. Will Arnett returned to voice Batman, with the story written by Seth Grahame-Smith, and the film produced by Dan Lin, Roy Lee, Phil Lord and Christopher Miller. [22] [23] On April 20, 2015, Warner Bros. moved up The Lego Batman Movie to a February 10, 2017 release. [24]

In an interview about his work on the film, McKay stated that working on the film was "a very mixed blessing" owing partly to the film's hectic time schedule for its production, remarking that the two-and-a-half years allocated to the film made it difficult to fit in everything that he wanted for the movie, considering his earlier work on The Lego Movie. [22] [25] His work on The Lego Batman Movie was influenced by the comedy portrayed in both The Naked Gun and Airplane! film series, with his pitch for the film to the studios being described as like " Jerry Maguire as directed by Michael Mann". His proposal to combine all the Batman eras featured in the comic book series and various media formats, including movies and comic series, despite a couple of issues—the total inconsistency inherent to such a task, and Lego rejecting some of the characters he proposed to include in the film—was based on his desire of how to portray Robin within the film's setting. In an interview regarding his version of the superhero duo, McKay stated: [25]

I was thinking that we were basically taking the Burt Ward Robin and sticking him in the Batmobile with the Zack Snyder/Ben Affleck Batman, or the Frank Miller Batman. And putting these two different energies together. Somebody who's like the grumpiest, dark grittiest, broodiest Batman with the most positive, indefatigable kid.

In 2019, prior to the release of The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part , Chris Miller stated that all of the Lego movies are based on the imagination of a child character, with The Lego Movie events happening in young Finn's mind. Miller affirmed that The Lego Batman Movie was also from the imagination of Finn and Bianca, though the characters did not appear within the film. [26]

Casting

In July 2015, Arnett's Arrested Development co-star Michael Cera was cast to voice Robin. [27] In August 2015, Zach Galifianakis entered final negotiations to voice the Joker. [28] In October 2015, Rosario Dawson was cast to voice Barbara Gordon, the daughter of police commissioner James Gordon who later becomes the crime-fighting heroine Batgirl. [29] The following month, Ralph Fiennes was cast as Alfred Pennyworth, [30] Bruce Wayne's butler. Initial reports indicated that Mariah Carey was playing Commissioner Gordon. [31] However, she was actually cast as Mayor McCaskill. [32]

Animation

Animation was done by Animal Logic, [33] Autodesk Maya and Softimage was used to animate the movie. Lego Digital Designer was used for LEGO model design. [34] [35]

Batman and pop culture references

As part of its production, the film was designed to make numerous references to previous Batman films, cartoons and comics. In two distinct scenes where Barbara Gordon depicts Batman's long history of services for the police and Alfred quotes Batman's previous films (as previous moments of emotional crisis), they mention: the 1940s Batman serials, the films Batman (1966), Batman (1989), Batman Returns (1992), Batman Forever (1995), Batman & Robin (1997), Batman Begins (2005), The Dark Knight (2008), The Dark Knight Rises (2012), Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016) and Suicide Squad (2016); the television shows Batman (1960s), Batman: The Animated Series (1990s), Batman Beyond (2000s) and The Batman (2000s); and the comics Detective Comics #27 (Batman's introductory story), The Dark Knight Returns (1986) and Gotham by Gaslight (1989). [36] Other references include previous costumes worn by Batman and Robin and the various Batmobiles used. In most cases, their appearances in the film are done in a Lego style, with the exception being footage from a live-action shot of Adam West's depiction of Batman in the 1960s Batman series and a picture of Batman's suit from Batman and Robin. Climactic events from past Batman films involving the Joker have been mentioned, including "that time with the parade and the Prince music" (1989's Batman) and "the two boats" (The Dark Knight). [36]

Alongside Joker, the main antagonist of the film's story, and Superman, who features heavily and has notable links to the Christopher Reeve films Superman (1978) and its sequel Superman II (1980), many other DC characters, both villains associated with Batman and other DC superheroes, feature in the film. The film's villains who have been featured in Batman comics, films and cartoons include: Man-Bat; Captain Boomerang; Egghead; Crazy Quilt; Eraser; Polka-Dot Man; Mime; Tarantula; King Tut from the 1960s series; Killer Moth; March Harriet; Zodiac Master; the Mutant Leader from The Dark Knight Returns ; Doctor Phosphorus; Magpie; Calculator; Hugo Strange; an unidentified version of Red Hood; the Kabuki Twins from The Batman ; Orca; Gentleman Ghost; Clock King; Calendar Man; Kite Man; Catman; Zebra-Man; and a variation of Condiment King from Batman: The Animated Series. [36] The other DC heroes who feature, both from the Justice League and Super Friends , include: Wonder Woman; Aquaman; The Flash; Cyborg; Green Arrow; Black Canary; Hawkman; Hawkgirl; Martian Manhunter; Apache Chief; Black Vulcan; El Dorado; Samurai; Wonder Dog; the Wonder Twins and Gleek. Although not part of the DC franchise, Iron Man from Marvel Comics is referenced in the film as part of a small joke about Batman's password for entering the Batcave, referencing the famous rivalry between DC and Marvel. [36]

The film also features characters from other notable franchises and film series with them following the same narrative of The Lego Movie in that they came from worlds that co-exist alongside others of the Lego Universe, which are made up of Lego playsets of the various media franchises. These additional characters include: Medusa from Lego Minifigures; the Swamp Creature, Evil Mummy and Lord Vampyre from Lego Monster Fighters ; King Kong; the Daleks from the Doctor Who franchise; the Wicked Witch of the West and her flying monkeys from The Wizard of Oz ; the Kraken from Clash of the Titans ; Agent Smith and his clones from The Matrix franchise; the great white shark from Jaws ; Lord Voldemort from Harry Potter ; Sauron from the Middle-earth mythos; the Tyrannosaurus and Velociraptors from Jurassic Park ; The Skeleton Warriors from Jason and the Argonauts and the Gremlins. [36] [37] The scene where the Gremlins attack the Batwing is a homage to The Twilight Zone episode, "Nightmare at 20,000 Feet". [38] Originally, the film was going to include more villains such as Bill from Kill Bill , the Butcher from Gangs of New York and Annie Wilkes from Misery , but those ideas never came into fruition. [39]

The film also includes Batman watching the scene from Jerry Maguire where Tom Cruise says "You complete me" (which makes Batman laugh out loud); this line had previously been quoted by The Joker in The Dark Knight. [36] In the scene where Batman discusses possible team names he mentions Fox Force Five, which is the name of Mia Wallace's failed television pilot mentioned in Pulp Fiction . [40] The airplane at the beginning of the movie, known as McGuffin 1138 has two references, one being the 1930 novel, The Maltese Falcon , and the other being the 1971 George Lucas film, THX 1138 . [41] The X-ray security machine found in Arkham Asylum largely resembles the one used in Total Recall . [42] The scene involving Alfred losing his grip and falling off the edge of a plane is a reference to 20th Century Fox's 1988 action film, Die Hard . [43] The film's use of Cutting Crew's "(I Just) Died in Your Arms" is a nod to the 1999 romantic comedy Never Been Kissed . [40] The film's other references include Gleaming the Cube and Gymkata . [38]

The casting of Billy Dee Williams as Two-Face references the 1989 Batman film, in which Williams played District Attorney Harvey Dent, before his transition to Two-Face. [44] This was the second Lego film that Williams had a role in, after The Lego Movie, in which he voiced the Star Wars character Lando Calrissian from The Empire Strikes Back . [45] Director Chris McKay said the film's depiction of Gotham City was inspired by Chicago partly due to Christopher Nolan having filmed The Dark Knight Trilogy in Chicago. [46]

The film also references Arrested Development , [47] which Arnett and Cera starred in together as uncle and nephew.

Music

The Lego Batman Movie is the first in the franchise not to be composed by Mark Mothersbaugh; the film score is composed by Lorne Balfe. [48] [49] The soundtrack album was released by WaterTower Music on February 3, 2017, through two-disc CD and for digital download, while the vinyl version was released on May 19, 2017. [50]

Marketing

Will Arnett, voice actor of Batman, promoting the film at the 2016 San Diego Comic-Con. Will Arnett by Gage Skidmore.jpg
Will Arnett, voice actor of Batman, promoting the film at the 2016 San Diego Comic-Con.

The first teaser trailer for The Lego Batman Movie was released on March 24, 2016, and features the song "Black and Yellow" by Wiz Khalifa. [51] It was attached to showings of Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice in theatres. A second teaser trailer was released on March 28, 2016, and features references to all live-action iterations of Batman, from the 1960s Batman TV series to Batman v Superman. [52] A third trailer was released on July 23, 2016. [53] [54] A fourth trailer was released on November 4, 2016. [55] [56] Over twenty Lego sets inspired by scenes from the film were released for the film including two sets of Collectible Minifigures. A Story Pack for the toys-to-life video game Lego Dimensions based on The Lego Batman Movie was released on February 10, 2017, alongside the film. The pack adds a six-level story campaign adapting the events of the film, and includes playable figures of Robin and Batgirl, a driveable Batwing, and a constructible gateway model based on the Batcomputer. A Fun Pack including Excalibur Batman and his Bionic Steed was also released the same day. [57]

On January 14, 2017, at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit, Chevrolet unveiled a life-sized Lego Batmobile inspired by the design featured in the film, constructed from around 350,000 Lego pieces. As a related promotion, a Bat-Signal (alternating between Batman's emblem and the Chevrolet logo) was projected on the Renaissance Center over the weekend, and Chevrolet released a new television commercial tying into the film, featuring the Batmobile as a crossover with its ongoing "Real People, Not Actors" campaign. [58] [59]

Warner Bros. released several promotional tie-ins on the week of the movie's release. LEGO billboard versions of several TV shows were shown outside of the studio lot, that took 300 hours to make out of 10,000 bricks. [60] At this time, McDonald's began selling Happy Meal toys based on the movie itself. [61] The Big Bang Theory included a LEGO version of the opening sequence in the episode "The Locomotion Reverberation" that first aired on CBS. In addition, the network aired two LEGO commercials featuring Batman and the cast. [62]

The CW featured LEGO end cards for Supergirl , The Flash , Legends of Tomorrow , and Arrow , respectively, on the week of the movie's release. All four DC shows also include a special variant of the Berlanti Productions logo that featured Batman's cameo and a new recording from Greg Berlanti's real-life father who says "Batman, move your head." instead of the usual "Greg, move your head." In addition, the network aired two commercials where Batman interacts with the characters from each show. [63]

Release

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A bus advertising the film in Perth

Theatrical

The film's world premiere was conducted in Dublin, Ireland on January 29, 2017, [1] where upon it went into general release from February 8; it was released in Denmark on February 9, and in the United States and the United Kingdom on February 10. [64] Its overall release saw movie theatres displaying the film in 3D, RealD 3D, Dolby Cinema, IMAX 3D and 4DX. though the latter format was restricted to 3D for North America, while international countries were able to view it in IMAX. [65]

Home media

The Lego Batman Movie was released on Digital HD on May 19, 2017. The release included the theatrical short film The Master: A LEGO Ninjago Short , as well as four new short films: Dark Hoser, Batman is Just Not That Into You, Cooking with Alfred and Movie Sound Effects: How Do They Do That?. [66] There is also an audio commentary to listen throughout the movie, along with behind-the-scenes featurettes and deleted scenes. [67] The Lego Batman Movie was released on DVD, Blu-ray (2D and 3D), and Ultra HD Blu-ray by Warner Bros. Home Entertainment on June 13, 2017. [66] The film debuted at No. 3 on the NPD VideoScan overall disc sales chart behind Beauty and the Beast and John Wick: Chapter 2 . [68]

Reception

Box office

The Lego Batman Movie grossed $175.8 million in the United States and Canada and $136.2 million in other territories for a worldwide gross of $312 million, against a production budget of $80 million. [4]

In the United States and Canada, The Lego Batman Movie opened alongside two other sequels, Fifty Shades Darker and John Wick: Chapter 2 , and was projected to gross around $60 million from 4,088 theaters in its opening weekend. [69] It earned $2.2 million from Thursday-night previews and $14.5 million on Friday. [70] It went on to open with $53 million, finishing first at the box office. [71] In its second weekend, the film grossed $32.7 million (a small drop of 38.4%), again topping the box office; [72] [73] with the additional President's Day holiday on Monday, it made a total of $42.7 million for the weekend. [74] In its third weekend of release, the film dropped to second at the box office, behind newcomer Get Out , grossing $19.2 million (a drop of 41.2%). [75]

Outside North America, the film was simultaneously released in 61 countries, and was expected to gross around $40 million over its first three days. [69] It ended up grossing $37 million in its opening weekend, including $9.3 million in the United Kingdom, $2.6 million in Mexico, $2.3 million in Germany and $2.2 million in Russia. [76] In the United Kingdom, the film topped the box office for three weeks until it was dethroned by Logan in its fourth weekend. [77] Meanwhile, The Lego Batman Movie opened in China with $3.7 million and ranked in fourth place behind the latter film, A Dog's Purpose and Resident Evil: The Final Chapter . [78]

Critical response

On review aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an approval rating of 90% based on 315 reviews, with an average rating of 7.5/10. The website's critical consensus reads, "The Lego Batman Movie continues its block-buster franchise's winning streak with another round of dizzyingly funny—and beautifully animated—family-friendly mayhem." [79] It was ranked the 23rd best superhero movie of all time on the site. [80] On Metacritic, the film has a score of 75 out of 100, based on 48 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews". [81] Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "A−" on an A+ to F scale. [82]

Mike Ryan of Uproxx gave the film a positive review, praising its comedy, and saying: "The Lego Batman Movie isn't the same experience as watching The LEGO Movie, but I also don't think it's trying to be. It's trying to be a fun superhero movie with clever callbacks to previous Batman films (every single Batman movie all the way back to the 1940s serials are referenced) that can, at least, provide DC superhero fans with a taste of fun amidst all the doom and gloom. (That can either be a reference to 'the real world' or the current DC Cinematic Universe films, you can choose either one you want or both.) And at that, The Lego Batman Movie succeeds." [83] Chris Nashawaty of Entertainment Weekly gave the film a "B+" and wrote, "Lego Batman revs so fast and moves so frenetically that it becomes a little exhausting by the end. It flirts with being too much of a good thing. But rarely has corporate brainwashing been so much fun and gone down with such a delightful aftertaste." [84] Tara Brady of The Irish Times earned a 4 out of 5 rating, saying, "Under the direction of Robot Chicken 's Chris McKay, Arnett relentlessly prods at Batman with a welcome helping of BoJack Horseman -brand misery and narcissism." [85]

Justin Chang of the Los Angeles Times was positive in his review, saying, "In its best moments, this gag-a-minute Bat-roast serves as a reminder that, in the right hands, a sharp comic scalpel can be an instrument of revelation as well as ridicule." [86] J. R. Jones of the Chicago Reader wrote, "A movie of endlessly hurtling momentum, this is Mad Max: Fury Road for five-year-olds, and not nearly as much fun as snapping those bricks together." [87] Peter Howell of The Toronto Star gave the film 2.5 out of 4 stars, saying, "First-time director Chris McKay, late of the Cartoon Network's Robot Chicken, throws at the screen seemingly everything his committee of screenwriters scripted." [88] Michael O'Sullivan of The Washington Post praised the film for its heart, humor, and action which "snap together, with a satisfying click." [89]

Accolades

AwardDate of ceremonyCategoryRecipient(s)ResultRef.
AACTA Awards December 6, 2017 Best Sound Gregg Landaker, Rick Lisle, Wayne Pashley, Fabian Sanjurgo and Michael SemanickNominated [90]
Best Visual Effects or Animation Rob Coleman, Damien Gray, Miles Green, Amber Naismith and Craig Welsh
Annie Awards February 3, 2018 Directing in a Feature Production Chris McKay [91]
Voice Acting in an Animated Feature Production Zach Galifianakis
Editorial in an Animated Feature ProductionDavid Burrows, Matt Villa and John Venzon
American Cinema Editors January 26, 2018 Best Edited Animated Feature Film Won [92]
Art Directors Guild January 27, 2018 Excellence in Production Design for an Animated Film Grant Freckelton [93]
Cinema Audio Society Awards February 24, 2018 Outstanding Achievement in Sound Mixing for a Motion Picture – AnimatedJason Oliver, Michael Semanick, Gregg Landaker, Wayne Pashley, Stephen Lipson and Lisa Simpson [94]
Critics' Choice Movie Awards January 11, 2018 Best Animated Film Chris McKayNominated [95]
Detroit Film Critics Society December 7, 2017Best Animated FilmThe Lego Batman MovieWon [96]
Empire Awards March 18, 2018Best Animated FilmNominated [97]
[98]
Florida Film Critics Circle December 23, 2017 Best Animated Film [99]
Georgia Film Critics Association January 12, 2018Best Animated Film [100]
Golden Tomato Awards January 3, 2018Best Animated Film2nd Place [101]
Golden Trailer Awards June 6, 2017Best Animation/FamilyWon [102]
Most Original TrailerNominated
Golden Reel Awards February 18, 2018Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Feature AnimationWayne Pashley, Rick Lisle, Fabian Sanjurjo, Andrew Miller, Mario Gabrieli, Jared Dwyer, Emma Mitchell, Nigel Christensen, Terry Rodman, Christopher S. Aud, F. Hudson Miller, Beth Bezzina, Sonal Joshi, Derryn Pasquill, Linda Yeaney, John Simpson and Will Kaplan [103]
Hollywood Music in Media Awards November 16, 2017Best Original Score – Animated Film Lorne Balfe [104]
Houston Film Critics Society January 6, 2018 Best Animated FilmThe Lego Batman Movie [105]
Heartland Film Festival October 22, 2017Truly Moving Picture AwardChris McKayWon [106]
IGN Awards December 19, 2017Best Animated MovieThe Lego Batman MovieRunner-up [107]
Kids' Choice Awards March 24, 2018 Favorite Animated Film Nominated [108]
Movieguide Awards March 2018Best Movie for Families [109]
MTV Movie & TV Awards May 7, 2017 Best Comedic Performance Will Arnett [110]
[111]
Online Film Critics Society December 28, 2017 Best Animated Film The Lego Batman Movie [112]
[113]
Producers Guild of America Award January 20, 2018 Outstanding Producer of Animated Theatrical Motion Picture Dan Lin, Phil Lord and Christopher Miller [114]
Satellite Awards February 10, 2018 Best Animated or Mixed Media Feature The Lego Batman Movie [115]
St. Louis Film Critics Association December 17, 2017 Best Animated Feature Chris McKay [116]
Teen Choice Awards August 13, 2017 Choice Movie Actor: Comedy Will Arnett [117]
Visual Effects Society February 13, 2018 Outstanding Visual Effects in an Animated Feature Rob Coleman, Amber Naismith, Grant Freckelton and Damien Gray [118]
Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association December 8, 2017 Best Animated Feature The Lego Batman Movie [119]
Best Animated Voice PerformanceWill Arnett
Michael Cera

Other media

Sets

Video games

Based on The Lego Batman Movie, Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment released the endless-runner game coinciding with the release of the film. It was released for Android and iOS. [120]

Cancelled sequel

On December 5, 2018, McKay announced a sequel to The Lego Batman Movie was in the works, with him returning to direct. [121] The film was set to be released in 2022. [122] However, following the disappointing box office returns of The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part in 2019, Universal Pictures acquired the film rights to the Lego brand in April 2020, effectively cancelling the sequel due to Warner Bros. owning the rights to DC Comics. [123] [124] [125]

In June 2021, McKay revealed that the script was being written by Michael Waldron and Dan Harmon. It would have focused on Batman's relationship with the Justice League, particularly Superman, and the main villains would have been Lex Luthor and OMAC. [126] Waldron revealed that the film was tentatively titled Lego Superfriends. [127]

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Robin in other media</span> Superhero Robin in non-comicbook media

In addition to DC Comics books, the superhero Robin also appears in other media, such as films, television and radio. Dick Grayson, Jason Todd, Tim Drake, Stephanie Brown, and Damian Wayne are examples of the characters who use the name Robin.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Batman in film</span> Film adaptations of the DC superhero

The Batman franchise, based on the fictional superhero Batman who appears in American comic books published by DC Comics, has seen the release of various films. Created by Bob Kane and Bill Finger, the character first starred in two serial films in the 1940s, Batman and Batman and Robin. The character also appeared in the 1966 film Batman, which was a feature film adaptation of the 1960s television series starring Adam West and Burt Ward, who also starred in the film. Toward the end of the 1980s, the Warner Bros. studio began producing a series of feature films starring Batman, beginning with 1989's Batman, directed by Tim Burton and starring Michael Keaton. Burton and Keaton returned for the 1992 sequel Batman Returns, and in 1995, Joel Schumacher directed Batman Forever, with Val Kilmer as Batman. Schumacher also directed the 1997 sequel Batman & Robin, which starred George Clooney. Batman & Robin was poorly received by both critics and fans, leading to the cancellation of a sequel titled Batman Unchained.

Originally created in 1967, the fictional comic book character Barbara Gordon has been adapted into various other forms of media. The character has appeared in both live action and animated television series and films, as well as in video games in her alter-egos as both Batgirl and Oracle.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Joker in other media</span> Adaptation of DC character Joker in media

The Joker, a supervillain in DC Comics and archenemy of the superhero Batman, has appeared in various media. WorldCat records over 250 productions featuring the Joker as a subject, including films, television series, books, and video games. Live-action films featuring the character are typically the most successful.

<i>Lego Batman 2: DC Super Heroes</i> 2012 video game

Lego Batman 2: DC Super Heroes is a 2012 Lego-themed action-adventure game developed by Traveller's Tales and published by Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment. The game is a sequel to Lego Batman: The Videogame and the second installment in the Lego Batman series. The main storyline follows Batman, Robin and later Superman as they attempt to foil the Joker and Lex Luthor's plans to have the latter become president of the United States, joining forces with the Justice League along the way. As a result, the game's cast is larger than its predecessor and includes characters outside of the Batman series.

<i>The Lego Movie</i> 2014 film by Phil Lord and Christopher Miller

The Lego Movie is a 2014 animated adventure comedy film co-produced by Warner Animation Group, Village Roadshow Pictures, Lego System A/S, Vertigo Entertainment, Lin Pictures, and Animal Logic, and distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures. A collaboration between production houses from the United States, Australia, and Denmark. It was written and directed by Phil Lord and Christopher Miller from a story they co-wrote with Dan and Kevin Hageman, based on the Lego line of construction toys. The film stars the voices of Chris Pratt, Will Ferrell, Elizabeth Banks, Will Arnett, Nick Offerman, Alison Brie, Charlie Day, Liam Neeson, and Morgan Freeman. Its story focuses on Emmet Brickowski (Pratt), an ordinary Lego minifigure who helps a resistance movement stop a tyrannical businessman (Ferrell) from gluing everything in the Lego world into his vision of perfection.

<i>The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part</i> 2019 film by Mike Mitchell

The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part is a 2019 animated adventure comedy film. It was directed by Mike Mitchell from a screenplay by Phil Lord and Christopher Miller. The film is the sequel to The Lego Movie (2014) and the fourth installment in The Lego Movie franchise. Chris Pratt, Elizabeth Banks, Will Arnett, Charlie Day, Alison Brie and Nick Offerman reprise their roles from the first film, with Tiffany Haddish, Stephanie Beatriz and Maya Rudolph joining the cast. A collaboration between production houses from the United States, Australia, and Denmark, the film takes place five years after the events of the previous film and follows Emmet Brickowski, Lucy and their friends, who travel into the Systar System to test their skills and creativity, while Emmet deals with a coming cataclysm known as "Armamageddon".

<i>Lego Batman 3: Beyond Gotham</i> 2014 video game

Lego Batman 3: Beyond Gotham is a 2014 Lego-themed action-adventure platform video game developed by Traveller's Tales and published by Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment. It is the third installment in the Lego Batman video game series and a sequel to Lego Batman: The Videogame and Lego Batman 2: DC Super Heroes. Similarly to its predecessor, the game features voice acting and semi-open world environments, and focuses on a large cast of characters from the entire DC Universe rather than just Batman and Robin. In the game's story, Brainiac attacks the Earth, intending to shrink the planet and add it to his collection, which forces the Justice League and the Legion of Doom to form an unlikely alliance to stop him.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Chris McKay</span> American filmmaker and animator

Christopher McKay, is an American filmmaker and animator. He is best known for directing and editing three seasons of Robot Chicken and two seasons of Moral Orel. He made his feature directorial debut with The Lego Batman Movie (2017), and has also directed The Tomorrow War (2021) and Renfield (2023).

<i>The Lego Movie</i> (franchise) Warner Bros. media franchise based on Lego toys

The Lego Movie is an American media franchise and shared universe based on Lego construction toys. It began with the 2014 film The Lego Movie, which was directed and written by Phil Lord and Christopher Miller. The success of the film led to the release of two licensed video games, a 4D film theme park attraction, two spin-off films titled The Lego Batman Movie and The Lego Ninjago Movie, which were released in 2017, Unikitty! an animated television series that also came out in the same year, and the sequel to the original film titled The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part in 2019. Plans for a third spin-off film and a sequel to The Lego Batman Movie were later shelved. Development would end in 2020, with Warner Bros. letting the rights lapse back to The Lego Group after The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part underperformed at the box office and the studio failed to create any new projects within that time frame.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Riddler in other media</span> DC Comics villain

The Riddler, a supervillain in DC Comics and an adversary of the superhero Batman, has been adapted into numerous forms of media, including feature films, television series, and video games. The character has been portrayed in live-action by Frank Gorshin and John Astin in the 1960s television series Batman, Jim Carrey in the 1995 film Batman Forever, Cory Michael Smith in the 2014 Fox series Gotham, and Paul Dano in the 2022 film The Batman. Actors who have voiced the Riddler include John Glover in the DC Animated Universe, Robert Englund in The Batman, and Wally Wingert in the Batman: Arkham video games.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Scarecrow in other media</span> DC character Scarecrow in other media

The Scarecrow, a supervillain in DC Comics and an adversary of the superhero Batman, has been adapted in various forms of media, including films, television series, and video games. The character has been portrayed in film by Cillian Murphy in The Dark Knight Trilogy, and in television by Charlie Tahan and David W. Thompson in the Fox series Gotham, and Vincent Kartheiser in the HBO Max streaming series Titans. Henry Polic II, Jeffrey Combs, Dino Andrade, John Noble, Robert Englund, Elijah Wood and others have provided the Scarecrow's voice in animation and video games.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Two-Face in other media</span> Fictional character Two-Face in media

The character Two-Face was created by Bob Kane and first appeared in Detective Comics #66. However, he did not appear outside comics until half a century later in Batman: The Animated Series. Two-Face has since been substantially adapted from the comics into various forms of media, such as feature films, television series and video games. Two-Face has been voiced by Richard Moll in the DC Animated Universe, Troy Baker in the Batman: Arkham series, Billy Dee Williams in The Lego Batman Movie, and William Shatner in Batman vs. Two-Face. His live-action portrayals include Billy Dee Williams in Batman (1989), Tommy Lee Jones in Batman Forever, Aaron Eckhart in The Dark Knight, Harry Lawtey in Joker: Folie à Deux, and Nicholas D'Agosto in the television series Gotham. In 2009, Two-Face was ranked #12 on IGN's list of the Top 100 Comic Book Villains of All Time.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Penguin in other media</span> Appearances of the DC villain outside comics

The supervillain the Penguin, created by Bob Kane and Bill Finger, made his first appearance in Detective Comics #58. Since then, he has been adapted into other forms of media, including feature films, television series, and video games.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">The Lego Batman Movie (Lego theme)</span> Lego theme

The Lego Batman Movie was a product line based on The Lego Batman Movie, the second film of The Lego Movie franchise. It is licensed from The Lego Group, Warner Bros. Pictures, Warner Animation Group, and DC Entertainment. The theme was first introduced on 10 February 2017 as part of a licensing and merchandising programme associated with the film. Alongside the release of the Lego sets, the programme included the release of several promotional short films and The Lego Batman Movie Game app. The product line was discontinued by 31 December 2018.

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