The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part is a 2019 animated adventure comedy film directed by Mike Mitchell from a screenplay by Phil Lord and Christopher Miller.

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.

Plans for a sequel to The Lego Movie began in February 2014 and were announced to be in the works, four days before the release of the first film.

It was announced that the film would be directed by Chris McKay while Phil Lord and Christopher Miller remained as writers and producers in March 2014.

To improve on-screen detail and depth-of-field, the production of the film took advantage of the latest update to its trace renderer Glimpse.

A mini-doll called General Sweet Mayhem arrives, kidnaps all of Emmet's friends, and takes them to the shape-shifting ruler of the Systar System, Queen Watevra Wa'Nabi.

Emmet tries to convince the Master Builders to help him save Lucy and the rest of his friends, but they refuse to help, believing that he is not tough enough to go through the Systar System.

Emmet's ship is heavily damaged and nearly collides with an asteroid field but is saved by rugged adventurer Rex Dangervest.

Embittered and resenting his friends for forgetting him, he changed his name and created a space time-traveling machine to pick up the raptors and return to help Emmet but to make sure that Armamageddon came to pass.

[23] On March 12, 2014, Deadline reported that animation co-director Chris McKay would direct the sequel with Phil Lord and Christopher Miller as producers.

[30] On November 12, during an interview with BBC News, Lord and Miller revealed that there would be more female characters featured in the film.

[38][39] In an interview with Collider for the press day for The Lego Ninjago Movie, producer Dan Lin confirmed that Lord & Miller were rewriting the script during production.

[40] The production of the film took advantage of Animal Logic's latest update to its trace renderer, Glimpse, to improve on-screen detail and depth-of-field.

[42] The Lego Movie 2's narrative begins after the events of the first film, just as Finn's toddler sister Bianca starts to play with Duplo blocks and tries to take over Bricksburg.

[12] They also incorporated the Lego Friends line of toys aimed at girls, which include mini-dolls like General Sweet Mayhem.

The production team, working with Lego, did not want to create walking and movement patterns that did not match the articulation the real figurines could do, and came up with creative solutions for animating these in the film.

[43][44] On March 23, 2018, it was reported that Tiffany Haddish had been cast in the film to voice a new lead character, while returning actors would be Pratt as Emmet, Elizabeth Banks as Wyldstyle, Arnett as Batman, Channing Tatum as Superman, and Jonah Hill as Green Lantern.

It was revealed by Mitchell that Radcliffe's cameo was deleted due to not wanting to risk anything that would upset the Harry Potter fandom.

[59] Warner Bros. Home Entertainment released The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part for digital download on April 16, 2019, and on DVD, Blu-ray and 4K formats on May 7.

Physical copies contain behind-the-scenes featurettes, audio commentary, deleted scenes, and the short Emmet's Holiday Party.

[61][62][63][64] In the United States and Canada, The Lego Movie 2 was released with What Men Want, Cold Pursuit, and The Prodigy on February 8, 2019, and was projected to gross $50–55 million from 4,276 theaters in its opening weekend.

The website's critical consensus reads, "While it isn't quite as much fun as its predecessor, The LEGO Movie 2: The Second Part fits neatly into an animated all-ages franchise with heart and humor to spare".

[72] Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "A−" on an A+ to F scale (lower than The Lego Movie's "A"), and PostTrak rated it 4 out of 5 stars; social media monitor RelishMix noted their online responses were "great".

"[73] Yolanda Machado of TheWrap commended the screenplay and directing and wrote that the film "expands on the original's premise, adding new worlds and characters to the growing LEGO universe, while also crafting a story that is timely, inventive, hilarious and perfect for all ages.

"[75] For The Hollywood Reporter, Michael Rechtshaffen wrote that the film brought "little that's fresh or funny to the interlocking brick table despite boasting a script penned by originators Phil Lord and Christopher Miller.

"[2] Betsy Bozdech of Common Sense Media gave the rate four stars out of five, writing that "It's not quite the lightning in a bottle that its predecessor was, but this entertaining sequel is still definitely better than the average kids' movie.

[84] On February 7, 2019, in an interview with Moviefone, Chris Pratt expressed his idea for a potential third film in the series titled The Lego Movie 3: The Third Part.

Produced by The Lego Group, Tremolo Productions, I Am Other, Pure Imagination Studios and Tongal, it was released theatrically on October 11, 2024.

[95][96] On October 31, 2024, it was announced that three new Lego films under Universal are in development, each directed by Jake Kasdan, Patty Jenkins, and Joe Cornish.

Kasdan’s film is based on an original concept by Matt Mider and Kevin Burrows featuring a script by Andrew Mogel and Jarrad Paul.