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.
animated television series, Universal Pictures bought the rights to make separate films in a 5-year deal.
[2] On March 12, 2014, Deadline reported that the first film's animation co-director Chris McKay would direct the sequel with Phil Lord and Christopher Miller as producers.
[5] On July 28, 2014, it was reported that on the internet, Chris Pratt expressed interest in reprising his role as Emmet for the sequel.
[10] According to an interview at the Santa Barbara International Film Festival, the sequel would focus on Emmet and his sister, taking place in a "weird, dystopian version of Bricksburg.
[12] In June 2016, the cast was announced to include Jackie Chan, Dave Franco, Michael Peña, Abbi Jacobson, Kumail Nanjiani, Zach Woods and Fred Armisen respectively.
In March 2015, Warner Bros. announced that a third Lego Movie spin-off, titled The Billion Brick Race, was in development.
[37][38] In July 2022, Gutierrez stated on Twitter that he intended for the film's two leads to be voiced by Diego Luna and Emma Stone.
The film was also going to include elements of time travel as well as an appearance by the creator of Lego, Ole Kirk Kristiansen.
[39] In December 2018, Chris McKay confirmed that a sequel to The Lego Batman Movie was in development, with him returning to direct.
[41] In June 2021, McKay revealed that the script was being written by Michael Waldron and Dan Harmon, and was stated to have taken notes from The Godfather Part II as well as Boogie Nights.
The film would have focused on Batman's relationship with the Justice League, particularly Superman, and the main antagonists would have been Lex Luthor and OMAC.
It is produced by with The Lego Group, Tremolo Productions, I Am Other, Pure Imagination Studios and Tongal, and was released on October 11, 2024.
On October 31, 2024, Universal Pictures confirmed the production of three new LEGO films, 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.
The premiere date was January 1, 2018 and the show's executive producers are Phil Lord, Christopher Miller, Dan Lin, Roy Lee, Jill Wilfert and Sam Register.
In addition, various other shorts made to promote the films and unrelated real world events have been released on YouTube.
Michelangelo and Lincoln: History Cops is a stop-motion animated short film included on the home media release of The Lego Movie.
It is presented as a trailer to a fictional action blockbuster starring the master builders, Michelangelo and Abraham Lincoln as they fight crime.
[55] The president of Hollywood sits down with Emmet and changes up the plot of The Lego Movie to prominently feature ninjas for marketing purposes.
They eventually decide to create a new ninja based film, titled "The super-crunchy ninja skateboard party movie with pratfalls slash physical comedy and cute furry animals for the international audience" which the short jokingly states became the biggest box-office bomb in the history of cinema.
The Master is a 2016 animated short film written and directed by Jon Saunders, co-written by Ross Evans, Carey Yost and Remington D. Donovan and produced by Ryan Halprin.
Unlike the majority of the short films in the series, The Master was theatrically released with Storks on September 23, 2016, and early showings of The Lego Batman Movie in the United Kingdom.
Dark Hoser is a short film included on the home media release of The Lego Batman Movie.
Cooking with Alfred is a short film included on the home media release of The Lego Batman Movie.
Zane's Stand Up Promo is a short film included on the home media release of The Lego Ninjago Movie.
On December 10, 2018, Warner Bros. released a Christmas-themed promotional short for The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part, titled Emmet's Holiday Party.
[63] In the short, Emmet and the citizens of Apocalypseburg throw a big Christmas Party to make everything awesome again despite the concern of attack from the Systar System from Lucy.
[87][88] Based on The Lego Ninjago Movie, it was released for Microsoft Windows, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One, alongside the film, in North America on 22 September 2017, and worldwide on 20 October 2017.
It sees many of the original cast returning including Elizabeth Banks as Lucy "Wyldstyle", Nick Offerman as MetalBeard, Alison Brie as Princess Unikitty and Charlie Day as Benny while Emmet is voiced by A.J.