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The Lego Movie
Theatrical release poster
Directed byPhil Lord
Chris Miller
Screenplay byPhil Lord
Chris Miller
Story byDan Hageman
Kevin Hageman
Phil Lord
Chris Miller
Produced byDan Lin
Roy Lee
StarringChris Pratt
Will Ferrell
Elizabeth Banks
Will Arnett
Liam Neeson
Morgan Freeman
CinematographyPablo Plaisted
Edited byDavid Burrows
Chris McKay
Music byMark Mothersbaugh
Production
companies
Distributed byWarner Bros. Pictures
Release date
  • February 7, 2014 (2014-02-07)[1]
Running time
100 minutes[2]
CountriesUnited States
Australia
LanguageEnglish

The Lego Movie[3] is an upcoming 2014 American-Australian computer-animated[4][5] adventure comedy film directed and co-written by Phil Lord and Chris Miller, distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures, and starring the voices of Chris Pratt, Will Ferrell, Elizabeth Banks, Will Arnett, Liam Neeson, and Morgan Freeman. The film is based on the Lego line of construction toys and is scheduled to be released on February 7, 2014.

Plot

In the Lego universe, an ordinary mini-figure named Emmet is mistaken as being the Special (the greatest Master Builder who can save the Lego universe). With the help of an old wizard named Vitruvius, a tough young woman named Wyldstyle,[6] Batman, Uni-Kitty, Benny, and a pirate named Metalbeard, Emmet will have to unlearn everything he saw in the instructions and learn the power of imagination to defeat the evil tyrant Lord Business who is bent on destroying the Lego universe and recreating it as he sees fit by gluing it together.[7][8]

Cast

& Will Forte as Abraham Lincoln

Production

Creators of the film at the 2013 San Diego Comic-Con International: Phil Lord and Chris Miller, writers and directors; Chris McKay, co-director; and Dan Lin, producer.

The film has been in development at Warner Bros. since 2008.[12] By August 2009, Dan and Kevin Hageman were writing the script for a comedy action-adventure live-action/animated film.[13] Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs directors Phil Lord and Chris Miller were in talks in June 2010 to write and direct the film.[14] Warner Bros. green-lit the film by November 2011, with a planned 2014 release date. The Australian studio Animal Logic was contracted to provide the animation, which was expected to comprise 80% of the film. By this time Chris McKay, the director of Robot Chicken, had also joined Lord and Miller to co-direct.[12] In March 2012, Lord and Miller revealed the film's working title, Lego: The Piece of Resistance, and a storyline.[15] In April 2012, Warner Bros. scheduled the film for release on February 28, 2014, a date that subsequently changed.[16]

By June 2012, Chris Pratt had been cast as the voice of Emmet, the lead Lego character, and Will Arnett voicing Lego Batman; the role of Lego Superman was offered to Channing Tatum.[17] By August 2012, Elizabeth Banks was hired to voice Lucy (later renamed Wyldstyle)[6] and Morgan Freeman to voice Vitruvius, an old mystic.[18][17] In October 2012, Warner Bros. shifted the release date for the film, simply titled Lego, to February 7, 2014.[19] In November 2012, Alison Brie, Will Ferrell, Liam Neeson, and Nick Offerman signed on for roles. Brie voices a member of Emmet's team with a powerful secret, Ferrell voices a villain named President Business, Neeson voices a foe called Bad Cop, and Offerman voices Metalbeard,[20] a pirate seeking revenge on the President.[19]

In July 2012, a Lego-user contest announced on the movie's Facebook page would choose a winning Lego vehicle to appear in the film.[21] 17 Lego building sets based on the film's scenes and characters will be released,[22] including Lord Business' Evil Lair,[23] and Cloud Cuckoo Palace,[11] along with a new set of 16 Minifigures (William Shakespeare, Gail the Construction Worker, Panda Guy, Abraham Lincoln, Taco Tuesday Guy, Larry the Barista, President Business, Calamity Drone, Marsha Queen of the Mermaids, Wild West Wyldstyle, Scribble-Face Bad Cop, Velma Staplebot, Hard Hat Emmet, "Where are my Pants?" Guy, Mrs. Scratchen-Post, and Wiley Fusebot).[22][24]

Miller's childhood Space Village playset is utilized in the film.[25]

Marketing

The Lego Movie received many forms of marketing from both Warner Bros. and The Lego Group. Seventeen building play sets inspired by scenes from the film were released, including a set of Collectible Minifigures. A website was opened up so fans could make minifigure versions of themselves, and later, put that in the film's official trailer. The company has recruited a roster of global partners to a broad, multi-category licensing program to support the film.[26]

Official Lego Brand Stores also scheduled events. Each week of January 2014, a new character poster (Wyldstyle, Batman, Emmet, Lord Business) came with every purchase.[27] By building a creative model in-store, people received a free accessory pack. Barnes and Noble will host a themed event in January, February, and March.[28]

Release

The Lego Movie will premiere at LEGOLAND California on February 6, 2014,[29] and is scheduled to be released in theaters on February 7, 2014. The first teaser/theatrical trailer was released on June 18, 2013.[30] The second was released on October 31, 2013, preceded by a series of teasers featuring main characters.[31]

Music

Untitled

The film's original score was composed by Mark Mothersbaugh, who had previously worked with Lord and Miller on Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs and 21 Jump Street. The Lego Movie soundtrack will contain the score as the majority of its tracks. Also included is the song "Everything Is Awesome!!!" by Tegan and Sara featuring The Lonely Island and written by Shawn Patterson (El Tigre: The Adventures of Manny Rivera and Robot Chicken),which has also been used in the film's marketing campaign. The soundtrack will be released on February 4, 2014 by WaterTower Music.[32]

All music composed by Mark Mothersbaugh, except where noted.

No.TitlePerformer(s)Length
1."Everything Is Awesome!!!"Tegan and Sara featuring The Lonely Island2:43
2."Prologue" 2:28
3."Emmet's Morning" 1:59
4."Emmet Falls In Love" 1:11
5."Escape" 3:27
6."Into The Old West" 1:00
7."Wyldstyle Explains" 1:21
8."Emmet's Mind" 2:17
9."The Transformation" 1:46
10."Salloons And Wagons" 3:38
11."Batman" 1:23
12."Middle Zealand" 0:28
13."Cloud Cuckooland And Ben The Spaceman" 1:25
14."Emmet's Speech" 2:02
15."Submarines And Metalbeard" 1:49
16."Requiem for Cuckooland" 1:23
17."Reaching the Kragle" 2:35
18."Emmet's Plan" 1:54
19."The Truth" 3:16
20."Wyldstyle Leads" 2:46
21."Let's Put It All Back" 2:02
22."I Am A Master Builder" 2:48
23."My Secret Weapon" 4:19
24."We Did It!" 1:31
25."Everything is Awesome!!!"Jo Li1:26
26."Everything is Awesome!!! (Unplugged)"Shawn Patterson and Sammy Allen1:24
27."Untitled Self Portrait"Will Arnett1:08
28."Everything is Awesome!!! (Instrumental)" 2:41
Total length:58:10

Video game

A video game based on the film, The Lego Movie Videogame, is being developed by TT Games for Xbox 360, Xbox One, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Wii U, Nintendo 3DS, PlayStation Vita, and Windows, to be released alongside the film in 2014.[33] An exclusive "Wild West Emmet" minifigure will be released with preorders of the game at Gamestop.[34]

References

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  2. ^ "The Lego Movie (U)". Warner Bros. British Board of Film Classification. January 17, 2014. Retrieved January 17, 2014.
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  5. ^ ThE_JacO (November 1, 2013). "'The Lego Movie' Official Main Trailer". CG Society. Retrieved November 1, 2013. Nope, that comment is a misquote of what Chris and Phil said. They said there is a live action part, not a stop motion one. The journalist assumed photographic stop motion. Every single pixel of that trailer is CG.
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  10. ^ a b c "New @TheLEGOMovie casting news from #SDCC! @ChanningTatum to voice #LEGO #Superman, @JonahHill #GreenLantern & @CobieSmulders #WonderWoman!". Warner Bros. Twitter.
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  21. ^ "Welcome to the official Facebook page for 'Lego: The Motion Picture..." 'Lego: The Motion Picture' Facebook page. July 12, 2012. Retrieved August 29, 2012. We're kicking things off with a contest for all you creative Lego builders out there. Design your very own Lego vehicle for the chance to have it appear in the upcoming movie! Watch the video below from directors Phil Lord and Chris Miller, and learn more about the contest here
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