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The Lego Movie
Teaser poster
Directed byPhil Lord
Chris Miller
Screenplay byPhil Lord
Christopher Miller
Story byPhil Lord
Christopher Miller
Kevin Hageman
Dan Hageman
Produced byDan Lin
Doug Davison
Stephen Gilchrist
Roy Lee
StarringChris Pratt
Will Ferrell
Elizabeth Banks
Will Arnett
Nick Offerman
Alison Brie
Charlie Day
Liam Neeson
Morgan Freeman
Channing Tatum
Jonah Hill
Cobie Smulders
CinematographyBarry Peterson
Music byMark Mothersbaugh
Production
companies
Distributed byWarner Bros. Pictures
Release date
  • February 7, 2014 (2014-02-07)[1]
CountriesUnited States
Australia
LanguageEnglish

The Lego Movie[2] is an upcoming 2014 American stop motion/computer-animated[3] adventure comedy film directed by Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs creators, Phil Lord and Chris Miller and based on the Lego line of construction toys. The film is scheduled to be released on February 7, 2014.

Synopsis

An ordinary guy named Emmet (Chris Pratt) is mistaken as being the Master Builder, the one who can save the universe. With the aid of an old mystic Vitruvius (Morgan Freeman), a tough young lady named Lucy (Elizabeth Banks), and Batman (Will Arnett), Emmet will fight to defeat the evil tyrant Lord Business (Will Ferrell) who is bent on destroying the universe by gluing it together.[4]

Cast

Alison Brie[5] & Charlie Day[7] in unspecified roles.

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.[8] In August 2009, it was announced that Dan and Kevin Hageman were writing the script for a comedy action adventure live-action/animated film.[9] Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs directors Phil Lord and Chris Miller were hired in June 2010, to write and direct the film.[10] In November 2011, it was reported that Warner Bros. had green-lit the film, with a schedule to release it in 2014. Australian Animal Logic will provide the animation, which is expected to comprise 80% of the film. Chris McKay, the director of Robot Chicken, has also joined Lord and Miller to co-direct the film.[8] In March 2012, Lord and Miller revealed its working title, Lego: The Piece of Resistance, and a storyline: "It involves many worlds. Basically, the least qualified Lego characters in the universe having to keep the world from being frozen together."[11] In April 2012, Warner Bros. scheduled the film for February 28, 2014.[12]

The first cast was reported in June 2012, with Chris Pratt voicing Emmet, the lead Lego character, and Will Arnett voicing Lego Batman; while the role of Lego Superman has been offered to Channing Tatum.[13] In August 2012, it was revealed that Elizabeth Banks will voice "tough-as-nails" Lucy and Morgan Freeman will lend his voice to Vitruvius, an old mystic.[14] The film will tell a story of Emmet, an ordinary, law-abiding, Lego minifigure, who is mistaken for the most extraordinary MasterBuilder. He is drafted into a fellowship of strangers including Vitruvius, Lucy and Batman, on a quest to stop an evil tyrant from gluing the universe together.[13][14] In October 2012, Warner Bros. shifted the release date for the film, simply titled Lego, to February 7, 2014.[15] On November 2012, Alison Brie, Will Ferrell, Liam Neeson and Nick Offerman have signed on for roles. Brie will voice a member of Emmet's team with a powerful secret, Ferrell will play a villain named President Business, Neeson will play a foe called Bad Cop and Offerman will play Metalbeard,[16] a pirate seeking revenge on the President.[17] On March 21, 2013, it was announced the name of the movie would be "The Lego Movie".[18]

Since July 2012, a contest has been running on the official Facebook page, which will enable the winning Lego vehicle to appear in the film.[19] 17 Lego building sets based on the film's scenes and characters will be released, along with a new set of 16 Minifigures.[20]

Lord and Miller confirmed at the San Diego Comic-Con International 2013 that the film will combine stop-motion and computer animation. Miller's personal Lego set from his childhood, Space Village, will be utilized in the film.[3]

Release

The Lego Movie is scheduled to be released on February 7, 2014. The 1st teaser/theatrical trailer was released on June 18, 2013.[21]

Video game

A video game based on the movie, 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.[22]

References

  1. ^ Name. "LEGO: THE PIECE OF RESISTANCE Moves up to February 7, 2014 | Collider | Page 205471". Collider. Retrieved April 7, 2013.
  2. ^ "Gangster Squad". Legothemotionpicture.com. Retrieved April 7, 2013.
  3. ^ a b Anders, Charlie Jane (July 20, 2013). "Is The LEGO Movie really the best film ever? Signs point to yes!". io9. Retrieved July 21, 2013.
  4. ^ a b c d e "LEGO Movie Official Plot Details and Casting Revealed - News". GeekTyrant. August 29, 2012. Retrieved April 7, 2013.
  5. ^ a b c d "Lego: Will Ferrell, Liam Neeson Join Animated Film". Hollywoodreporter.com. November 9, 2012. Retrieved April 7, 2013.
  6. ^ a b c "New @TheLEGOMovie casting news from #SDCC! @ChanningTatum to voice #LEGO #Superman, @JonahHill #GreenLantern & @CobieSmulders #WonderWoman!". Warner Bros. Twitter.
  7. ^ The Lego Movie: Official Teaser Trailer
  8. ^ a b McNary, Dave (November 11, 2011). "Warners greenlights 'Lego' feature". Variety. Retrieved November 12, 2011.
  9. ^ Graser, Marc (August 11, 2009). "Warner builds pic with Lego". Variety. Retrieved November 12, 2011.
  10. ^ McNary, Dave (June 28, 2010). "'Cloudy' directors toy with 'Lego'". Variety. Retrieved November 12, 2011.
  11. ^ Han, Angie (March 5, 2012). "Phil Lord and Chris Miller Offer New Title, Plot Details for Warner Bros.' Lego Movie". Slash Film. Retrieved March 5, 2012.
  12. ^ McNary, Dave (April 23, 2012). "Warner Bros. dates 'Lego,' '42'". Variety. Retrieved April 24, 2012.
  13. ^ a b Sneider, Jeff (June 26, 2012). "Super voices in play for WB's Lego movie". Variety. Retrieved June 26, 2012.
  14. ^ a b Warner Bros. (August 28, 2012). "Casting and Plot Details Confirmed for LEGO". ComingSoon.net. Retrieved August 29, 2012.
  15. ^ The Deadline Team (October 22, 2012). "Warner Bros Shifts Lego Release Date". Deadline. Retrieved October 22, 2012.
  16. ^ Chitwood, Adam (January 28, 2013). "Nick Offerman Talks THE LEGO MOVIE; Says He Plays a Pirate Named Metalbeard and Compares Film to THE WIZARD OF OZ or WILLY WONKA". Collider.com. Retrieved January 30, 2013.
  17. ^ The Deadline Team (November 9, 2012). "Warner Bros Shifts Lego Release Date". Deadline. Retrieved November 9, 2012.
  18. ^ Warner Bros. (March 21, 2013). "Title Treatment and Contest for The LEGO Movie". ComingSoon.net. Retrieved March 21, 2013.
  19. ^ LEGO: The Motion Picture (July 12, 2012). "Welcome to the official Facebook page for LEGO: The Motion Picture..." Facebook. Retrieved August 29, 2012. Welcome to the official Facebook page for LEGO: The Motion Picture, in theaters 2014! 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
  20. ^ "Comic-Con: LEGO Announces Building Sets and Video Game for The LEGO Movie". ComingSoon.net. July 16, 2013. Retrieved July 18, 2013.
  21. ^ "Hot Trailer: 'The Lego Movie'". Deadline. June 18, 2013. Retrieved July 8, 2013.
  22. ^ http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2013-07-16-tt-games-doing-a-lego-movie-video-game
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