Here's Why The LEGO Movie's Blu-ray Release Will Be Awesome Everything is awesome—or it will be, as soon as Warner Bros. Home Entertainment releases this winter’s The LEGO Movie onto Blu-ray, DVD and Digital. The movie won’t actually be released into homes until June, which means we still have a while to wait, but Warner Bros. is promising a set with multiple editions and plenty of extras for the kiddos and adults with plenty of kiddo inside of them. The LEGO Movie stars Chris Pratt as Emmet, an unpopular Lego minifigure who gets mistaken for a masterbuilder and gets taken on an extremely cool adventure featuring a slew of characters from the LEGO canon, including LEGO Batman (Will Arnett), 1980 spaceman Benny (Charlie Day), pirate Metal Beard (Ron Swanson) and a lovely lady LEGO named Wyldstyle (Elizabeth Banks). The gang, Emmet included, decides to ban together and join one another for a mission against bad guy President Business (Will Ferrell), who really wants to glue down the world so different factions of LEGOs can no longer interact.
The film’s twist ending, refreshing jokes and an awesome theme song by Tegan and Sara and the Lonely Island have made it a favorite among audiences of multiple ages (and made a sequel a no-brainer). And, since we can’t pass up an opportunity to engage with "Everything is Awesome," here it is: Fans will be able to purchase the flick in a variety of formats, but it should be noted that The LEGO Movie isn’t getting an early Digital release. Instead, all formats will hit homes on June 17. If you aren’t a fan of Digital copies, you can choose from a standard Blu-ray combo pack, a 2-Disc Special Edition DVD and the "Everything is Awesome" Blu-ray Edition, which will come with a few extras for fans. Basically, with the "Everything is Awesome" Edition, you are paying for an exclusive LEGO Vitruvius minifigure, one extra bonus feature, and a collectible Emmet photo. All the different copies of the film are already available for pre-order over at Amazon. Before you order, you can check out the complete list of bonus features (collectibles not included), below.
Or you can check out a blooper reel from the movie before its official release. The LEGO Movie Blu-ray Combo Pack and DVD 2-Disc Special Edition Batman: A True Artist Michelangelo and Lincoln: History Cops Bringing LEGO® to Life "Everything is Awesome" Sing-Along Stories from the Story Team Fan-Made Films: Top Secret Submissions The LEGO Movie Everything is Awesome Edition Exclusive Extra All the Blu-ray and DVD Extras PLUS Dream Job: Meet The LEGO® Builders Blended From Around The WebSign in or Subscribe. Bull Moose’s Lego ‘fire walk’ becomes social media sensation The South Portland store's promotion takes off with a Facebook post by George Takei of 'Star Trek' fame. SOUTH PORTLAND — It may be the only photo on the Internet that can make your feet hurt. Or, as George Takei of “Star Trek” fame wrote in a Facebook post Thursday, “The LEGO Firewalk is more treacherous than any fire …” And with that, a photo from Bull Moose’s South Portland store went viral, with 186,000 likes and 76,600 shares on Takei’s Facebook page alone.
The photo shows a 12-foot-long carpet covered with sharp plastic Lego pieces. People who braved the treacherous path barefoot (no socks allowed) snatched the Lego movie at the store for about $10, half the regular price of about $20. The “fire walk” lasted for only an hour Tuesday, the date of the DVD’s release. The Legos were cleaned up Tuesday night. “We thought it was a fun thing to do that would be popular locally,” said store manager Mick Pratt, who took the photo. “Did I think George Takei would repost a photo I’ve taken in my lifetime? No, I didn’t think that would be a thing.” Lifting a line from the movie, he said, “It’s true: Everything is awesome.” Pratt posted the photo on Bull Moose’s Tumblr blog, where it got shared almost 53,000 times before someone posted it to Imgur, where it got a shocking 1.2 million views. From there, the photo went to Reddit, where it got about 2,500 upvotes and hundreds of comments, including, “My love of Lego overcomes the pain Lego inflicts.”
At some point on the viral trail, one of Takei’s fans sent him the photo, which he reposted. Pratt said the best part of his photo going viral is that one of the store’s employees, Katrina Vaughan, built the Lego cutouts of the characters Unikitty, Emmet and Benny that decorated the end of the walk. “Her art is making it around the world,” Pratt said. When the promotion started at 5 p.m. Tuesday, a dozen people were already in line at the start of the fire walk, mostly small children whose parents had to sign waivers before their tiny, fleshy toes could press onto the notoriously prickly bricks. Sam Ellis, 24, of Portland walked the brick road for the discount. “Four kids went before me,” she said. “They were kind of nervous. Bull Moose staff handed out Lego-shaped chocolate candies, so they felt better after that.” On a scale of one to 10, Ellis ranked the Lego-induced pain at just a 2. “I would do it again for the sequel,” she said.
Heather Steeves can be contacted at 791-6335 or at: Were you interviewed for this story? If so, please fill out our accuracy form Send questions/comments to the editors.There is now a release date of June 17, 2014 for us to get our copy of The LEGO Movie. There are a number of versions that you can choose from. If you’re not into all the fancy stuff that the movie comes with, there is the regular DVD + UltraViolet Combo Pack. The next version up is the Blu-ray + DVD + UltraViolet Combo Pack. There are special features on the Blu-Ray which includes featurettes like “Bringing LEGO To Life!,” Director/Star Commentary, Outtakes, “Everything is Awesome” Sing-Along, and more. Target has an exclusive for the same version of the Blu-Ray above but includes the “Meet the Characters” book. The final version is the Everything is Awesome Edition. This version includes the Blu-Ray, DVD, UltraViolet Digial HD, a Vitruvius minifigure, a collectible 3D Emmet photo, and bonus 3D movie.