With a boatload of comic cameos and a witty story, The LEGO Movie continues to rock the box office. So, want to take a deeper look into its awesomely blocky world?Some concept art from the film has trickled out via a few different venues, and we’ve pulled it together below (Be warned: SPOILERS). We get a better look at the mishmash submarine created by the master builders, a ton of alternate designs for WyldStyle, and some CGI concepts of the entire LEGO world. It’s cool to get a feel for the scope of it all, especially after seeing it all chopped up into seperate locales in the movie.Check out the concept art below, and keep in mind that the design software used to create the film was programmed to only allow objects, backdrops, buildings and locations that could be make using real LEGO blocks. So, theoretically, you could recreate the entire film with real LEGOs. Now, isn’t that awesomely meta?(Via New York Times, Comic Book Movie, io9) Contribute to This PageConcept Artist / Designer: Toby Grime
I was part part of Art Department at Animal Logic producing illustration work, photography of actual Lego builds/sets/signage etc, animated screen graphics, VFX elements and miscellaneous graphic design. Also knocked up some fun t-shirt designs for the crew shirts... can't go home without a crew shirt. Some of the drawings I made for the film... sometimes its ok to draw like a kid. The LEGO® BATMAN MOVIE: The Making of the Movie£16.99 Open this fascinating LEGO® Batman™ book and discover how The LEGO® Batman™ Movie was made. Beautifully illustrated, The Making of The LEGO® Batman™ is packed with information on how your favourite LEGO Batman™ heroes, villains, vehicles and locations were created for the movie. Explore each development stage of the movie from the initial idea and storyboarding to recording the dialogue and special effects. Featuring lavish spreads of concept art, sketches, inspiration and LEGO builds, this is a must-have for fans of LEGO Batman™ and The LEGO Movie.
DK Reader Level 1: The LEGO® BATMAN MOVIE Team Batman DC Comics Batman Adventures of the Dark Knight The LEGO Batman MovieAmazon has updated the covers and descriptions on a lot of The LEGO Batman Movie books that will accompany the film and the one that interests me most is The LEGO Batman Movie: The Making of the Movie. I really enjoy books that go behind the scenes of how the movies were created and this book will deliver that. The LEGO Batman Movie: The Making of the Movie has 200 pages and will retail for $24.99. Although it won’t be available until February 14, 2017, you can pre-order it now on Amazon and get the pre-order price guarantee which means you’ll get the lowest price between your order time and release. Journey beyond the on-screen world of The LEGO® Batman™ Movie and get an inside look at how the animated movie was created with The LEGO® Batman™ Movie: The Making of the Movie. Packed with stunning concept art, sketches, artwork, inspiration, and LEGO builds, the book tells the fascinating story of how The LEGO Batman Movie was made.
Find out how your favorite heroes, villains, vehicles, and locations were created for the movie. Learn about each development stage of the movie, from the initial idea and storyboarding to recording the dialogue and special effects. Created in full collaboration with the LEGO Group and Warner Bros., The Making of The LEGO Batman Movie features exclusive insights from the filmmakers, animators, LEGO designers, and actors.Shane Prigmore posted concept art for Wildstyle/Lucy Lego: Lucy (Wildstyle) was conceived as a rebel with a tendency to try a little to hard (in life and in looks). There was a lot of discussion on what that could mean visually, and above are just a few of my early explorations.While franchises have always been a popular draw for Hollywood studios, the success of superhero films and shared universes have made them the go-to model for blockbuster filmmaking. While comics and Star Wars may seem like obvious properties to build a series around, another subgenre has begun emerging: movies based on toys.
Though the G.I. Joe franchise never really took off, Transformers is going strong, with a new entry in The Last Knight just on the horizon. From there, they’ll be spinning out side stories and trying to craft a shared continuity. Meanwhile, LEGO has emerged as a surprise entry into the burgeoning field of blockbuster toy movies. After finding years of success and renewed relevance with their various branded video games, critics and audiences alike were taken aback by just how good The LEGO Movie was when it debuted in 2014. The film made Phil Lord and Chris Miller Hollywood’s ‘it’ writing and directing duo, and began plans for a series of films based on the tiny toys. Proving that the success of the first film was far from a fluke, The LEGO Batman Movie has been doing exceedingly well at the box office over the past few weeks. Later this year, LEGO Ninjago will try its luck. Most eyes, however, are on The LEGO Movie Sequel due out in 2019. Chris McKay, the director of LEGO Batman and an editor and animation producer on the first LEGO Movie was on the most recent episode of the Shanlian on Batman podcast (h/t Heroic Hollywood) where he discussed the status of the sequel and how it will change up its formula.
“LEGO 2 is going to be this big musical and space action movie. They need a lot of the writing, a lot of development, not only with script development, but development with songwriters. So it was very ambitious to get that movie out.” Given how adored the “Everything is Awesome” song from the first film is, it’s no surprise that the producers and writers of the movie would want to expand on its success. And over the years, everything from Disney’s Frozen to the recent La La Land have proven that audiences are still hungry for musicals. Add in the boom in science fiction films with movies like Arrival, Guardians of the Galaxy, Rogue One, and The Martian, and moving some of the action to space makes sense as well. There’s no word yet on whether McKay will be involved with the new movie, but he’ll likely be pretty busy. It was recently announced that he’d be helming a live-action take on Nightwing, the alter-ego of Batman’s former sidekick Dick Grayson.