Get Daily Blu-ray Deals * We do not share your email and you may opt out at any time. Meet The Characters From THE LEGO BATMAN MOVIE In New “Behind The Bricks” Featurette Go behind the scenes of THE LEGO BATMAN MOVIE to meet the film’s cast of iconic characters and hear their unique perspectives on the adventure they take together and learning to work as team to save Gotham City. THE LEGO BATMAN MOVIE comes to cinemas Feb 10. In the irreverent spirit of fun that made “The LEGO® Movie” a worldwide phenomenon, the self-described leading man of that ensemble—LEGO® Batman—stars in his own big-screen adventure. But there are big changes brewing in Gotham, and if he wants to save the city from The Joker’s hostile takeover, Batman may have to drop the lone vigilante thing, try to work with others and maybe, just maybe, learn to lighten up. Will Arnett reprises his starring role from “The LEGO Movie” as the voice of LEGO Batman, aka Bruce Wayne.
Zach Galifianakis (the “Hangover” films, “Muppets Most Wanted”) stars as The Joker; Michael Cera (TV’s “Arrested Development”) as the orphan Dick Grayson; Rosario Dawson (TV’s “Daredevil”) as Barbara Gordon; and Ralph Fiennes (the “Harry Potter” films) as Alfred. For more information on The LEGO® Batman™ Movie ← Previous Story Ryan Coogler’s BLACK PANTHER Begins Production – Stars Chadwick Boseman Next Story → Writer Christopher Hawthorne on the Casting of Randy Quaid in PARENTS – The Vestron Horror Classic We're sorry, but chat isn't available at the moment. Agents may be helping other customers or Live Chat may be closed. Join Emmet and an unlikely group of resistance fighters in their quest to thwart Lord Business' evil plans. Join Emmet and an unlikely group of resistance fighters in their heroic quest to thwart Lord Business’ evil plans, a mission that Emmet is hopelessly and hilariously unprepared for.
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If anyone could make a film about LEGOs work, it’s Lord and Miller, and that’s just what they’ve done with their witty and inspired take on the classic toys – but how did they actually make it, well, work? Despite looking curiously as if the entire thing was made from actual LEGOs, ‘The LEGO Movie’ is a mostly traditionally-animated affair with some special touches. Though the film is not a stop-motion endeavor, Miller and Lord did draw their initial inspirations from fan-made “brick films” that utilize actual LEGOs to build out their settings and characters. Using real LEGOs for the film was, quite simply, extremely cost prohibitive, as the New York Times notes that “it would have cost millions of dollars for the bricks alone,” and considering that even a relatively small ‘LEGO Movie’ branded playset will cost you a cool thirteen dollars for just over one hundred pieces, that estimate is right on the money. Instead of going full-LEGO, Miller and Lord went for CG animation that mixes in real LEGO sets for some added veracity.
Co-director Chris Miller addressed some questions about the film’s animation technique directly on Twitter, saying: @DrewAtHitFix it was mostly CG with some stop motion & also some real LEGO still sets comped in. But Animal Logic made the CG photoreal.— Chris Miller (@chrizmillr) February 3, 2014 Using computer-drawn 3D animation allowed ‘The LEGO Movie’ team to utilize the same techniques of other animated films. The process for crafting ‘The LEGO Film’ by way was relatively standard – the animation team started with a fully hand-drawn version of the script, before moving into what is known as “layout” (a rough animation that centers on imagining both character and “camera” placement), followed by actual animation, and then lighting and grading (which turns flat animation into something nuanced and very real-looking). They also used a modeling program that approximated the experience of snapping LEGOs together, one so intelligent that it would reject brick combinations that wouldn’t work in real life.
Of course, the ‘LEGO’ team also spent plenty of time playing with actual LEGOs, including building models of vehicles like Bad Cop/Good Cop’s police vehicle, and even a larger-scale piece like Metalbeard’s giant pirate ship. The actual LEGO model for Metalbeard's pirate ship alongside the computerized rendering. The animation team didn’t just mix it up with big LEGO set pieces though, they actually put whole batches of LEGO minifigs under a microscope to examine them, to encourage their maximum understanding of how they are put together, how they move, and what they really look like. Perhaps some of the confusion regarding the realism of the LEGOs in the film is due to, well, the seemingly very realistic look of the Legos in the film – animated or actual. As the Times notes: Research went into exploring how many digital smudges and thumbprints would go on the figures and even how much virtual dandruff should be in the shot. The aim was to make the pieces look as if they had been played with out in the real world, not to make them pristine and perfect.