The Lego Movie is a 2014 computer-animated comedy film written and
directed by Phil Lord and Christopher Miller from a story by Lord,
Miller, and Dan and Kevin Hageman. Based on the Lego line of
construction toys, its story focuses on an ordinary Lego minifigure
who finds himself helping a resistance movement stop a tyrannical
businessman from gluing everything in the Lego world into his vision
of perfection. Chris Pratt, Will Ferrell, Elizabeth Banks, Will
Arnett, Nick Offerman, Alison Brie, Charlie Day, Liam Neeson, and
Morgan Freeman provide their voices for the film's main characters.
The film was dedicated to Kathleen Fleming, the former director of
entertainment development of the Lego company, following her death in
Cancún, Mexico, in April 2013.The first film produced by the Warner
Animation Group, The Lego Movie was released on February 7, 2014 by
Warner Bros. Pictures. It became a critical and commercial success,
grossing $468 million worldwide against its $60 million budget, and
received praise for its animation, acting, story, and humor. The film
won the BAFTA Award for Best Animated Film, the Critics' Choice Movie
Award for Best Animated Feature, and the Saturn Award for Best
Animated Film; it was also nominated for the Golden Globe Award for
Best Animated Feature Film and received an Academy Award nomination
for Best Original Song for "Everything Is Awesome".The film has since
expanded into a major franchise which ties into the Lego brand, with
the sequel The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part released in 2019. The
spin-off films The Lego Batman Movie and The Lego Ninjago Movie were
both released in 2017, while a 4D film based on the film itself,
entitled The Lego Movie: 4D â€" A New Adventure, was released to
Legoland parks across the world after its premiere at Legoland Florida
in 2016. A 2-D animated TV series, featuring the character Unikitty,
premiered on Cartoon Network in 2017.
directed by Phil Lord and Christopher Miller from a story by Lord,
Miller, and Dan and Kevin Hageman. Based on the Lego line of
construction toys, its story focuses on an ordinary Lego minifigure
who finds himself helping a resistance movement stop a tyrannical
businessman from gluing everything in the Lego world into his vision
of perfection. Chris Pratt, Will Ferrell, Elizabeth Banks, Will
Arnett, Nick Offerman, Alison Brie, Charlie Day, Liam Neeson, and
Morgan Freeman provide their voices for the film's main characters.
The film was dedicated to Kathleen Fleming, the former director of
entertainment development of the Lego company, following her death in
Cancún, Mexico, in April 2013.The first film produced by the Warner
Animation Group, The Lego Movie was released on February 7, 2014 by
Warner Bros. Pictures. It became a critical and commercial success,
grossing $468 million worldwide against its $60 million budget, and
received praise for its animation, acting, story, and humor. The film
won the BAFTA Award for Best Animated Film, the Critics' Choice Movie
Award for Best Animated Feature, and the Saturn Award for Best
Animated Film; it was also nominated for the Golden Globe Award for
Best Animated Feature Film and received an Academy Award nomination
for Best Original Song for "Everything Is Awesome".The film has since
expanded into a major franchise which ties into the Lego brand, with
the sequel The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part released in 2019. The
spin-off films The Lego Batman Movie and The Lego Ninjago Movie were
both released in 2017, while a 4D film based on the film itself,
entitled The Lego Movie: 4D â€" A New Adventure, was released to
Legoland parks across the world after its premiere at Legoland Florida
in 2016. A 2-D animated TV series, featuring the character Unikitty,
premiered on Cartoon Network in 2017.
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