![]() ![]() So the first movie was an adventure movie. And what we’re going to do is take our “Lego Movie” approach and approach different genres. “Lego Batman” is not a sequel to the first movie, it’s a standalone movie. What we pitched is that we’re going to build to the sequel. On other Lego movies that are in the works: ![]() So those “pew pews” are not sound effects, they are really the actors making those noises. And so Chris McKay and the actors came up with a “Pew pew!” … It is hilarious. As filmmakers, we don’t want gun violence in our movies, especially family movies. And so we’ve learned that we never want characters to kiss in a Lego movie. In the first movie, we tested it and we tried to even make it funny and moms hated it. On whether Lego has any “red lines” when it comes to things like guns or smoking: Ultimately he’s looking for a family, he’s lonely. We have to set him up in that way, but then you have to show his vulnerability. ‘Cause certainly, too much of that egotistical, selfish character is going to make him an unlikeable character. On the challenge of sustaining Will Arnett’s brash Batman character for an entire movie: We were already doing this version of Lego Batman in the first movie, we’ve now just given him his own movie. It’s kind of a great catchphrase and a great marketing hook, but we certainly weren’t looking at “Deadpool” as a model. I love that people talk about our movie as being like a family version of “Deadpool,” but it’s kind of a coincidence. We were already making this movie before “Deadpool” came out, so we had no idea. On the comparisons between “The Lego Batman Movie” and “Deadpool”: This is actually the time to take even more risks. So the challenge for us is, How do we protect that with just a lot more stakeholders? How do we get them involved? How do we get them involved early? How do we educate them on why we’re doing things? But for us, no, we’re not going to not take risks. If we don’t have creative freedom, and if we don’t take risks, we’re doomed to fail. On whether the success of the first “Lego Movie” meant the filmmakers had less creative freedom on the second film: Will Arnett is the voice of Batman, Michael Cera is Robin and Zach Galifianakis is The Joker.ĭan Lin produced “Lego Batman” and the original “Lego Movie.” He visited The Frame studio to talk about building an unexpectedly successful movie into a film franchise. The next film in what’s become the Lego franchise is “The Lego Batman Movie” and it opens on Feb. Naturally, Warner Brothers wanted a follow up film - actually, several more Lego movies. It also grossed nearly half-a-billion dollars worldwide. The film did help sell Legos, but it also opened to almost universal acclaim. The surprise was partly due to the expectation that the film would be one long commercial for Legos when, in the end, it was a pretty good movie. When “The Lego Movie” premiered in 2014, it was a surprise critical and commercial hit. What ‘The Lego Batman Movie’ has in common with ‘Deadpool’ by John Horn with Michelle Lanz and Monica Bushman | The Frame February 08, 06:46 PM
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