“The
LEGO® Movie,” the first-ever, full-length theatrical LEGO® adventure,
from Warner Bros. Pictures and
Village Roadshow Pictures, opens in theaters beginning February 7, 2014.
Directed by Phil Lord &
Christopher Miller (“21 Jump
Street,” “Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs”), it stars Chris Pratt, Will Ferrell,
Elizabeth Banks, Will Arnett, Nick Offerman, Alison Brie and Charlie Day, with
Liam Neeson and Morgan Freeman.
The original 3D computer animated story follows Emmet, an ordinary,
rules-following, perfectly average LEGO minifigure who is mistakenly identified
as the most extraordinary person and
the key to saving the world. He is
drafted into a fellowship of strangers on an epic quest to stop an evil tyrant,
a journey for which Emmet is hopelessly and hilariously underprepared.
Chris Pratt (“Moneyball”) stars as
the voice of Emmet. Will Ferrell (“The
Campaign”) stars as the voice of his primary adversary, President Business, an
erudite, anal-retentive CEO who has a hard time balancing world domination with
micro-managing his own life; while Liam Neeson (“Taken” and “Taken 2,” Oscar
nominee for “Schindler’s List”) voices the president’s powerful henchman, known
as Bad Cop, who will stop at nothing to catch Emmet.
Starring as Emmet’s fellow travelers
are Oscar® winner Morgan Freeman (“Million Dollar Baby”), as
Vitruvius, an old mystic; Elizabeth Banks (“The Hunger Games,” Emmy nominee for
“30 Rock”), as tough-as-nails Wyldstyle,
who mistakes Emmet for the savior of the world and guides him on his
quest; Will Arnett (Emmy nominee, “30
Rock”), as the mysterious Batman, a LEGO minifigure with whom Wyldstyle
shares a history; Nick Offerman (NBC’s “Parks and Recreation”) as a craggy,
swaggering pirate obsessed with revenge on President Business; Alison Brie
(NBC’s “Community”) as a sweet, loveable member of the team, with a powerful
secret and Charlie Day, as the spaceman Benny.
Directors Phil Lord & Christopher Miller also wrote the screenplay,
from a story by Dan Hageman & Kevin Hageman and Phil Lord & Christopher
Miller, based on LEGO construction toys.
It will incorporate some of the LEGO world’s most popular figures while
introducing several new characters, inviting fans who have enjoyed the brand’s
innovative toys and hugely popular video games for generations to experience
their visually unique LEGO world as never seen before.
Emmy Award winner Chris McKay (“Robot Chicken”) serves as animation
co-director.
“The LEGO Movie” will be produced by
Dan Lin (“Sherlock Holmes,” “Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows”) and Roy Lee
(“The Departed,” “How to Train Your Dragon”).
“The LEGO Movie” will be distributed
by Warner Bros. Pictures, a Warner Bros. Entertainment Company, and in select
territories by Village Roadshow Pictures.
