The First ‘The Lego Batman Movie’ Images Are Here; Trailer Comes Out This Wednesday
“We’re makingAbout a Boyas directed by Michael Mann.” If that quote doesn’t raise your hopes and dreams forThe Lego Batman Movie, then what will? Funnily enough, both Christopher NolanandThe Lego Batman Moviedirector,Chris McKay, were inspired by Mann’s filmography for their Batman films — but obviously we should expect aslightlymore comedic spin on the director’s crime movies in this instance.
The above quote comes from McKay, who describes this Batman (voiced byWill Arnett) as “an island onto himself.” Read what else McKay and Arnett had to say about the film, and check out the firstThe Lego Batman Movieimages, below.
Arnett returns to the role of Batman, following up his voice work as the Caped Crusader inThe Lego Movie. This time he’s joined by some familiar names, including Alfred Pennyworth (Ralph Fiennes), Batgirl/Barbara Gordon (Rosario Dawson), Robin/Dick Grayson (Michael Cera), The Joker (Zach Galifianakis), and potentially more.
Here are the first few images fromThe Lego Batman Movie(courtesy ofUSA Today):
TheLego Batman Movieposesthe question: can Batman be happy? The Dark Knight’s life of solitude gets turned upside down when he’s introduced to Dick Grayson and Barbara Gordon. Despite Bruce Wayne’s relationship with his butler, the character is comfortable with his lonely, dark and gritty lifestyle.
Along with the first look at the film, USA Today also got to speak with McKay and Arnett about what to expect. Arnett describedThe Lego Batman Movieas an opportunity to humanize Batman in animated form:
The Batcave is even better than we remembered it, it’s awesome. But I also love getting into the ho-hum day-to-day of being Batman and what it’s like to fight crime each day. Like the idea of Batman oversleeping his alarm clock makes me laugh. It really does humanize him.
Chris McKay, who worked onThe Lego Movie, realized how popular Lego Batman was shortly following the release ofThe Lego Movie; he kept having the character’s lines quoted back to him. With thefirstLego Movie spinoff, McKay wanted to “build a big movie around this character” and make a movie “we would want to see.”
The director is currently hard at work on the film in Australia, creating an entire, 3-D Lego Gotham. McKay added they’re “going deep into Batman’s world,” and obviously Superman (Channing Tatum), Green Lantern (Jonah Hill), and Wonder Woman (Cobie Smulders) are a part of Batman’s world. The director says there will be an exhaustive amount of cameos, so maybe we’ll see those Lego superheroes return for thisAbout a Boyand Michael Mann mashup.
The trailer forThe Lego Batman Moviedrops online this Wednesday. The animated filmopensin theatersFebruary 10th, 2017.
