The Lego Movie 3

The Lego Movie 3 is an upcoming American computer-animated comedy film produced by Warner Animation Group and distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures. Directed and written by Phil Lord and Christopher Miller it is the sequel to The Lego Movie (2014) and The Lego Movie 2 (2017) and the 7th feature film in the LEGO Extended Universe (LEU). Will be produced by Roy Lee and Dan Lin and stars Chris Pratt, Elizabeth Banks, Will Arnett, Stephanie Beatriz, Alison Brie, Nick Offerman and Charley Day.

The film is scheduled for release in the United States on February 2, 2024.

Cast

 * Chris Pratt as Emmet Brickowsky
 * Elizabeth Banks as Lucy / Wyldstyle
 * Will Arnett as Batman
 * Alison Brie as Unikitty
 * Charlie Day as Benny

Development
Following the release of The Lego Movie 2, Phil Lord and Christopher Miller expressed interest in returning to direct and write a third film. By then they had discussed what they would want in a possible third film. For 2018, both prepared treatments, however, they decided to change the narrative to be a science fiction adventure that they began to develop in the following months. At that time the production was slow, due to the tight schedule of the directors. They cited a lack of time to direct and write as a reason the film's development was convoluted in the early stages.

On January 14, 2020, Warner Bros. Pictures officially announced the film, with a release date of early 2024. Dan Lin and Roy Lee were announced as producers a month later, with Lord and Miller serving as executive producers and John August contacted to work on the story with them. By the end of June, Lord and Miller had finished a first "volume" of the script they had been working on since 2018, when they got into an argument with August about its plot, who found it interesting and striking. Later that month it was confirmed that Chris Pratt and Elizabeth Banks would be returning, reprising their lead roles from the previous films.

Writing
Lord and Miller began actively working on the script in April 2020. The following month in a interview, Miller described the project as a character adventure of its own, though it could also act as a follow-up to 2022's Lego Dimensions. In July, they stated that in the course of writing they turned the film's tone into "an amalgamation" of classic 70s and 80s sci-fi films, comparing them to Steven Spielberg productions, also citing films such as Star Wars, Back to the Future and ET the Extra-Terrestrial as influences, they further mentioned that the film would be "retro" in nature and have a classic-neon aesthetic.

While writing, the approach was to include exposition scenes, with each moment as a driving force in its own right. The plot of the film is mainly influenced by Alien and The Thing. The first two character-focused acts were developed, albeit in producer Lin's words "hectic, frenetic and on a grand scale throughout", with a third act featuring more over-the-top action. According to Lord, the plot of an alien invasion and science fiction setting gave them the freedom to create an almost psychotic and hallucinatory environment. According to Lord, the unnamed alien villains form a larger mythology that is explored in the film, and makes them bigger, darker, and scarier. By December 2020 the script was finished.

Animation and desing
In February 2021, production was scheduled to begin that same year at the Animal Logic studio in Vancouver, Canada and by May it entered the process after various screenings and suggestions, and a three-month evaluation.

Release
The Lego Movie 3 is scheduled to be released in the United States on February 2, 2024.