Lego Batman 2 (film)

The Lego Batman Movie: Villains is a 2025 computer-animated superhero, comedy, adventure and action film, produced by Warner Animation Group, Lego System A / S and co-produced by Illumination, based on characters from the DC Universe created by DC Comics and the LEGO DC Super-Villains video game. The film is a sequel to The Lego Batman Movie and The Lego Dimensions Movie. It is the eighth film in the LEGO Extended Universe, and the second installment of Wave Two. The film was released on January 27, 2025 internationally and on February 4, 2025 in the United States.

The film is directed by Chris Mckay and stars Will Arnett as Bruce Wayne/Batman, Zach Galifianakis as Joker, Michael Cera as Dick Grayson/Robin, Rosario Dawson as Barbara Gordon/Batgirl, Héctor Elizondo as James Gordon, Ralph Fiennes as Alfred Pennyworth, Brandon Routh as Shazam, Mark Rolston as Deathstroke, Fred Tatasciore as Clayface, Matt Villa as Killer Croc and Clancy Brown as Lex Luthor.

Synopsis
After the events of LEGO's The Lego Dimesions Movie, Batman and company continue to fix the disasters caused by catastrophic events, when a group of supervillains known as Crime Syndicate appears that leads the heroes to assume the role of protectors again, without knowing that all that something much bigger is behind everything.

Cast

 * Will Arnett as Bruce Wayne/Batman
 * Michael Cera as Dick Grayson/Robin
 * Rosario Dawson as Barbara Gordon / Batgirl
 * Ralph Fiennes as Alfred Pennyworth
 * Channing Tatum as Superman
 * Cobie Smulders as Wonder Woman

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Production
On December 5, 2018, Chris McKay announced that a sequel to the film was in the works and that he would return to be the director. It was also revealed which film was scheduled to premiere in 2022.

In September 2019, Variety reported that Michael Waldron and Dan Harmon will write the script for The Lego Batman Movie 2. Will Arnet will return in the title role.

In 2020 it was announced that the development of the film had been put on hiatus due to negotiations over the rights to the franchise.

On May 20, McKay announced that Lex Luthor would be in the movie and revealed that Lego Superfriends was a scrapped working title. On October 18, Warner Bros. and Universal Pictures officially delayed the film until after 2022.

On October 7, 2022, at New York Comic-Con, the official logo and release date are displayed, which would be February 4, 2025, along with some discarded sketches.

On August 4, 2024, Will Arnet said that post-production was officially over.

Post-credits scene
''In a scene in the middle of credits, as a prelude to The Lego Chima Movie, a paramo is seen, where different tribes fight each other. Then we see how a golden liquid is secreted into the ground, and we hear how the name "Laval" is pronounced.''