Legends of Chima (film)

The Lego Chima Movie is a 2025 computer-animated, comedy, adventure, action and fantasy film, produced by Warner Animation Group and distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures and Universal Pictures. based on the televisison series of the same name. It the ninth film in the LEGO Extended Universe, and the third installment of Wave Two. The film was released on August 28, 2025 internationally and on September 13, 2025 in the United States.

The film is directed by Charlie Bean and George Miller and stars Scott Shantz, David Attar, Bethany Brown, Bill Courage (returning for their respective leading roles from the original series), Bryce Dallas Howard, Daniella Pineda and Nick Robinson.

A sequel, The LEGO Chima Movie: Legends, will be released on February 29, 2031.

Synopsis
LEGO's The Lego Chima Movie is an action-packed, epic fantasy adventure that expands everything we've seen so far in LEGO movies into unexplored terrain and biome, from a kingdom at war over a thousand-year-old sustenance to a prince that together with their few allies, they must fight to make this world peaceful again.

Production
In 2015, After the LEGO theme was canceled and their respective series ending 3 total seasons in 2014, plans were shelved at the time to produce a spinoff film for television and DVD.

In 2016, it was revealed that a movie titled "Time of Heroes" sequel to Legends of Chima was scheduled to be released on Christmas 2015.

In May 2020, Warner Bros. regained the film rights to LEGO and the idea of ​​adapting old canceled original LEGO themes began to unfold.

In February 2021, Dan Lin spoke about the upcoming productions in development and what they planned to do in this time period during the so-called "Wave Two": "Chima, it's something we've talked about and it's one of the projects that definitely They will come out. It's a great theme, with great characters and a fantastic story that can be expanded. As the development team we want to show that stories that seem encapsulated can be liked by people. "

In October 2022 during New York Comic-Con 2022, the main cast was presented, most of them returning from their original appeles, the official logo and the release date were presented, being September 12, 2025.

In December 2022, Charlie Bean and George Miller joined as directors and Joe Robert Cole began writing a script..

The Lego Chima Movie premiered at the Gibson Amphitheater in Universal City, California, on August 28, 2025, and opened in the United States on September 13, as part of Wave Two of LEU. It received generally favorable to mixed reviews, receiving praise for the animation and soundtrack although it was considered an unfavorable critical response compared to previous films. The film grossed $ 379.8 million worldwide against a budget of between 70 and 66 million, a box office below expectations. There was talk of a possible sequel but the plans were eventually canceled.