The Lego Movie 3

The Lego Movie 3: The Third Part (released and publicized only as The Lego Movie 3) is a 2024 computer-animated comedy adventure film produced by Warner Animation Group and Universal Animation Studios and distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures and Universal Pictures. It is the sequel to The Lego Movie (2014) and The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part (2019) and the seventh film in the LEGO Extended Universe (LEU). It was directed and written by Phil Lord and Christopher Miller and starring Chris Pratt, Elizabeth Banks, Will Arnett, Charlie Day, Guy Pearce, Stéphanie Szostak Alison Brie, Nick Offermanm Rebecca Hall and Will Ferrell.

After the release of The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part in February 2019, the trajectory to make another sequel was in much discussion after the previous film's moderate box office ($ 329.3 million), along with the re purchase of the film rights to LEGO. Plans would not begin until 2021 and it was not presented until October 2022 during New York Comic-Con along with other projects. A few months later it was made official that Phill Lord and Christopher Miller would return this time directors and writers and the release date was announced, February 14, 2024.

The Lego Movie 3 opened at the Regency Village Theater in Los Angeles on February 2, 2024 and opened in the United States on February 14, as the first film on Wave Two of LEU. It received positive reviews from critics, with praise for its direction, animation, voice acting, story, humor, action sequences, and great soundtrack. The film was also a huge box office success,far surpassing its two predecessors, with a box office of more than $505 million dollars worldwide against a budget of only $ 90 million ranking at the time, as the second highest grossing film in the LEU (by below The Lego Dimensions Movie; $ 755 million) It also became the sixth highest grossing animated film of 2024.

Synopsis
''LEGO's The Lego Movie 3 presents the new life of Emmet, Lucy and company living a happy and enlightened life without new adventures. But after they realize that monstrous half-animal / half-machine creatures are about to invade everything they know, the team re-unites, and this time no truce.''

Cast

 * Chris Pratt as Emmet Brickowski
 * Elizabeth Banks as Lucy / Wyldstyle
 * Will Arnett as Batman
 * Stephanie Beatriz as General Sweet Mayhem
 * Charlie Day as Benny
 * Cobie Smulders as Wonder Woman
 * Susanne Blakeslee as Alisson
 * Scarlett Johansson as Polly
 * Tiffany Haddish as Queen Watevra Wa'Nab
 * Alison Brie as Unikitty
 * Nick Offerman as MetalBeard
 * Jason Momoa as Aquaman

Little Minions appear at various points but are played by an uncredited actor.

Conexiones y referencias
The Post-Credits scene shows us how they are repairing and cleaning up the destruction in Syspocalypstar and Unikitty speaks to the camera: "there is nothing interesting anymore, bye!"


 * Allusion is made to the events of The Lego Dimensions Movie (2022) on multiple occasions.
 * Lucy made a joke about "escaping from dinosaurs in heels" as a reference to Jurassic World (2015).
 * Emmet has a flashback of Bricksburg, right in the opening scenes of The Lego Movie (2014)

Producción
After the release of The Lego Movie 2, its modest box office but which covered production / marketing expenses and negotiation time after the loss of the film rights to LEGO by Warner Bros. The possible third film deal was still to be discussed. In 2020 the rights were recovered and another sequel to the franchise began to be planned with a release date of February 1, 2024 for the film, which was finally changed to February 14, 2024.

Phill Lord and Christopher Miller are back this time as writers and directors, joint roles they haven't had since The Lego Movie. It was announced in 2021 and was presented along with the list of the other "Wave Two" films at New York Comic-Con in 2022, the year in which its production began, which was completed in 2023 with the support of Animal Logic, company that provided the animation for all the films in the franchise. Phill and Christopher called the film "a technological union with toys, imagine how it would feel in real life to be invaded by rectangular devices with bright screens ... here we take it further".

Teatrical
The Lego Movie 3 premiered at the Regency Village Theater in Los Angeles on February 2, 2024, and screened at CinemaCon 2024. It was the first film released on Wave Two of LEU. In September 2026 it aired on Cable Television.

Home media
The Lego Movie 3 was released in digital download on September 2, 2024, and on Blu-ray, Blu-ray 3D, and DVD on November 13, 2024. The movie was available on HBO Max beginning on November 12, 2024.

Marketing
The first trailer for the film debuted on August 25, 2023, and within hours it became the number three trending topic on Twitter. The trailer was viewed 22 million times in the first 24 hours of release, nearly matching the 26 million views of the Lego Dimensions trailer in 2022. There were positive comments, noting that the movie was "selling as The Lego Movie 3, a unlike The Lego Dimensions Movie 2, "which could help keep the movie's box office expectations in check.

A fake Emmett Twitter account was created, constantly updating his status and promoting "his adventures." After this, Trailers 2 and 3 were announced, which were released in November 2023 and January 2024 respectively.

Reception
The Lego Movie 3 grossed a worldwide total of $ 505 million. Being the ninth highest grossing animated film of 2024, the second highest grossing in the LEU, The Hollywood reporter calculated the film's net profit at $ 140 million, taking into account "production budgets, talent participation and other costs," with gross box office revenue, "featuring in" Most Valuable Blockbusters. "

Critical response
Review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes reported a 90% approval rating, with an average score of 7.8 / 10, based on 326 reviews. The website's critical consensus reads: "The Lego Movie 3 kicks off the next wave of LEGO movies, with an iron fist positioning itself as a new great look at the series that started it all and that to explore inviting themes. the reflection of a current controversial issue in a humorous way that leaves us with great enjoyment of humor, animation and a lot of joy ". Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned a score of 68 out of 100 based on 45 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews." Audiences surveyed by CinemaScore gave the film an "A" rating on a scale from A + to F, while PostTrak viewers reported giving it an 88% overall positive score and a 75% "final recommendation."

Future
According to comments, Lego 3 is the conclusion of the original trilogy that began in 2014 with the first movie in the franchise, and it is expected to be a full stop after this one. Although it is the last independent film, I told myself in September 2024 that it was open to extend the story with the original protagonists.

Wyldstyle
Artículo principal: Wyldstyle

The trilogy had a direct prequel spin-off with "Wyldstye", released in 2028, telling the story of Lucy who brought her to her position in the first movie and exposed what was revealed in the sequel, which was developed in Lego 3. Together to this a miniseries in HBO Max centered in Emmet had planned, that was canceled.