Lego Dimensions (film)

The Lego Dimensions Movie is a 2022 computer-animated, comedy, adventure and action film produced by Warner Animation Group and distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures and Universal Pictures. The film is a sequel to The Lego Movie, The Lego Batman Movie, The Lego Ninjago Movie, The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part and The Billion Brick Race. It is the sixth film in the LEGO Extended Universe, and the sixth and final installment of Wave One. The film was released on August 22, 2022 internationally and on September 4, 2022 in the United States.

The film is written and directed by Phill Lord and Christopher Miller and stars Chris Pratt as Emmet, Elizabeth Banks as Wyldstyle/Lucy, Batman as Batman/Bruce Wayne, Michael Cera as Dick Grayson/Robin, Rosario Dawson as Barbara Gordon/Batgirl, Elijah Wood as Brody Reyes, Emma Stone as Jane Dangerburger, Zach Woods as Zane, Dave Franco as Lloyd and Samuel L. Jackson as "The Beginning".

The film spawned one director's cut: The Lego Dimensions Movie: Original Cut in 2027, and two sequels: The Lego Dimensions Movie: Episode I  in 2028, and The Lego Dimensions Movie: Episode II in 2029.

Synopsis
LEGO in association with Warner Bros. and Universal Pictures, present LEGO's The Lego Dimensions Movie; which shows us that when an interdimensional rivalry begins that threatens to endanger the safety of everyone in the multiverse, the greatest heroes are urgently united as they face the greatest test yet, as the fate of everything before the war depends on their actions.

Cast

 * Chris Pratt as Emmet.
 * Elizabeth Banks as Wyldstyle/Lucy
 * Elijah Wood as Brody Reyes
 * Will Arnett as Bruce Wayne/Batman
 * Dave Franco as Lloyd
 * Michael Cera as Dick Grayson/Robin
 * Rosario Dawson as Barbara Gordon/Batgirl
 * Michael Peña as Kai.
 * Alison Brie as Princess Unikitty
 * Charlie Day as Benny
 * Stephanie Beatriz as General Sweet Mayhem
 * Morgan Freeman as Vitruvius
 * Jenny Slate as Harley Quinn
 * Samuel L. Jackson as "The Beginning"
 * Ralph Fiennes as Alfred Pennyworth
 * Kumail Nanjiani as Jay
 * Tiffany Haddish as la Reina Watevra Wa'Nabi
 * Emma Stone as Jane Dangerburger
 * Anika Noni Rose as Frankie Reyes
 * Zach Woods as Zane
 * Abbi Jacobson as Nya
 * Dwayne Johnson as Mr. Wonderful

Post-credits scenes
''In a Post-Credits Scene, a severely damaged X-PO is seen arriving abruptly next to "Amoh" Lord Vortech, where it suddenly shuts down and displays large holograms of the Battle for Peace in Metropolis (the film's final battle) and other images about it untimely crisis between dimensions. Vortech just says, "I will control their power."''

Production
In 2018, a fourth spin-off of The Lego Movie reserved for 2022 was announced. It had a significant number of changes, with different ideas scrapped and altered, although most of it went into discard before starting to develop the final script. The project was then put on hiatus due to the recovery of LEGO's film rights between 2019 and 2020, where it was placed in development limbo, leaving the creative side to Warner Bros Pictures.

After that deal, Phill Lord and Christopher Miller almost completely rewrote the film's script, finishing it definitively in February 2021 before starting production.

The casting reached its final stages in early 2021 with Phill Lord and Christopher Miller intending for the film to include all the supporting characters from the individual films, commenting: "We want to do our version of the super crossover video game with the characters that we have, we want to feel that everything we've seen so far interacts in a definitive way. "

Theatrical
The Lego Dimensions Movie had its world premiere at the Regency Village Theater in Los Angeles on August 22, 2022 and opened in the United States on September 6, 2022. It was the last film released on LEU's Wave One.

Box Office
The Lego Dimensions Movie raised $ 457.6 million in the United States and Canada, and $ 298.6 million internationally, for a worldwide total of $ 756.2 million, becoming the twenty-first highest grossing animated film of all time, one of the highest grossing films of 2022, the highest grossing film produced by Warner Animation Group and it entered the top 25 of Warner Bros. grossing films at the time of its premiere. In addition, it was the first production based on interactive LEGO bricks to generate more than 400 million dollars.

Critical response
Review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes reported a 94% approval rating, with an average score of 8.9 / 10, based on 534 reviews. The website's critical consensus reads: "Thanks to the movie's glorious unification, its awe-inspiring script, and a host of surprises, even for a LEGO movie, The Lego Dimensions Movie lives up to its predecessors, capturing to the perfection that has been built since The Lego Movie (2014) and continues to raise more and more expectations for the brand's films. " Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 81 out of 100 based on 79 reviews, indicating "favorable reviews." Audiences surveyed by CinemaScore gave the film an uncommon grade of "A +" on a scale of "A + to F".

Sequels
Further information: Lego Extended Universe

The Lego Dimensions Movie: Original Cut
Main article: The Lego Dimensions Movie: Original Cut

A director's cut, titled The Lego Dimensions Movie: Original Cut was written and directed by Phill Lord and Christopher Miller, and released on August 8, 2027. It had much more content than the final cut.

The Lego Dimensions Movie: Episode I
Main article: The Lego Dimensions Movie: Episode I

The Lego Dimensions Movie: Episode I was written and directed by Phill Lord and Christopher Miller and was released on September 10, 2028. Much of the cast from the first two films return, with additional cast and characters joining from other LEU films.

The Lego Dimensions Movie: Episode II
Main article: The Lego Dimensions Movie: Episode II

The Lego Dimensions Movie: Episode II, again written and directed by Phill Lord and Christopher Miller, was released on September 9, 2029.

Extra

 * Emmett says "Does New York still exist there? The last time I remember seeing him he was also being attacked by strange colored aliens", referring to The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part and its prologue, in addition to recalling the fact that the Statue of Liberty was found in the movie.
 * When the "Restoration Mission" is planned in the Fortress of Solitude, Brody tells Batman that "he was chased by a lot of FBI officers a while ago, some guys in ridiculous disguises won't do anything to him" and he replies that " those guys in ridiculous costumes almost made an entire city disappear into nothingness ", referencing the events that occurred in The Lego Batman Movie (2017) and The Billion Brick Race (2019).
 * Part of the film subtly picks up Lucy's open arc in The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part (2019), with some scenes of Lucy and Emmet referencing it to each other.
 * Lloyd claims that his dad had a giant robot, referring to the GarmaBot Ultra from The Lego Ninjago Movie (2017)