Lego Batman 2 (film)


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The Lego Batman Movie: Villains is a 2025 computer-animated superhero comedy film, produced by Warner Animation Group and distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures and Universal Pictures, based on the DC Comics superhero of the same name and the LEGO DC Super-Villains video game. The film is a sequel to The Lego Batman Movie, and The Lego Dimensions Movie and crossover/sequel to the to the fifth season of Girls Rule. 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.

A sequel, The LEGO Batman Movie: Superfriends, will be released on September 8, 2031.

Synopsis
Three years after The Lego Dimesions Movie, LEGO's The Lego Batman Movie: Villains shows us as the titular hero and company continues to fix the disasters caused by the catastrophic events, when a group of supervillains known as Crime Syndicate appears that leads the heroes to once again assume the role of protectors, without knowing that something greater 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
 * Zach Galifianakis as Joker
 * Jenny Slate as Harley Quinn
 * Riki Lindhome as Poison Ivy
 * Zoë Kravitz as Catwoman
 * Ike Barinholtz as Lex Luthor
 * Michael Ironside as Darkseid
 * Billy Dee Williams as Two-Face
 * Mark Rolston as Deathstroke
 * Nolan North is the voice of Ultraman
 * Gina Torres as Superwoman
 * Jason Marsden as voice of Owlman
 * Anthony Ingruber as Johnny Quick
 * Dee Bradley Baker as Power Ring

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 July 19, 2023, eMckay stated that the majority of voice actors from LEGO DC Super Villains would return to their original roles, including those from Crime Syndicate.

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

Release
The Lego Batman Movie: Villains had its world premiere in Madrid, Spain, on January 27, 2025 and premiered in the United States and Canada on February 4 in 3D and IMAX and was originally scheduled for release on May 12, 2022. The Lego Batman Movie: Villains is part of Wave Two of the LEU.

Post-credits scene
Main Article: List of Post-credits Scenes