The Lego Movie had a budget of $60 million and has grossed over $275 million at the box office in its first three weeks. It tells the story of an ordinary Lego minifigure who is mistaken for the MasterBuilder and recruited to help stop an evil Lego tyrant from gluing the universe together. The film was directed by Phil Lord and Christopher Miller and produced by Warner Brothers Pictures with animation done primarily by the Australian company Animal Logic. It features the voices of Chris Pratt, Will Arnett, Elizabeth Banks, and Morgan Freeman.

1. The Lego movie
The Lego movie
Director/s
Phil Lord/Christopher Miller
Production company
Warner brothers pictures
Plot summary
An ordinary LEGO minifigure,
mistakenly thought to be the
extraordinary MasterBuilder, is recruited
to join a quest to stop an evil LEGO
tyrant from gluing the universe together.
Cast: actors
Chris Prat,Will Arnett, Elizabeth banks,
Morgan freeman, will Ferrell
Cast: crew/animators
Animal logic (Australian company)
budget
$60 million
Current earnings from box office
$275,515,455! (and it’s still only in it’s
third week)

2. Pre-production
 The film has been in development at Warner Bros. since 2008. By
august of that year, a script was being written and in 2010 the popular
children’s film directors Phil Lord and Chris Miller had been selected to
direct the production.
 Green-lit in 2011 it was said to be released on February 28th 2014*.The
films title was released in march of 2012 and a script written.
 The Lego movie was set up with a pre-existing product to work from.

3. producers
 Roy Lee- creator of Virtigo entertainment and was one of two producers
of the Lego movie.
 Dan Lin- owner and founder of Lin pictures and the Lego movie has
been his first film with him as the producer.

4. production
 The production of the film mostly took place in the hands of Australian
animators: animal logic. These people are currently being referred to as
the unsung heroes of the Lego movie, as they produced 80% of the
animation that you see throughout the film, the rest being left to stop
animation.
 The cast of voice actors is immense with cameos from Channing Tatum
and even Billy Dee Williams (Lando)

5. distribution
 Being a big American production, Distribution is automatically taken
care of by Warner brothers pictures, who are capable to distributing any
film to the massess

8. Technology and audience
 Technology is key to the films success and in-fact the film would be at a
massive loss without it.
 Having come from such a well known brand, the Lego movie developed
large success from all audiences, as it is a film that anyone who had a
childhood can enjoy.

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