A colorful cast of characters assembles in “The LEGO® Movie,” the first-ever, full-length theatrical LEGO® adventure, from Warner Bros. Pictures and Village Roadshow Pictures.
Directed by Phil Lord & Christopher Miller (“21 Jump Street,” “Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs”), it stars Chris Pratt, Will Ferrell, Elizabeth Banks, Will Arnett, Nick Offerman, Alison Brie and Charlie Day, with Liam Neeson and Morgan Freeman.
Meet the lovable characters that populate the original 3D computer animated story!
EMMET (Chris Pratt). An ordinary, rules-following, perfectly average LEGO minifigure who is mistakenly identified as the most extraordinary person and the key to saving the world. He is drafted into a fellowship of strangers on an epic quest to stop an evil tyrant, a journey for which Emmet is hopelessly and hilariously underprepared.
WYLDSTYLE (Elizabeth Banks). A free spirit who loves pushing boundaries and being creative. She has a strong, independent streak that makes her question when things are wrong. Since she believes Emmet is the “Special” from The Prophecy who’s destined to save Bricksburg, sparks have been flying between them, in spite of herself… and her current boyfriend.
PRESIDENT BUSINESS (Will Ferrell). President Business, an uptight CEO who has ahard time balancing world domination with micro-managing hisown life. He operates a successful business front that createsmusic, TV shows, surveillance systems, history books and votingmachines, in addition to all dairy products and coffee. Secretly,he is Lord Business, the most evil of tyrants who oversees a robotmilitia and attempts to take over the LEGO universe.
VITRUVIUS (Morgan Freeman). An ancient and heroic wizard who prophesizes that a “Special” will defeat Lord Business and become the greatest LEGO Master Builder of all. He tries to teach Emmet that the key to true building is to believe in yourself and follow your own set of instructions inside your head.
BAD COP/GOOD COP (Liam Neeson). Lord Business’s #1 henchman, whose loyalty is tested when he is forced to turn on his own parents. As the story unfolds, it is apparent that there can be a Good Cop inside him as well.
BENNY (Charlie Day). This ‘70s era spaceman suffers from a cracked helmet and lack of oxygen. His first love will always be spaceships but he will do anything to help his fellow LEGO Master Builders.
Directors Phil Lord & Christopher Miller also wrote the screenplay, from a story by Dan Hageman & Kevin Hageman and Phil Lord & Christopher Miller, based on LEGO construction toys. It will incorporate some of the LEGO world’s most popular figures while introducing several new characters, inviting fans who have enjoyed the brand’s innovative toys and hugely popular video games for generations to experience their visually unique LEGO world as never seen before.
Opening across the Philippines on Feb. 6, 2014, “The LEGO Movie” is distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures, a Warner Bros. Entertainment Company.