The LEGO Batman Movie

The LEGO Batman Movie is a 2017 computer-animated superhero comedy film produced by the Warner Animation Group and distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures. It was directed by Chris McKay, and written by Seth Grahame-Smith, Chris McKenna, Erik Sommers, Jared Stern, and John Whittington, and produced by Dan Lin, Roy Lee, and Phil Lord and Christopher Miller. Based on the Lego Batman toy line, the film is an international co-production of the United States, Australia, and Denmark, the first spin-off installment of The LEGO Movie film series and the second installment overall. The story centers on the DC Comics character Batman as he attempts to overcome his greatest fear to stop the Joker's latest plan. The film features Will Arnett reprising his role as Batman from The LEGO Movie alongside Zach Galifianakis, Michael Cera, Rosario Dawson, and Ralph Fiennes.
The LEGO Batman Movie had its world premiere in Dublin, Ireland on January 29, 2017, and was released in the United States on February 10, 2017. The film was released in 3D, RealD 3D, Dolby Cinema, IMAX, IMAX 3D and 4DX. The film received generally positive reviews from critics for its animation, voice acting, soundtrack, visual style, and humor, and was also commercially successful, having grossed $312 million worldwide against a budget of $80 million.
==Plot==
Within the DC superhero dimension in the Lego universe, Batman continues to protect Gotham City and fight crime. During his latest mission to stop the Joker and Gotham's other supervillains from destroying the city, Batman hurts Joker's feelings by telling him he is not as important in his life as he thinks he is, leading Joker to seek the ultimate revenge on him.
The following day, Batman's alter ego Bruce Wayne attends the city's winter gala, which is celebrating both the retirement of Commissioner Gordon and the ascension of his daughter Barbara as the city's new police commissioner, only to be infuriated by Barbara's plans to restructure the police to function without the need of Batman. Joker crashes the party with the city's other villains, all of whom surrender except Harley Quinn, who disappears during the confusion.
Knowing that Joker is up to no good, Batman plans to steal Superman's Phantom Zone projector , a device that can banish anyone to the Phantom Zone, which houses some of the most dangerous villains in the Lego multiverse, only for Alfred to intervene and advise him to take care of Dick Grayson, whom Batman inadvertently adopted as his son during the gala earlier. Reluctantly agreeing to do so, Batman fosters Dick as Robin, whereupon the pair successfully recovers the projector from the Fortress of Solitude and breaks into Arkham Asylum to send Joker to the Phantom Zone. Suspecting that Joker wanted to be sent there, Barbara locks up Batman and Robin.
While the projector is being seized as evidence, Harley steals it back as part of Joker's plan, and frees him, allowing him to return to Gotham with all the villains he had recruited in the Phantom Zone, including General Zod, King Kong, the Gremlins, the Wicked Witch of the West and her Flying Monkeys, the skeletons from Jason and the Argonauts, the Tyrannosaurus rex and a velociraptor from Jurassic Park, Lord Voldemort, Sauron, the shark from Jaws, the Daleks, Lord Vampyre, the Mummy and the Swamp Creature from Lego Monster Fighters, the kraken from Clash of the Titans, Medusa, and Agent Smith and his clones. Realizing that the city does need him after all, Barbara releases Batman and Robin and teams up with Alfred and them to stop the new threat. Although Batman finds himself able to trust and rely on his new team upon reaching Wayne Island, he chooses to send them away, fearing that he might lose them just like his parents. Upon facing him alone, Joker believes that Batman is incapable of changing his ways and zaps him to the Phantom Zone before stealing the Batcave's stash of confiscated bombs. Arriving in the Phantom Zone, Batman witnesses the harm his arrogance has caused everyone and slowly accepts his greatest fear: being part of a family. Making a deal with the Zone's gatekeeper Phyllis, a sentient Lego brick, to be allowed back to Gotham to retrieve the Zone's escaped prisoners, Batman arrives in time to save his teammates, apologizing to them for leaving them and requesting their help to stop Joker.
Realizing Joker's plans to use the explosives he took to destroy the city's energy facility that causes the city to come apart and be destroyed, Batman turns Barbara into Batgirl, before his team, Gotham's other villains, who felt neglected by Joker, and he manage to successfully send the escaped villains back to the Phantom Zone. However, the group fails to stop Joker's bombs going off, as the explosion begins to tear the city apart at the plates beneath it. Knowing this was his fault, Batman reluctantly convinces Joker that he is the true reason for being the hero he is before they, their friends and allies, and the city's inhabitants, chain-link themselves together and pull the plates back together, saving the city.
With the city saved, Batman prepares to be taken back into the Phantom Zone to face the consequences of his behavior, only to be rejected by Phyllis, who chooses to let him remain after realizing he is a hero and seeing how much he had changed to save everyone. Afterwards, Batman allows Joker and his goons to temporarily escape with the confidence that whenever they return, they will be no match for the Bat-family.
The film ends with Batman spending a new life with his new family.
==Cast==
* Will Arnett as Batman: A billionaire, vigilante superhero from Gotham City. Arnett acted as Batman in The Lego Movie and reprised his role in its sequel.
* Michael Cera as Robin: An orphan who is adopted by Bruce Wayne, and becomes a sidekick to Batman.
* Zach Galifianakis as The Joker: Batman's archenemy who is also known as the "Clown Prince of Crime".
* Rosario Dawson as Barbara Gordon: A police officer who becomes the new police commissioner, and eventually becomes Batgirl.
* Ralph Fiennes as Alfred Pennyworth: The family butler of the Wayne family, and confidant to Bruce Wayne. Fiennes reprised his role in The Lego Movie 2.
* Jenny Slate as Harley Quinn: The Joker's girlfriend and accomplice, and fellow-criminal in Gotham City.
* Héctor Elizondo as Commissioner James Gordon: The commissioner of the Gotham City Police Department, and ally to Batman.
* Lauren White as Chief O'Hara: the Gotham City Police Department's chief of police.
** White also voices Medusa: A Gorgon from Greek mythology who is imprisoned in the Phantom Zone.
* Mariah Carey as Mayor McCaskill: The mayor of Gotham City.
* Eddie Izzard as Lord Voldemort: A powerful dark wizard and arch-enemy of Harry Potter who is imprisoned in the Phantom Zone.
* Seth Green as King Kong: A giant gorilla from Skull Island who is imprisoned in the Phantom Zone.
** Green also voices a Swamp Creature, a gill-man who is imprisoned in the Phantom Zone. The Swamp Creature was a Master Builder in The Lego Movie.
* Jemaine Clement as Sauron: The Dark Lord from Middle-earth whose Eye of Sauron form is imprisoned in the Phantom Zone.
* Billy Dee Williams as Two-Face: A disfigured lawyer once allied with Batman, who became a villain following his criminal downfall. Williams previously portrayed Harvey Dent, Two-Face's original identity, in the 1989 Batman film as well as his Star Wars character Lando Calrissian in The Lego Movie.
* Riki Lindhome as Poison Ivy: A villain in Gotham city, who has the power to control plant lifeforms.
** Lindhome also voices the Wicked Witch of the West, an evil witch from the Land of Oz who is imprisoned in the Phantom Zone.
* Conan O'Brien as The Riddler: A riddle-obsessed criminal from Gotham City.
* Jason Mantzoukas as Scarecrow: A criminally insane former doctor, who uses fear gas to manipulate the people of Gotham City.
* Zoë Kravitz as Catwoman: An expert burglar, vigilante anti-hero and criminal from Gotham City, Kravtiz will reprise her role as Catwoman in the upcoming Batman film.
* Kate Micucci as Clayface: A villainous criminal from Gotham City, with the metahuman ability of shapeshifting.
* Doug Benson as Bane: A criminal genius who uses a drug called "Venom" to gain superhuman strength. Benson satirizes Tom Hardy's performance in The Dark Knight Rises.
* David Burrows as Anchorman Phil, an anchorman in Gotham City.
** Burrows also voices Mr. Freeze: A doctor and scientist from Gotham City, who turns to villainy following the death of his wife. Fries wears a cryogenic suit that grants him superhuman abilities and uses a freeze gun.
* Matt Villa as Killer Croc: An animalistic, metahuman villain from Gotham City.
* John Venzon as The Penguin: A rich and powerful crime lord from Gotham City, who uses trick-umbrellas and robotic penguins.
* Laura Kightlinger as Reporter Pippa, a reporter that leads a news segment called "Metropolis in Focus".
** Kightlinger also voices Orca: An animalistic, metahuman villain from Gotham City.
* Todd Hansen as Captain Dale, one the pilots of the airplane that Joker hijacks.
* Chris McKay as Pilot Bill, one of the pilots of the airplane that Joker hijacks.
* Mark Jonathan Davis as Himself
** Davis also voices Richard Cheese through the use of archival recordings.
* Channing Tatum as Superman: A superhero with various superpowers, from the planet Krypton, and member of the Justice League who defends Earth and lives in Metropolis. Tatum played Superman in The Lego Movie and returns for the same role in its sequel.
* Ellie Kemper as Phyllis, the gatekeeper of the Phantom Zone.
* Jonah Hill as Green Lantern (Hal Jordan): A U.S. military Airforce pilot, and superhero member of the Justice League who gains his powers from the Lantern power ring which chose him.
* Adam DeVine as The Flash: A forensic scientist who is also a speedster superhero with the ability to move at supersonic speeds by tapping into the Speed Force, and member of the Justice League. The Flash was briefly seen in The Lego Movie during Metal Beard's flashbacks recounting a failed attempt to infiltrate Lord Business' hideout.
* Brent Musburger as Reporter #1
* Ralph Garman as Reporter #2
* Chris Hardwick as Reporter #3
* Siri as 'Puter, the artificial intelligence controlling both the Batcave and Batman's gadgets and vehicles
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