Everything isn’t awesome in Gotham, in new LEGO Batman movie

Somewhere along the way, our review of The LEGO Movie got gobbled up by trolls. But here’s what you need to know if you haven’t seen it yet: Everything is awesome in The LEGO Movie. If you’re a fan of all the previous video games, animated direct-to-video and TV iterations of animated LEGO characters then you will be pleased with the big-screen version of the film, which hit theaters back in 2014 and is streaming nearly everywhere you look these days. Great world-building (literally), characters, laugh-out-loud humor, and songs make for great fun for all ages.

Phil Lord and Christopher Miller directed The LEGO Movie. They are the duo behind 21 Jump Street, 22 Jump Street, the coming Men in Black/Jump Street crossover movie, and–wait for it–the 2019 Star Wars movie featuring Han Solo. So if you figure guys with that much humor and someone good enough to take the reins on Star Wars created it, maybe you’ll see why checking out The LEGO Movie is worth your time. Oh, and it stars fan favorites Chris Pratt, Will Ferrell, and Alison Brie, Anthony Daniels, Elizabeth Banks, Morgan Freeman, Jonah Hill, Will Arnett, Cobie Smulders, Keegan-Michael Key, Billy Dee Williams, Liam Neeson, and Channing Tatum.

Which brings us to The LEGO Batman Movie. If everything was awesome for the little blocky people of LEGOLAND in the first film, everything is not awesome in Gotham for Batman in The LEGO Batman Movie. The trailers for the follow-on film that was hinted at in The LEGO Movie looks to be very different with more piled-on humor. If you’re one of the Batman or comic book movie fans wanting Batman to get less dark and gritty and more fun, the trailers released so far seem to be targeting you.

Just check out this superb volley of four trailers for The LEGO Batman Movie:

And if you missed it, here is the trailer for the original film, The LEGO Movie:

Will Arnett (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles) stars as Batman, Zach Galifianakis is The Joker, Michael Cera is Robin, Rosario Dawson is Batgirl, and Ralph Fiennes is Alfred. Chris McKay is directing this time around with a writing team including Community writer Chris McKenna and Jane Austen mash-up writer Seth Grahame-Smith.