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New Featurette Delves into the Animation of ‘The LEGO Movie’

Directors Phil Lord and Chris Miller discuss how the artists at Animal Logic created the wild, mixed-media hybrid world of the fourth-highest grossing film of 2014. 

Gearing up for awards season, Warner Bros. has released a new featurette about the making of the studio’s blockbuster animated hit, The LEGO Movie.

In the video, dubbed “The LEGO Movie -- Creating the Bricks,” directors Phil Lord and Chris Miller and animation supervisor Chris McKay discuss how the artists at Animal Logic created the wild, mixed-media hybrid world of the film, including how they simulated stop-motion animation with CG techniques:

Winner of the New York Film Critics award for Best Animated Feature -- and widely considered the frontrunner in the animated Oscar race -- The LEGO Movie was the fourth-highest grossing film of 2014, taking in $257.8 million domestically and $210.3 million overseas for a global haul of $468.1 million.

Source: Warner Bros.

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Formerly Editor-in-Chief of Animation World Network, Jennifer Wolfe has worked in the Media & Entertainment industry as a writer and PR professional since 2003.