The Lego Movie Director Finally Reveals Sequel Plot
The Lego Batman will not return to theaters any time soon, but director Chris McKay had big plans for a Superfriends-inspired story.

While the eye-rolling cheese of Robert Pattinson’s Batman writes dark journal entries about the filth infecting Gotham City a la Frank Miller.
There is, of course, one shining exception to the rule. Lego Batman, voiced with pitch-perfect pompousness by Will Arnett, made his debut as a ing character in The Lego Batman Movie. Those three films gave us Batman as a self-absorbed man-child, a gym bro draped in black. But they also told a story that made sense of the character’s varied and often-contradictory portrayals across all media, as Batman searched for a new family throughout the three-film saga.
While The Lego Batman Movie remains a favorite among Bat-fans, a sequel was pulled from production after Universal Pictures signed Renfield, a movie featuring one of Universal’s very own monsters, director Chris McKay, who also helmed The Lego Batman Movie, revealed the details of his planned sequel.
“We had a really fun script with Justice League facing a modern-day problem, Lex Luthor and OMAC, while at the same time flashing back to the reasons why Batman and the Justice League – and in particular, Superman – have bad blood,” he explained.
From that brief description, it’s easy to see that The Lego Batman Movie would have been very much in line with its predecessor. The first movie had some shockingly deep cuts, including Tim Burton-directed movie) and references to every single Batman movie ever. The sequel planned to bring in the lesser-known Jack Kirby creation OMAC (One Man Army Corps), while continuing to feature a petulant Batman: “It was going to explore Superman and Batman’s relationship in a very different way than you’ve ever seen it portrayed, including Superman’s alienation from humanity and how hard it is to truly be friends, real friends, for years.”
Sadly, we know that this movie won’t happen, even as DC Studios plans its own new versions of Batman and Superman. But at least we’ll always have the lessons taught by The Lego Batman Movie, that friends are family.