In just a matter of days, another brooding Batman will be reaching the big screen. But if you like your Batman to be a little funnier, you have to wait 11 more months for The LEGO Batman Movie.
Although we’ve been hearing about the first spin-off from 2014’s The LEGO Movie for as long as we’ve heard about Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, it wasn’t until this week that we got our first look at the movie. USA Today posted a gallery of photos from Warner Bros., showing off the look of the movie.
The new photos don’t reveal much about the plot of course, but they do share the same whimsical humor as The LEGO Movie. One photo has Batman walking past a gallery of his past cowls and another where he’s in a bathrobe, ready to throw his food in the microwave.
“The Batcave is even better than we remembered it, it’s awesome,” actor Will Arnett, who is once again voicing LEGO Batman, told USA Today. “But I also love getting into the ho-hum day-to-day of being Batman and what it’s like to fight crime each day. Like the idea of Batman oversleeping his alarm clock makes me laugh. It really does humanize him.
The LEGO Batman Movie is being directed by Chris McKay, who was the animation director for The LEGO Movie. Phil Lord and Chris Miller are staying on as producers.
“We thought if we can tell a well-rounded, funny story that’s action-packed, we can build a big movie around this character,” McKay said. “This is the movie we would want to see.”
The LEGO Batman Movie hits theaters on Feb. 10, 2017. The rest of the voice cast includes Ralph Fiennes as Alfred, Rosario Dawson as Batgirl, Michael Cera as Robin and Zach Galifianakis as The Joker. Mariah Carey was cast as Gotham City’s mayor (not Commissioner Gordon as had been reported in November).