The LEGO Batman Movie director Chris McKay says there’s a giant Easter egg for fans of The Dark Knight that serves as the setting in the animated blockbuster.
And as if fans needed a reason already to watch The LEGO Batman Movie again (it’s new on digital, and coming out on DVD, Blu-ray and 4K Ultra-HD June 13), McKay’s revelation about The Dark Knight Easter egg will provide for a fascinating study.
In addition to the noticeable homages to Tim Burton’s Batman films in The LEGO Batman Movie, McKay revealed in another tweet Saturday that the big statues in the film are a tribute to director Joel Schumacher’s Batman films.
Expertly voiced by Will Arnett, Batman was so enormously popular, that Warner Bros. proceeded to give the character his own big screen adventure with The LEGO Batman Movie, with Robot Chicken stop-motion animator/editor and The LEGO Movie editor/co-animator director McKay at the helm.