Such financial success made it not too surprising when McKay announced in December 2018 that he would be returning as the director of a “Lego Batman Movie” sequel.
“Dan and Waldron had done a first draft of the script that was really great.
Waldron, who will follow “Loki” as the writer of “Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness” and a “Star Wars” project, noted that he “loved this project.” So why the sudden cancellation? It has to do with Lego rights converting from Warner Bros.
owned the Lego rights, the studio had the freedom to use Lego versions of characters in its extensive film library, hence Batman, Harry Potter, and other DC Comics superheroes.
McKay said Harmon and Waldron’s “Lego Batman Movie” Sequel script was about “friendship and change and about how hard it is to change, to commit to change, to stay on the new road you’ve carved for yourself.