Playmobil: The Movie (2019) — The LEGO Movie’s Forgotten Cousin | Trailer Breakdown

What happens when a toy company tries to copy The LEGO Movie—and completely misunderstands why it worked? That’s Playmobil: The Movie (2019), one of the strangest animated flops of the decade.

In this special mini-episode, we break down the Playmobil: The Movie trailer, play The Trailer Game, and dig into how the film’s marketing sealed its fate before it even hit theaters. We look at the bizarre choices behind the trailer, why audiences never connected, and how Hollywood keeps learning the wrong lessons from its biggest hits.

 

Cast Includes:

• Anya Taylor-Joy as Marla

• Daniel Radcliffe as Rex Dasher

• Jim Gaffigan, Kenan Thompson, Meghan Trainor, and Adam Lambert

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