Morgan Freeman Latches Onto Animated ‘Lego’ Movie

*Morgan Freeman will lend his voice to a character in forthcoming movie “Lego: The Piece Of Resistance.”

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Deadline.com reports that he’ll play Vitruvius, who in historical terms was a Roman warrior.

Elizabeth Banks has also signed up to appear in the film, which features Chris Pratt voicing a regular Lego mini-figure who is mistaken for the famous powerful MasterBuilder and must help stop an evil tyrant from gluing the universe together.

Will Arnett will voice a Lego Batman in the film, which is being co-written by “21 Jump Street” directors Phil Lord and Chris Miller and Dan and Kevin Hageman.

The film is scheduled for release in February 2014.