Unexpected Christopher Nolan Film Officially Gets First Lego Set

Another Christopher Nolan movie is getting a Lego set, but probably not one that you’d expect. Today, the Lego Ideas Team announced that a popular fan design based on Interstellar will get an official release. The set is based on the scene when Coop (Matthew McConaughey) and Dr. Amelia Brand (Anne Hathaway) visit Miller’s planet in their Ranger spacecraft. The goofy little robot TARS also makes an appearance. Lego hasn’t confirmed its pricing, the release date, or the final build, but the set’s preliminary design is shown below.

This build is the latest set approved through the Lego Ideas program. As for how this works, Fan Designers can submit a prototype build for a new product, including ones that are attached to an IP that Lego may not currently have a contract with. Recent examples include a hulking Godzilla set and a Daft Punk homage. Once a user submits a design, it has a set amount of time to reach a supporter threshold on the site before it can move to the next phase.

In this case, once the Interstellar build reached 10,000 supporters, it entered a review process in which a board of designers and product managers reviewed the set, created their own prototypes, and determined whether the concept "meets our high standards for what it takes to be a Lego product." As for what this entails, it "includes factors such as playability, safety, and fit with the Lego brand."

The process from initial submission to final review was lengthy, and Minibrick41587’s Interstellar design was first submitted on Dec. 11, 2024, before finally entering review in May 2026. Besides this design, the Lego Ideas Team also announced two other fan-built sets that received approval: Tulip Field Windmill and Chinese Cork Carving Art.

Interstellar has become a fan favorite over the last decade

While it seems a bit odd that Interstellar is getting a Lego set more than 12 years after the film was released in theaters, its reputation has grown with time. When it was released, critics were a bit divided, praising the scale of its sci-fi vision while criticizing the narrative as emotionally empty.

The film may have benefited from the glowing response to Nolan’s last two movies, Oppenheimer and The Odyssey, which arguably rank among his best work. Oppenheimer won Nolan his first Best Picture and Best Director awards at the Oscars, and The Odyssey is an early frontrunner for the next Academy Awards.