LEGO Extended Universe

The LEGO Extended Universe (LEU) is an American media franchise and shared universe based on Lego construction toys. Its produced by Warner Animation Group and distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures. Originally planned to focus on separate spin-offs from the original film, the LEU includes short films, novels, and video games and was established by crossing over common plot elements, settings, cast, and characters.

The franchise began with The Lego Movie (2014) which was directed and written by Phil Lord and Christopher Miller, and was followed by the Wave One films and concluded with Lego Dimensions (2022; a director's cut of the film, Lego Dimensions: Original Cut, was released in 2027). These films were followed by Wave Two installments which began with the release of The Lego Movie 3 (2024). The Wave Three is scheduled to begin sometime in the 2030s. As of the release of " Unikitty!" developed by Warner Bros. Animation in 2017, the universe expanded into television series, continuing with LEGO's Girls Rule on HBO Max in 2022. The media also includes licensed video games and theme park attractions.

The LEU has been commercially successful, received generally positive critical reception, and has collectively grossed at least $ 8.4 billion at the global box office, making it the seventh-highest-grossing film franchise of all time, the flagship franchise of Warner Animation Group and one of the largest and most important Warner Bros. Pictures.

Development
Warner Bros. greenlit a LEGO-based movie in November 2011 after securing the film rights in 2009, with a planned release date of 2014 and subsequently named The Lego Movie. Within a month of its theatrical release, Warner Bros. announced that a sequel to The Lego Movie was already in development, directed by Chris Mckay, as well as a spin-off based on the original Ninjago brand, establishing a franchise and shared universe. . In October 2014, a slate of three initial LEGO-based films was announced, set for release in 2016, 2017 and 2018, dates that would later be rescheduled.

In 2015 the fourth spin-off was announced and following the critical and financial success of The Lego Batman Movie and The Lego Movie Sequel in 2017, Warner Bros. President of Creative Development Toby Emmerich explained that he wanted to keep up with the tapes for years to come and creative support was given. Renewing the rights to the franchise in 2020 following its expiration last December, Emmerich once again made his point, emphasizing that "now there is renewed development" putting two untitled films in development. Warner Bros. clarified in a press release that the shared nature of the universe would be taken into account in subsequent installments, and the franchise was officially titled "LEGO Extended Universe" at the launch of HBO Max in May 2020. Although the title received criticism Due to its obvious relationship to the DC Extended Universe, Dan Lin defended it by "borrowing part of the DCEU to build the LEGO universe, characters, environments and basic plots, it's great to see both franchises get along with similar foundations in the same field".

After the titles of wave two were revealed in October 2022, it was announced that the productions would have even developments, following the plan of one to two films annually, wanting to aspire based on the path taken in the first five years. , having sequels and introducing new properties between years.

Films

 * See also: LEGO Extended Universe: Wave One, Wave Two and Wave Three

Future
In the long term, a linear story with movies and other projects is envisioned through 2038, with a production cycle of one to two movies a year, with increasing acceleration "from 2031" thanks to co-production internally by Warner Animation Group and Lego System A/S. Warner Bros. has scheduled additional release dates for unannounced films on its 2030 - 3036 release slate.

Young Justice
By July 2028, a third DC Comics movie centered was being discussed, with a script written by Jeremy Adams. The film was officially announced the following November, being an adaptation of the Young Justice comic series. Michel Cera joined in August to headline the film reprising his role as Dick Grayson/Nightwing. The film will explore the effects of becoming completely indepndent from Batman after the events of Episode 1 and Episode 2 and growing up alongside his team. The film is scheduled for release in 2031.

Chamber of Secrets
In December 2028, it was announced that a sequel to The Lego Harry Potter Movie was in development. Yates announced the following May that he would not be returning to write and direct. Sam Fell was chosen as director later. In July 2029, the film was officially named Chamber of Secrets.

Untitled Monkie Kid sequel
In December 2029, it was announced that Warner Animation was developing a sequel to Monkie Kid and said that the terms of the art and animation will continue due to the well-received result.

In-development projects
Alessandro Carloni is working as associate director on an untitled sequel to The Lego Chima Movie with Joe Robert Cole returning to write. Kirk DeMicco, Neil Cicierega, Kevin Hanna, The Brothers Chaps, Josh Cooley, and Dean DeBlois have been working on their untitled, sequel, and standalone feature films.

Undeveloped
Main article: Unrealized and other LEU projects

HBO Max
Main article: LEGO's HBO Max television series

The waves of the franchise also include as canonical external material the television series that are broadcast on Cartoon Network and HBO Max. The series have been in continuous production since 2017: ''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unikitty! Unikitty]! (2017), Girls Rule (2022), Lord and Rings (2026) and City Undercover'' (2026). Two one-hour specials exclusive to HBO Max were included in Wave Two; Wyldstyle in 2024-2025 and City Undercover Hallowen Special in 2027.

A LEGO Shorts
Main article: A LEGO Short

A LEGO Short are a series of canonical shorts for the franchise, computer animated and produced by Warner Animation Group. They are included as shorts in other studio feature films, released online, or as additional features in LEU films.

Timeline
Main Article: Timeline of LEGO Extended Universe

During the production of the Wave One films, he lined up some of his films' stories with references to each other, though at the time they had no long-term plan for a likely shared universe timeline. The Lego Movie Sequel is set 3 1/2 years after the events of The Lego Movie, and shortly after the events of The Lego Batman Movie according to comments made by Alfed and Batman. In writing The Lego Dimensions Movie, Lord and Miller tried to follow the established "real time" logic and explicitly set it "in 2022" accommodating all previous movies in the process, with The Lego Ninjago Movie happening in 2019 and The Billion Brick Race serving as a prequel by being set in 2014 before The Lego Movie.

Box office performance
As of 2029, the first 15 LEGO Extended Universe films have collectively grossed over $8.4 billion at the worldwide box office, making it the highest-grossing animated franchise of all time, as well as the seventh highest-grossing film franchise. box office in the world in general behind the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Star Wars films, DC Extended Universe, Wizarding World, James Bond, and the Spider-Man films. Almost all of the fifteen films emerged as commercial successes at the box office with most of the films grossing between $400 million and $600 million at the worldwide box office (Ninjago: The Movie, Harry Potter, Monkie Kit and the Born Hero and Break the Rules - Episode 1 entering the 32th, 29th 24th and 20th positions among the 50 highest-grossing animated films) with Break the Rules - Episode 2 grossing over $951.4 million becoming the 15th highest-grossing animated film of all time, the highest-grossing film in the franchise, the fourth-highest-grossing film of 2029, the twelfth highest-grossing film released by Warner Bros., as well as the 54nd-highest-grossing film overall.

Videogames
Multiple games based on the movies have accompanied them in their release periods, being developed by TT Fusion, TT Games and Feral Interactive.

Attractions
On December 16, 2015, a promo video for a new 4D film at Legoland Florida based on The Lego Movie called The Lego Movie: 4D – A New Adventure was posted onto Lego's YouTube channel. This attraction was followed by expansions, spaces in LegoLand as well as a roller coaster open in 2028.

Music
Various composers have created the film and television soundtracks for the LEU's films, television series, One-Shots and other related projects, with Mark Mothersbaugh participating in most projects. Original songs have also been created specifically for use in the franchise.

More

 * 1) List of Post-credits Scenes
 * 2) List of Dimensions