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 Three (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 $ 8.3 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.

Films

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

Production cycle
After finalizing an exclusive 9-year agreement to produce films the full release slate for Wave Two, consisting at the time of 7 films, was announced on October 7, 2022 during the annual New York Comic-Con. The event was organized by Warner Bros. together with The Lego Group, which put security restrictions in place due to the COVID-19 Pandemic. After the release list titles were revealed, Ann Sarnoff and Jill Wilfert announced that the productions would be progressively in development, following the plan of one to two films annually, wanting to aim based on the path traveled in the first five years and compared the production cycle to Pixar.

In-development projects
In 2027 it was announced that a Young Justice comic series adaptation with Jeremy Adams as writer. Michael Cera joined, reprising his role as Dick Grayson/Nightwing. A sequels to Harry Potter and Monkie Kid is in production with Sam Fell and David Sandberg directing respectively. 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 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
This section refers to media released by Warner Bros. Pictures.

In the LEU, the events of the films are clearly disclosed in their exact years most of the time, although in the first list of films the chronology was not exact. The Lego Movie takes place after the events of The Billion Brick Race, which later took place in 2014 and 2013, respectively. The events of The Lego Batman Movie take place 3 years after the events of The Lego Movie in 2017, and 5 months after occur the events of The Lego Movie Sequel, where the time jump is implied. The film concludes with a time gap, which is briefly emphasized in the subsequent film, The Lego Ninjago Movie, taking place in approximately 2018. Lego Dimensions was the first time its time period was explicitly revealed, in the fall of 2022.

In The Lego Movie Three it was mentioned that it's been 2 years after Lego Dimensions. Three is followed by The Lego Batman Movie: Villains, which takes place during the summer of 2025 and runs in parallel with Lego Chima. Subsequently, the events of Lego Ninjago took place in 2026 and The Lego Harry Potter was set during the 1991-1992 Hogwarts school year, which, according to David Yates, were set from September 2026 to June 2027. Monkie Kit and the Born Hero was confirmed to take place in May 2027 and Episode 1 and Episode 2 take place from fall to winter 2028.

Box office performance
As of 2029, allmost all of the fifteen films emerged as commercial successes at the box office with most of the films grossing $700 million at the worldwide box office (Villains, Lego Ninjago, Lego Harry Potter, Monkie Kit and the Born Hero and Break the Rules - Episode 1 entering the 29th, 31th 22th and 15th positions among the 50 highest-grossing animated films) with Break the Rules - Episode 2 grossing over $1 billion becoming the 14th highest-grossing animated film of all time, the highest-grossing film in the franchise, the sixth-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