LEGO Extended Universe

LEGO Extended Universe (also The Wonderful Multiverse of LEGO or popularly LEGO Cinematic Universe) is a Danish-American shared universe and media franchise based on Lego construction toys produced by LEGO Media & Studios, Warner Animation Group and distributed by Warner Bros and Universal Studios. The franchise has expanded to include comics, short films, and television series. The shared universe, similar to the Marvel Universe or DC Universe, was established by crossing common plots, locations, cast, and characters.

LEU's first film is The Lego Movie in 2014, which began the Wave One movies culminating in the crossover movie The LEGO Dimensions Movie (2022). The Wave Two began with The Lego Movie 3: The Third Part (2024) and concluded with The Lego Dimensions Movie Episode: II in 2029. The first two waves are collectively known as "The Dimensions Series". The Wave Three movies began with The Lego Star Wars Movie in 2031

Etimology
Since September 2017, the project was officially referred to as "The Lego Movie Franchise", it was not until August 11, 2020, when the term "LEGO Extended Universe" was coined by Christopher Miller in an article that talks about the evolution of the universe thus becoming the official name of the franchise. This term and the abbreviation "LEU" quickly spread among the media and fans. Later in 2022, he would also refer to the franchise as "The Amazing Worlds of LEGO" in multiple advertisements:

During New York Comic-Con 2022, the words "The Wonderful Multiverse of LEGO" were shown many times after showing some of the studio's upcoming films.

Finally, popularly, the universe is also known as: LEGO Cinematic Universe due to the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

Released films
The first two waves are collectively called "The Dimensions Series"

Other Films and Cancelled Projects
Main article: Unrealized and other LEU projects

General Potential Future
At some point, after the main duological saga is finished, future films have been planned seven to eight years after what they have announced. By April 2028, the planning of additional stories through 2049 was confirmed, resulting in many planned projects that are intentionally "completely autonomous" from those planned in The Dimensions Series and its posterity.

Universal Studios
In December 2019, Warner Bros began negotiations to redistribute upcoming film properties based on Lego toys. In Jenuary 2020, Warner Bros announced that future Lego movies will be distributed this time in conjunction with Universal Pictures.

In April 2020, the agreement with Warner Bros. was established for a limited 9-year film contract with Universal Pictures, which will lend various film rights, taking 40% of the total profits.

The contract with LEGO and Universal was renewed in 2029, in a cinematic agreement until 2040.

Walt Disney Studios
On August 18, 2027, it was revealed that Warner Bros. Universal and Lego Media had been working and negotiating with Walt Disney Studios to bring various brands to LEU since at least January 2025.

In late 2028 when they announced part of their new wave of movies (Wave Three), Miller said: "Nothing is officially announced until we are sure. So we go ahead with that trajectory (1), with trajectory (2) being, If something happened with Disney, how would everything change? We've been thinking about everything we can do since we thought about the third wave.

On September 6, 2029, Warner Bros. Universal Pictures and Disney announced that an agreement had been reached and that brands such as Star Wars, Marvel Superheroes and Indiana Jones will now be able to be used in Warner Bros. and Universal Studios media within a limited period of time. 8 years. (2037), in addition, it was mentioned that multiple productions set in the LEU are already in production.

The first movie of the contract was "The Lego Star Wars Movie" released in 2031 and has two sequels and a spin-off scheduled