LEGO Extended Universe

LEGO Extended Universe (LEU) is a Danish-American shared universe and media franchise based on Lego construction toys produced by Lego System A / S (since 2030 through its division LEGO Studios),  Warner Animation Group and co-produced by Universal Animation Studios and distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures and Universal Pictures. The franchise has expanded to include short films and television series. The shared universe, similar to the Marvel Universe (MCU) or DC Universe (DCEU), was established by crossing common plots, locations, cast, and characters.

The first LEU film is The Lego Movie (2014), which began the films of  Wave One culminating in the crossover film The LEGO Dimensions Movie (2022). Wave Two began with The Lego Movie 3: The Third Part (2024) and concluded with The Lego Dimensions Movie: Episode II (2029). The first two waves in the franchise are collectively known as "The Dimensions Series". The Wave Three movies began with The LEGO Star Wars Movie (2030).

Warner Bros. Animation expanded the universe to television with ''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unikitty! Unikitty!] on the Cartoon Network in 2017, before expanding further to broadcast television on HBO Max with LEGO's Girls Rule'' in 2022.

The franchise has had commercial success and, in general, with the exception of a few films, has received mixed to positive reviews,collectively grossed at least $ 8 billion at the global box office, making it the 4th highest grossing film franchise of all time and Warner Animation Group's flagship franchise and one of the largest and most important from Warner Bros. Pictures.

Feature films

 * To view the LEGO Extended Universe creation and writing process: LEGO Extended Universe/Creation

The Dimensions Series
Main articles: LEGO Extended Universe: Wave One and Wave Two

Wave Three
Main article: LEGO Extended Universe: Wave Three

Future
Warner Bros. has scheduled additional release dates for the unannounced Warner Animation Group and LEGO films on May 10 and October 6, 2033 as well as July 26 and December 8, 2034.

Other Films and Cancelled Projects

Main article: Unrealized and other LEU projects

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

Timeline
Main Article: Timeline of LEGO Extended Universe

During LEU's early Wave One movies, it was expected to use real time, with the movies giving references and Easter eggs to each other without giving specific years, albeit with clear indications that they occurred in their release years. The Lego Movie was set "eight and a half years after Finn was born" in 2014 and about three years before The Lego Batman Movie, which takes place in 2017, thanks to comments made by Alfed, The Lego Ninjago Movie is also set. in that year. The Billion Brick Race explicitly takes place shortly before The Lego Movie due to its post-credits scene that runs parallel to the film's final battle, which is a "month after" the main events seen in The Billion Brick Race. The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part is set five years after the events of The Lego Movie and The Lego Dimensions Movie is firmly established in 2022.

Linear history writers wanted the Wave Two movies to continue to be set in real time, mentioning dates and putting years on screen, relating to the events of The Lego Dimensions Movie: The Lego Movie 3 takes place "two years" later, in 2024; The Lego Batman Movie: Villains takes place three years later and you can see how the reconstruction of downtown Metropolis is still continuing; The Lego Chima Movie is set before that chronologically, but it takes place in its dimensions in the 6th Millennium, in the year 5050, the same happens with The Lego Nexo Knight Movie, which takes place in 5055 and it was believed that it would create a gap of some years in terms of the characters themselves. Ninjago - The Movie takes place almost ten years after the 2017 movie, but being an independent sequel and soft reboot it is almost autonomous and the beginning of a new development of characters. The Lego Harry Potter Movie takes place in the 90s, but it happens chronologically months after Ninjago - The Movie, and only one year before Episode I that together with Episode II take place throughout 2028 with the final scenes in early 2029.

The television programs take place in parallel to the movies and reveal a glimpse of some of their consequences. The main events of season 1 of Girls Rule unfold a month after The Lego Dimensions Movie, in 2022. Then the first episode of Ninjago Histories begins chronologically, although it has been confirmed that the series can actually be viewed at any time. The first season of City Undercover takes place in early 2023 and is followed by Season 2 of Girls Rule, which runs through the middle of that year. Then both series run through 2025, with the fifth season of Girls Rule happening one five months before Villains, and the first season of Lord and Rings at the same time as The Lego Chima Movie. The sixth season of Girls Rule, the fourth and fifth of City Undercover and the third of Lord and Rings between 2026 and 2027. Finally the last season of Girls Rule takes place little after The Lego Hary Potter Movie and connects with Episode I. City Undercover Halloween Special closes with the series, which is a self-concluding story.

Cinema contracts and rights
Main Article: LEGO Studios