LEGO Extended Universe: Wave Three

Wave Three is the third part of the LEGO Extended Universe after Wave Two and The Dimensions Series.

Development
To be added

Renovation
As of August 2027 Warner Bros. was in the final stages of negotiating with The Lego Group to regain the film rights to the brand even two years before the agreed expiration in 2020, and to extend the cooperation to an indefinite point. Back in September, multiple release dates had been scheduled for untitled LEGO-based movies.

In November, Warner stated in a press release that the worldwide distribution deal with Universal Pictures would not be renewed.

By January 18, 2028, it was revealed that Warner Bros. Pictures and The Lego Group paid an unspecified amount of money to Walt Disney Studios and Sony Pictures, having discussions about the possibility of sharing different IP rights. It is intended to introduce a range of "new versions" and then continue to work with the established LEGO Extended Universe in the future, while retaining "some creative control over marketing and distribution".

Jørgen Vig Knudstorp, CEO of Lego System A/S, surprisingly and officially announced in December 2028 the creation of "LEGO Studios", the film and television division of The Lego Group.

Planning
In November 2028, the next movie schedule of a possible third Wave was questioned. The next February, the president of LEGO Studios, said that the studio was beginning to cooperate with Warner Animation Group and look at the films of the third wave of LEGO Extended Universe (LEU) media and that it would start with a film based on Star Wars. distributed in conjunction with Walt Disney Studios and would culminate in an untitled feature film in 2033. The full slate of Wave Three films was announced at San Diego Comic-Con in July 2029: Star Wars, The LEGO Chima Movie: Legends, LEGO Ghostbusters, The LEGO Batman Movie: Superfriends, Chamber of Secrets and Hidden Side. In January 2030, Feige stated that a sequel to Ninjago: The Movie and Monkie Kid would also join the Wave's slate of films. In August 2030, ''Ninjago! and Monkid Kid an the Spider Queen'' were announced as the official names for the sequels, and Warner signed Phil Lord and Christopher Miller to an exclusive deal through December 2033 to develop the untitled Lego Dimensions movie. With the deal, Lord and Miller would "contribute creatively" to Wave Three, in addition to developing a television series, which would serve as their final contribution and dismissal from the universe.

In July 2032, LEGO Dimensions 4 was officially called LEGO Dimensions: Showdown, and Dan Lin announced the November 3, 2033 release date in an interview with Collider, describing this set of films as "a step towards new doors to open." ".

The final movie schedule was shown at Comic-Con New York 2032 and released online soon after.

A new fanfare was composed for the "LEGO Studios" logo at the beginning of each movie.

Film

 * 1) Star Wars (2030) $697,563,241

Trivia

 * Monkie Kid and the Spider Queen, Ninjago! and LEGO Dimensions: Showdown were added to Wave Three after the initial announcement.
 * Wave Three is the first Wave to include 9 movies in total, making the wave the second most movies so far, ahead of Wave One (6 movies) and behind Wave Two (10 movies).
 * So far, Wave Three is the only one that doesn't have 2 movies from the same franchise. (Wave One had 2 The Lego Movie movies, while Wave Three has two LEGO Dimensions movies.)
 * Wave Three is the first wave for
 * Include the release of three films in the same year.
 * Not having movies from The Lego Movie.
 * Starting a year after the previous wave ended, without a period or year without feature films.