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 Wave Two release slate, consisting of 7 movies, was jointly announced at a special event on October 7, 2022 during the annual New York Comic-Con, including previews of Girls Rule and other exclusive items for assistants. 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 wave two titles were revealed, Ann Sarnoff and Jill Wilfert, (respective directors of Warner Bros. and director of entertainment of The Lego Group) announced that the productions would be in development one after another, following the plan of one to two movies a year, wanting to aspire based on the road traveled in the first five years and compared the production cycle with Pixar, having sequels and introducing new properties between years.

In-development projects
In 2026 a third movie centered on DC Comics was being discussed, with Jeremy Adams attached as writer. The film was announced in July 2027 as an adaptation of the Young Justice comic series. Michael Cera joined in 2028 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
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 $8.3 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