LEGO Studios

LEGO Studios (originally named LEGO Studios & Entertainment) is an Danish-American film and television production company that is a division of The Lego Group. Is s known for the production of the LEGO Extended Universe films, based on the Lego line of construction toys.

Since 2030, LEGO Studios has released 2 films within the LEGO Extended Universe, from The LEGO Star Wars Movie to The LEGO Ghostbustaer Movie, and plans to release at least 7 more feature films and 2 television series. All these movies and television series share continuity with each other.

In addition to the LEGO Extended Universe, he has also been involved in the production of other LEGO character movie franchises including the LEGO Jurassic World multi-series of Universal Pictures airing in Netflix.

Prelude
In December 2019, Warner Bros. began the first negotiations to renew its previous agreement to distribute and produce the next film properties based on Lego toys, with the intention that Universal Pictures would also provide its own IP's, although Warner retained "creative control, marketing and distribution "of the tapes. In April 2020, the new agreement with The Lego Group and Universal was established for a limited 9-year film contract with Warner Bros. which still owns control over the previous films.

In October 2022, The Lego Group. Universal Pictures and Warner Bros. hosted an event at New York Comic-Con where they announced their new movie lineup alongside Lego System A / S, with Universal-owned characters appearing as cameos and minor plots, exploring opportunities to integrate them into future films, which Warner would continue to finance, distribute, and over which it would have ultimate creative control. Both studios do not have the ability to terminate the deal at any time until its expiration, furthermore, Universal Pictures still received five percent of the first gross dollar from the films and ten percent if one of its intellectual properties is in them. . Universal also paid Warner Bros. an undisclosed producer fee.

In August 2023, while promoting The Lego Movie 3 (2024) Dan Lin, lead producer of the franchise, stressed at a press conference that Universal's characters will not have unique films and would only act as cameos in other films, where "[they grew] were explored to a lesser extent."

First steps
In September 2027, 2 years before the expiration of the contract, Warner Bros. repurchased the film rights to make LEGO movies for the third time, again with Universal Pictures. Both companies stated that the same production and distribution parameters would be in force, although it was said that they expected to produce and distribute future projects with other studios and film brands.

By December, it was revealed that limited agreements had been reached with Walt Disney Studios and Sony Pictures, and that they had already begun to produce different films and television series set online in the LEU with various characters and franchises (Star Wars, Spider-Man, Ghostbusters and Indiana Jones), although Jørgen Vig Knudstorp (executive director of LEGO System A / S) revealed that there were plans to create a film and television division, charged with taking the main direction and control of these films, as well asproducing and distributing independent projects.

In March 2028, after months of discussion, LEGO Studios was founded, with a brand inspired by the canceled theme of the same name and with an attached team to accelerate the production process of the films together with Warner Animation Group.

Films
Principal Article: LEGO Extended Universe

Logo
Beginning with the release of The Lego Dimensions Movie in 2022, The Lego Group featured its basic logo under a simple black background for each film.

In May 2029, another new logo and opening is introduced which will appear in films produced after Wave Two. The new opening also begins with a simple black background with the appearance of the metallic LEGO logo next to the words Studios. It was first seen in The LEGO Star Wars Movie.