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.

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

Cinema contracts and rights
Universal Pictures

In December 2019, Warner Bros began negotiations to redistribute upcoming film properties based on Lego toys. In January 2020, Warner Bros announced that they expected future Lego movies to 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 The Lego Group was renewed in October 2028 due to the commercial success of the franchise, being limited to 11 years with Warner Bros. Universal Pictures soon rejoined as part of the deal, thus giving the company more freedom to produce the next deliveries and develop the franchise more carefully.

Walt Disney Studios

On August 18, 2027, it was revealed that Warner Bros. Universal and Lego Media had been working and negotiating with other film companies to bring various brands to LEU since at least May 2026. One of these was Walt Disney Studios.

On December 6, 2029, Warner Bros. Universal Pictures, LEGO Media and Disney announced that an agreement had been reached and that brands such as Star Wars, Marvel Super Heroes, their very own Original animated properties and Indiana Jones will now be able to be used in Warner Bros. and Universal Studios media within a limited period of time for eleven years. 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 2030 and has two sequels and a spin-off scheduled in addition to other media being made to accompany them as well.

Sony Pictures

On August 18, 2027, it was revealed that Warner Bros. Universal and Lego Media had been working and negotiating with other film companies to bring various brands to LEU since at least May 2026. One of them was Sony Pictures.

In february 2029, Sony Pictures Entertainment announced that multiple properties would appear on the LEU, (The brands were specified to be: Ghostbusters, Spider Man and Jumanji, such as Men in Black, The Smurfs and Charlie's Angels as small star appearances in some films). All appearing in a ten year period with unlimited movies.

As part of the agreement, Sony Pictures would continue to finance, distribute, own and have ultimate creative control of the films.