A "film universe" refers to a fictional world or a collection of movies that share the same characters, settings, or a common storyline. It means that the movies are interconnected and exist within the same fictional reality. Full definition
There is no work from the abstraction or formal minimalism arm of video art in the experimental film universe. (theaterjones.com)
S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent Phil Coulson offers new information on the expanding Marvel film universe and the role he will continue to play in it. (movieweb.com)
When Twentieth Century Fox and producer Lauren Shuler Donner brought director Bryan Singer back into the X-Men film universe with X-Men: First Class - a movie Singer was originally set to direct - little did we know that the man behind the first two X-Men films would end up working on an entire new trilogy of series installments. (screenrant.com)