The phrase "a shared universe" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a fictional universe that is shared by multiple works, such as movies, books, or video games.
Example: "The Marvel Cinematic Universe is an example of a shared universe where characters and storylines intersect across different films."
Alternatives: "a collective universe" or "an interconnected universe".
Players exist together in a shared universe, but as Douglas Adams once wrote, space is big.
The term started in academia, talking about the way cult sci-fi programmes and comics build up a shared universe.
What I should have said, perhaps, was that Marvel was developing a "shared universe" – a fictional world in which all of its superhero films would be set.
Comics creators have learnt that once a shared universe has too many threads, it becomes as restrictive as a spider's web.
Constantly introducing new heroes into a shared universe means older figures will have to take a Hulk-style break, at the very least, or be written out.
A first kiss has as much to do with the knee-shaking discovery that we exist in a shared universe as it does with the fear of locked braces.
Available now on home video, the movie is a reboot of the iconic character as well as the first in a shared Universal Monsters universe.
Comic book acolytes want Fox to return the rights to Fantastic Four to Disney-owned studio Marvel, which originated the characters and has delivered a dozen popular "shared universe" superhero movies since debuting with 2008's Iron Man, including the $1bn box office megahits The Avengers, Avengers: Age of Ultron and Iron Man 3.
Montoya and Batwoman are probably too interesting to waste on a carefully planned shared universe like the Justice League.
The series' structure of multiple POVs and interwoven storylines was inspired by Wild Cards, a multi-authored shared universe book series edited by Martin since 1985.
The story this time (the result of a "writer's room" bull session headed up by Oscar winner Akiva Goldsman) drops us into Medieval Times, where King Arthur Liam Garrigann, reprising the same role he's played on ABC's Once Upon a Time -- shared universe?) is waiting for his goodly mage Merlin (Stanley Tucci) to show up and drop some sorcery on an army of ne'er-do-wells.
