The Lego Group has brought on board directors Jake Kasdan, Patty Jenkins, and Joe Cornish to direct a trio of live-action films under Universal Pictures, as reported by Deadline.

Dev Patel, the Oscar-nominated actor, ventures into his directorial debut with the action-packed revenge narrative titled "Monkey Man". Universal Pictures is set to theatrically release the film on April 5. Jordan Peele produced the movie under his Monkeypaw Productions banner, with the film unveiling its first trailer on Friday morning.

Universal Pictures' "Oppenheimer" will screen in Japan next year, a local distributor said on Thursday - a launch that had been in doubt amid criticism that the film largely ignores the devastation of the atomic bombings of the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

"This wasn't a meeting to make a deal. This was a meeting to get us to cave," the committee said in a statement.

Universal’s Jurassic World is devouring everything in its path at the Friday box office for a projected North American debut of $155 million-plus, one of the best showings in recent times.

Last month, Vin Diesel took the stage at CinemaCon to announce that he and the folks at Universal Pictures are currently developing “Fast & Furious 8” to be released in April 2017.