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- What Happened to The Dark Universe?
- Channing Tatum as Van Helsing
- Dracula Untold 2
- Russell Crowe's Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
- Johnny Depp's Invisible Man
- Phantom of The Opera and Hunchback
- Dwayne Johnson's The Wolfman
- Creature from The Black Lagoon
- Angelina Jolie as The Bride of Frankenstein
- Mina Harker
While technically, The Dark Universe began with the unceremonious kick-off of 2014's Dracula Untold, it was not until the release of The Mummyin 2017 starring Tom Cruise that things really began to take shape. The gamble seemed a sure-fired bet from the start. After all, The Mummy franchise had already been successfully rebooted once into a profita...
In 2004, Universal attempted to relaunch its classic monsters brand with the film Van Helsing. They brought on The Mummy and The Mummy Returnsdirector Stephen Sommers in hopes of recapturing that magic for Dracula, Frankenstein, and the Wolfman. Despite a massive marketing push and star power like Hugh Jackman and Kate Beckinsale, the movie was a b...
Dracula Untoldhas a weird placement within the Dark Universe. The movie was greenlit before the plans to make an interconnected universe began so it was a standard solo film with the hope of making more Dracula sequels. Yet by the time the movie was filming and getting ready for release, Universal Pictures had announced they were developing an inte...
Dr. Henry Jekyll of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hydeis considered perhaps one of the first Universal Movie Monsters (though that title technically goes to his alter ego, Edward Hyde) in 1913. At the time, Universal was known as The Universal Film Manufacturing Company, Incorporated, a name that would soon be shortened to the one moviegoers know and love tod...
Universal Pictures had been in the process of developing a new version of The Invisible Man since at least 2006. The project truly picked up steam in February 2016 when Johnny Depp signed on to play the title character. Screenwriter Ed Solomon of Men in Black was set to pen the script. At the same time, it was also confirmed thatThe Invisible Man w...
While not as immediately iconic members of the Universal Monsters, both the Phantom of the Opera and the Hunchback are two more of Universal Picture's oldest movie monsters. Universal Pictures released two versions ofThe Phantom of the Opera, the first in 1925 starring Lon Chaney and a remake in 1943 starring Claude Rains. Meanwhile, Universal Pict...
The Wolfman is part of the trinity of Universal movie monsters alongside Frankenstein and Dracula. Because of this, Universal Pictures has been working on a remake of this for years. They finally got their wish in 2010 with The Wolfman, starring Benicio Del Toro. Unfortunately, the film at the time was a box office and critical disappointment. The ...
Of all the Universal monsters,The Creature from the Black Lagoon has been the one that Universal Studios has had the most difficulty with over the years. Long before The Dark Universe plans were crafted, John Carpenter, Peter Jackson, and Ivan Reitman were all approached to helm a remake in the 90s. In 2002, Guillermo Del Toro signed on to direct i...
The Bride of Frankenstein is the film that was the closest to being made before the box office bomb of The Mummy derailed the whole series. David Koepp, the writer behind Jurassic Park and Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, signed on to write the film in 2015. Bill Condon, hot off the box office hit of 2017's Beauty and the Beast, ...
This is a notable one as it was not even a Universal Picture decision but one by a rival studio, showing that even others are struggling with the classic characters. Miramax Pictures had been developing a film centered on Mina Harker of Dracula fame. In the original story, she becomes the object of Dracula's infatuation, and her being nearly turned...
Jan 30, 2024 · By Jamie Lovett - January 30, 2024 09:18 am EST. Dark Universe is making a surprising return. The branding for Universal Pictures' failed attempt at launching a shared universe around modern ...
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Feb 12, 2024 · Updated Feb 12, 2024. Link copied to clipboard. Sign in to your Collider account. The Big Picture. The Dark Universe, an attempt to create a cinematic universe based on Universal Monsters, failed...
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- Sofia Boutella
Oct 27, 2023 · October 27, 2023 10:55am. The Black Phone Courtesy of Universal Pictures. Universal is set to release Blumhouse ’s The Black Phone 2 on June 27, 2025, it was announced on Friday. The sequel is a...
Jul 6, 2021 · Comcast Corp's Universal Pictures will send new movies exclusively to the company's Peacock streaming service no later than four months after they debut in theaters, the company said on Tuesday.
Jul 28, 2021 · Universal Pictures In a interview with ReelBlend Podcast (via Cinema Blend ), Shyamalan explained that he had actively kept it a secret that "Split" was a sequel to "Unbreakable."
