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There was a brief period of time when Universal Pictures planned to create a monster-verse of their own (titled Dark Universe), with the 2017 relaunch of The Mummy being the first title to kick off the concept Obviously, all these years later, there's been no promising momentum with the "Dark Universe," and the idea has[...]

When it comes to poking fun at failed cinematic universes, no one fell so hard and from so high as the Dark Universe They had a logo; they announced all of these big movies with massive stars There was this awkward photoshoot where it was unclear whether or not all of them were even in[...]

Bride of Frankenstein was to be a part of the Universal Monsters Dark Universe, the failed attempt at trying to create an MCU style connected universe with their famous monsters Writer David Koepp has been tasked with bringing the Bride back to screens, and it turns out he was still working on it through the[...]

After the disaster that was the launch of the Dark Universe, Universal rightly took a step back and is now focusing on individual stories for the classic monsters instead of a connected universe Bringing in James Wan, responsible for The Conjuring Universe, is a no-brainer Say what you will about The Invisible Man, but Blumhouse[...]

They of course made a big splash with the announcement of the Dark Universe a few years back, only to watch multiple projects fail to get off the ground when The Mummy bombed at the box office with Tom Cruise starring Elizabeth Banks is an inspired choice to star in this It is outside her[...]

Joke is on them though, as he works with Dracula as his assistant.While nobody knows much about the script, it should be set modern day, as Universal is still trying to pick up the pieces after the disastrous Dark Universe attempt to create a shared monster universe a couple years ago Robert Kirkman joins Universal[...]

This was a surprise because, as far as everyone knew, the Dark Universe was dead The Mummy didn't do well at the box office and everything seemed like it was dead and gone by the middle of last year It was reported by Variety that Elizabeth Moss was in talks to join the cast of[...]

The last we heard about the Dark Universe, the Bride of Frankenstein was put on hold and Alex Kurtzman and Chris Morgan were exiting the franchise That was at the end of last year, and everyone has been assuming that the Dark Universe is done After The Mummy critically bombed and only did okay at[...]

Producers Alex Kurtzman and Chris Morgan have fled Universal's Dark Universe franchise, so quickly that there are still Alex Kurtzman and Chris Morgan shaped puffs of smoke in the spot they were standing in, following the disappointing performance of the Kurtzman-directed The Mummy The news comes via a report from THR, which notes that the future[...]

Nick is an anti-hero as most of this Dark Universe will be filled with. Where did the film go wrong? I think John Spaihts script is fine This is the same guy who wrote Doctor Strange, Passengers and Prometheus Alex Kurtzman's directed is okay He made some choices that could've been better, but it was only[...]

Wonder Woman, Doctor Fate, and Kendra go to the Rock of Eternity. However, Superman, with the aid of Steel and the Flash, uses the Anti-Monitor's Tower to go into the Dark Universe to search for our universe's Batman Is this the hope the heroes have been waiting for, or is it a trap for the Man[...]

Director Bill Condon has confirmed that pre-production has begun on Bride of Frankenstein for Universal, but they don't have a lead actress yet.

Things intensify in Metal #2 as Batman goes MIA and the Justice League scours the world for him. Barbatos is on his way. Will this win me over to Batman?

This film was supposed to be the launch of Universal's new Dark Universe that stars, as they say in the trailer, "guys in their '50s fighting monsters from the '30s." Though, had Dracula Untold done well, then that would've been the start of the Dark Universe. We haven't heard anything about them scrapping the idea of[...]

Universal has breathed their sigh of relief, and now they can justify going forward with the Dark Universe without raising too many eyebrows It's just a shame that they are going to have a foundation so flimsy it might as well be made of mummy bones. Hopefully the next entry, The Bride of Frankenstein — due out[...]

In a recent interview with IGN, Mummy (2017) director Alex Kurtzman was asked about his status on the Dark Universe franchise The Dark Universe, for those who don't know, is the Marvel Studios-esque "shared universe" idea that Universal Pictures is trying with the classic "Universal Monsters" like Dracula, the Wolfman, the Invisible Man, and the aforementioned Mummy[...]

The panel to look at DC’s impending mega event, Dark Nights: Metal, and beyond at the Dark Matter line of titles, shapes up at SDCC 2017.

Floating around the Hollywood Reporter and JoBlo is a rumor that Magic Mike, 21/22 Jump Street, and Hateful Eight actor Channing Tatum is being eyed for the role of Van Helsing in the upcoming Dark Universe shared continuity of movies by Universal Studios. This is almost a bit of a surprise, given the absolute flop that the recent Mummy film turned out to be[...]

House of Dracula, House of Frankenstein, Frankenstein Meets The Wolf-Man – you know what they used to call those? Monster rallies! (laugh) And then of course, one of the great ironies is what was considered… OK – it's over now!… was Abbot & Costello Meets Frankenstein, which is actually a very funny movie and very[...]

The Mummy is Universal's go at kicking off their Dark Universe series of films, meant to usher back in a cross-pollinated world of Phantom of the Opera, Wolfman, Dracula, the various Frankensteins, and of course The Mummy. The Mummy works out about as well as The Incredible Hulk movie Remember the one that came just before[...]

The Dark Universe is a thing that's going to happen regardless of what kind of movie The Mummy actually was At this point there are too many plates up in the air, contacts signed, that it doesn't really matter if no one likes this first one The next movie we're getting is Bride of Frankenstein[...]

'The Mummy' wants to be a horror movie, an action movie, and kick off an entire universe at the time same — and accomplishes none of those things.

And while I'm not a Tom Cruise hater, I did laugh when one guy said: "You will greatly enjoy seeing Cruise violently thrown off every edge of the screen." This feels like a very different role for Cruise than his usually unstoppable hero (Mission Impossible, Jack Reacher, Knight & Day) and I'm looking forward to[...]

Universal's new Dark Universe kicks off this Friday with the Tom Cruise lead film The Mummy The Dark Universe is a shared cinematic universe based around the classic Universal monster films and has four more reboots planned Now Universal has added two more monsters to the list In the works is Bride of Frankenstein with[...]

Wonder Woman's massive success may be causing some trouble for the first film in Universal's beleaguered Dark Universe The Mummy, directed by Alex Kurtzman and starring Tom Cruise, Sofia Boutella, Russell Crowe, Annabelle Wallis, Jake Johnson, and Courtney B Vance, has seen its opening weekend projections downgraded from $40 million to $38 million to $35 million this[...]

Now, Universal Pictures might be able to take the loss and still run with its Dark Universe plans The Fate of the Furious and Get Out means that the studio is having a good year and perhaps if they approached the rest of the series with a small budget (The Mummy has an estimated budget[...]

Universal Pictures released a new featurette for the first entry into their new 'Dark Universe; series 'The Mummy'.

Last week, we learned the name of Universal's Marvel-style cinematic universe featuring its classic movie monster characters: Dark Universe, featuring the following lineup: Johnny Depp as the Invisible Man, Javier Bardem as Frankenstein's Monster, Tom Cruise as Nick Morton, Sofia Boutella as The Mummy, and Russell Crowe as Dr Henry Jekyll[...]

The Dark Universe appears to be moving forward before we know whether or not it's going to work We already know that Javier Bardem is Frankenstein's monster, Johnny Depp is the Invisible Man, Russell Crowe is making his first appearence as Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde in the upcoming movie The Mummy We also know[...]

In a few of the featurettes the quote "the villain is the hero in their own story" has come up, and that appears to be the direction the Dark Universe is going in It's a good idea, but it's going to be a hard line to walk especially considering the body count these monsters could[...]