Before ‘The Mummy‘ reboot was released in 2017 there was a lot of excitement about Universal Pictures giving us an entire cinematic “Dark…
In September, Paul Feig was announced as taking on a new film called ‘Dark Army’ (or ‘Monster Army’ as it was announced at…
The Dark Universe is officially dead. Universal’s planned big-budget revamp of its classic monster properties could not get up and running, as first…
The idea of restarting the classic creature features in Universal‘s “Dark Universe” was an exciting one. That is, until ‘The Mummy‘ was released…
On Twitter, a fan asked low-budget horror tycoon Jason Blum if his studio Blumhouse would be interested in resuscitating Universal’s seemingly dead Dark…
While the future of Universal Studios’ Dark Universe franchise appears to have been dead in the water after the release of 2017’s ‘The…
Add writer Ed Solomon (‘Men in Black,’ ‘Now You See Me’) to the list of people no longer attached to Universal’s Dark Universe.…
We’re still unsure if Universal’s ‘Dark Universe‘ was dead on arrival from the box office failure known as ‘The Mummy‘ but it looks…
With the upcoming release of his newest film, ‘The Shape of Water,’ filmmaker Guillermo del Toro finally gets to do something he’s wanted…
It turns out Guillermo del Toro only has one professional regret. The visionary director has turned down a lot of opportunities, in his…
Things are looking extremely dark for Universal’s Dark Universe. The studio had an ambitious plan to update their classic monster franchises, which date…
Though Universal’s 2014 film ‘Dracula Untold’ was successful at the box office– $215.5 million against a budget of $70 million– it was a critical…
Based on Universal’s plans for Bill Condon’s ‘The Bride of Frankenstein’, it sounded as though they were positioning this film as the equivalent…
Despite ‘The Mummy’, starring Tom Cruise, failing at the domestic box office, Universal is moving forward with their shared Dark Universe, with Bill…
Universal’s “Dark Universe” was off to a rocky start with ‘The Mummy‘ receiving poor box office reviews and sales stateside but global sales…