Universal announces plans for a classic monster revival with Dark Universe

Posted 9 years ago

With the release of Alex Kurtzman's THE MUMMY starring Tom Cruise planned for a June 9, 2017 release, some fans of Universal's classic movie monsters (Dracula, Frankenstein, The Invisible Man, Phantom of the Opera, Creature for the Black Lagoon, The...

Universal reveals Dark Universe logo with Danny Elfman theme music

Posted 9 years ago

This isn't exactly breaking news for anyone, but Universal Pictures has embarked on a mission to revamp its series of Universal Monsters movies, starting on June 9th with the release of Alex Kurtzman's THE MUMMY. Today, the studio made it...

Cool Pics From Around the Web: James Gunn, The Mummy, Hugh Jackman & Alien

Posted 9 years ago

We live in an age of sharing, where every moment is captured and sent into the world for liking, commenting, judging and to make us feel like we have more friends than we do. The world now seems so much...

It takes a monster to defeat a monster in the final trailer for The Mummy

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We're just three weeks away from the release of Universal's latest reboot of THE MUMMY and the beginning of a "dark universe" – a new cinematic universe that will be inhabited by modern versions of various classic Universal monsters and...

A dark universe is teased in final Mummy trailer

Posted 9 years ago

Anyone following the news around THE MUMMY knows this will be the start of a shared movie universe involving Universal’s slate of monster characters, like Dracula, Frankenstein and the Wolf Man. For a while the movie’s marketing has focused mostly...

Cruise does stunts and Jekyll Hydes out in new promos for The Mummy

Posted 9 years ago

Mummy Mondays are continuing over on Syfy Wire, with new behind-the-scenes looks at Universal's upcoming reboot of THE MUMMY being posted every week. Since our last MUMMY update, two new videos have been posted. The first is the sort of...

Learn more about The Mummy with new teaser and featurettes

Posted 9 years ago

Starting last week and continuing on through June 5th, every Monday is a "Mummy Monday" over at Syfy Wire, building up to the June 9th release of THE MUMMY. Each week, the site will be sharing exclusive info and footage...

The Mummy international trailer has action, sand storms, swimming zombies

Posted 9 years ago

Universal's THE MUMMY, the film that is meant to kick off their new Universal Monsters Cinematic Universe of interconnected monster movie reboots, is my most highly anticipated horror release of the year. My hype level is already off the charts,...

Alex Kurtzman teases Princess Ahmanet’s backstory in The Mummy

Posted 9 years ago

Although what I’ve seen from THE MUMMY hasn’t completely won me over, I’m still more than willing to give Universal’s rebooted Monsters franchise a chance. Two thousand years after she was buried alive beneath the sand of Egypt, the tomb...

Bill Condon being eyed to helm The Bride of Frankenstein for Universal

Posted 9 years ago

We learned last week that the Universal monster movie universe may not be as thought out as we…thought. They’re just sort of winging it at this point, waiting to see if Tom Cruise can bring in the bucks with THE...

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