Damon Lindelof cops to Star Trek Into Darkness’ Khan blunder

Posted 10 years ago

Apologizing for the mistakes of STAR TREK INTO DARKNESS apparently is in vogue lately. First J.J. Abrams admitted that he may have used a few too many WRATH OF KHAN nods in crafting his sequel. Now Damon Lindelof is getting...

Is Tom Cruise our mummy?

Posted 10 years ago

UPDATE: According to Deadline, Tom Cruise is not currently in negotiations for THE MUMMY due to his commitments to JACK REACHER: NEVER GO BACK and MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE 6. Clearly he loves franchises, but just not the Universal monsters. Universal's plan...

Updated: Tom Cruise joins Universal’s Classic Monsters-Verse for The Mummy

Posted 10 years ago

UPDATE: Both Tom Cruise's camp and Universal have vehemently denied that there is no deal in the works for the actor to star in THE MUMMY, so put this one in your “Wait and see” column for the time being....

J.J. Abrams says Star Trek Into Darkness had too many Wrath of Khan nods

Posted 10 years ago

STAR TREK INTO DARKNESS may have received mostly high marks from critics and earned over $460 million worldwide, but many fans of the sci-fi franchise weren't too pleased with the sequel to the 2009 reboot. Director J.J. Abrams has already...

Universal lends some clarity to their plans for a Classic Monster-Verse

Posted 11 years ago

Ever since Universal announced plans to create some sort of shared cinematic universe among revitalized versions of their classic monsters, movie-lovers have wondered how in the hell they were intending to pull that off. How will these characters be portrayed?...

Jon Spaihts and Eric Heisserer are writing the Van Helsing reboot

Posted 11 years ago

Development on the Universal Monsters Cinematic Universe, which is being overseen by "narrative architects" Alex Kurtzman and Chris Morgan, is coming along a bit more slowly than I would have expected, which may be a good thing. The fact that...

Eric Heisserer & Jon Spaihts tapped to pen Universal’s Van Helsing reboot

Posted 11 years ago

Variety is reporting that Eric Heisserer and Jon Spaihts have been hired by Universal to pen the script for their VAN HELSING reboot, which is part of the studio's interconnected slate of films that will feature classic movie monsters such...

Aziz Ansari talks turning down Transformers & racial diversity in Hollywood

Posted 11 years ago

People are often afraid to get their hands dirty talking about real issues. They don’t want to say anything that might offend someone else or that might be misconstrued as negative, so they walk a fine line in order to...

Universal may give a gender reversal to the Mummy in 2017

Posted 11 years ago

As Universal pumps new life into a planned series of monster-movies, the old bandage-swaddled Mummy might look a little different upon resurrection… According to THR, director Alex Kurtzman and writer John Spaihts are considering giving THE MUMMY a female makeover....

Alex Kurtzman’s The Mummy reboot might feature a female monster

Posted 11 years ago

Apparently the gender of the titular monster from Universal Pictures and Alex Kurtzman's THE MUMMY reboot hasn't been decided yet, as THR is reporting that the script by Kurtzman and Jon Spaihts has two story options: one that would feature...

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