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....

Rumored plot details for Alex Kurtzman’s reboot of The Mummy leak online

Posted 11 years ago

It has been a little while since we have heard anything about Alex Kurtzman‘s upcoming reboot of THE MUMMY for Universal. Part of a planned cinematic universe of monsters that began with DRACULA UNTOLD, THE MUMMY will be a distinct...

Insidious: Chapter 3 finds a director and The Mummy reboot loses one

Posted 12 years ago

One project gains a director while another loses one; so goes the crazy world that is Hollywood. Movies are always in a constant state of flux as filmmakers leave and join projects about as often as athletes switch teams. Sometimes,...

Cool Videos: Awesome ode to John Woo’s Hard Target featuring the unrated version’s footage!

Posted 12 years ago

A few months ago I did a Best Movie You Never Saw on John Woo's HARD BOILED, which is a masterful action flick starring Chow Yun Fat. In that column I mentioned the uncut version of Woo's first American film,...

From Mama to The Mummy: Andres Muschietti may direct Universal’s franchise reboot

Posted 13 years ago

When THE MUMMY reboot was announced, we were skeptical. When Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman were announced as producers, we got nervous. When Len Wiseman was named director, we flipped the f*ck out. We needed a change from the Stephen...

Director Len Wiseman’s remake of The Mummy to be a modern-day “epic horror film”

Posted 13 years ago

Recently, it was announced that director Len Wiseman would be taking on Universal’s franchise for THE MUMMY, but other than that we knew very little.  Initially called a reboot, it now seems to be more of a re-imagining.  Speaking to...