Dark Universe

Trick or Treat Studios unveils Universal Monsters masks and ornaments

Posted 6 years ago

The 2017 version of THE MUMMY didn't work out in the way Universal intended, but the studio is taking another shot at rebooting their classic monster properties with next month's release of the Blumhouse-produced THE INVISIBLE MAN, written and directed...

Elisabeth Moss discusses the abusive relationship of The Invisible Man

Posted 6 years ago

Writer/director Leigh Whannell is taking an interesting approach to the concept of THE INVISIBLE MAN in the upcoming Blumhouse/Universal film. Instead of focusing on the titular character, it centers on someone who is being tormented by this invisible person. Played...

Bad Robot working on Justice League Dark for Warner Bros.

Posted 6 years ago

The Warner Bros./DC Comics project JUSTICE LEAGUE DARK has been in development hell for years. A film that would feature "DC's more horrific characters teaming up to fight a greater evil", it was first meant to be a Guillermo del...

Rumor: James Wan producing Frankenstein for Universal?

Posted 6 years ago

The information shared below reportedly first appeared in the same Variety article that announced the news of Dexter Fletcher signing on to direct a (comedic) RENFIELD movie for Universal that's based on a pitch from The Walking Dead creator Robert Kirkman....

Fletcher and Kirkman’s Renfield to be lighthearted, comedic

Posted 6 years ago

Yesterday it was announced that ROCKETMAN director Dexter Fletcher (who also did some uncredited work on BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY) has signed on to take the helm of a new Universal Monsters movie that will center on RENFIELD, the bug-eating madman who...

Bill Condon discusses the Bride of Frankenstein remake he almost directed

Posted 7 years ago

We all know that Universal messed up with THE MUMMY, the film that was supposed to be the start of a series of interconnected revivals of their classic monsters properties. When a mummy movie can make $400 million at the...

Paul Feig comments on Dark Army, his Universal Monsters movie

Posted 7 years ago

It's been a little over a month since the surprise announcement that GHOSTBUSTERS reboot director Paul Feig will be writing and directing a movie called DARK ARMY for Universal that will somehow involve classic Universal Monsters. The plot that brings these...

Blumhouse’s The Invisible Man reboot gets a more detailed synopsis

Posted 7 years ago

Universal Pictures, Blumhouse Productions, and writer/director Leigh Whannell are deep into production on their reboot of the classic property THE INVISIBLE MAN, which is set to reach theatres on February 28, 2020. Six months out from that release, a full...

Blumhouse’s Fantasy Island and The Invisible Man both move up 2 weeks

Posted 7 years ago

Sony and Universal have both decided to change the release dates of Blumhouse Productions projects they have on their slate, and they both happened to decide to move these projects forward two weeks. The first one to reach theatres will...

The Mummy producer: Dark Universe should have been built up slowly

Posted 7 years ago

Two years ago, a new version of THE MUMMY made over $409 million at the global box office and was still considered such a failure that it caused Universal to scrap their plans for a Dark Universe of interconnected monster...

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