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Channing Tatum was the front runner for Castlevania, now Van Helsing

Earlier this month, an animated mini-series inspired by the Castlevania video game franchise was released on the Netflix streaming service. One of the executive producers of this mini-series was Adi Shankar, who had previously been asked to be involved with...

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Awesome Art We’ve Found Around The Net: Harry Potter, Mad Max, Terminator 2

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Theodore Some cliche somewhere said that 'a picture is worth a thousand words.' This has proven to be the case for me and especially when it comes to fan art. I have always sought out great fan art and have...

Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon: The Mummy

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We are all connected by no more than six degrees of separation. Yes, that’s right. Everyone! But everyone is nothing without something to hold them all together and that “something” is actor Kevin Bacon. Here at The JoBlo Movie Network,...

It’s the Booze Talkin’, I’m still excited for the Dark Universe to unfold!

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Last week when I sat down for THE MUMMY, I hadn’t read the scathing reviews. Walking in I kept an open mind and dare I say I was hoping for a fun couple of hours. And you know what? That...

Dark Universe’s Bride of Frankenstein remake described as character study

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This past weekend's release of THE MUMMY was meant to usher us into a "new world of gods and monsters" called Dark Universe and inhabited by new versions of Universal's classic monsters and madmen: the Mummy, Frankenstein's Monster, Dracula, the...

John Landis says Universal’s Dark Universe isn’t respectful of the monsters

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Last week I shared a box office prediction post that said Universal's Dark Universe kick-off flick THE MUMMY, starring Tom Cruise was only set to make about $30M this past weekend. Turns out the film did (slightly) better than that...

The Mummy reboot may already be a flop at the box office

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Well, that was fast. Usually, I am one that keeps mucho up-to-date on all things related to the box office. I don't tend to post many stories about that here as peeps don't seem to care nearly as much as...

Face-Off: The Mummy 1999 vs. The Wolfman 2010

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Universal is undertaking a massive endeavor with the crafting of their Dark Universe, a new shared cinematic universe that will be built out of reboots of their classic monster properties. The monster mash begins with this weekend’s release of THE...

The Phantom and the Hunchback will also inhabit Universal’s Dark Universe

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When you hear that Universal is rebooting their classic monster properties for an endeavor they're calling Dark Universe, a series of movies that will be connected in some way and feature iconic monsters and madmen crossing paths, there are certain...

The Mummy gets more clips, featurette, and posters

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Some clips have been released from THE MUMMY, and I have to say that I disagree with Universal's decision to put some of these out into the world. Glimpses of horror, action scenes, and character moments are fine, but there...

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