It Looks Like Universal Studios Is Still Planning To Move Forward With The DARK UNIVERSE

Not many people were impressed with The Mummy last year, but as we know, that movie was supposed to jump-start a cinematic universe comprised of Universal Studios' famous monsters. Will it continue?

By KWilly - May 18, 2018 09:05 AM EST

Filed Under: Sci-Fi

It's alive!

Universal's The Mummy was critically panned and didn't exactly set the box office on fire. For that reason, it was generally assumed that the studio was going to slam the brakes on the planned Dark Universe, but evidently not.

This post by artist Robert Vargas indicates that there's still life in these classic monsters yet.

Great meeting this morning with the amazing #DarkUniverse team. Thank you #Universal Exec, Holly Goline and Crash for the hospitality. Looking forward to contributing to the Universal Pictures legacy with my work. Monster things in the works ;) Stay tuned! #Amazing people #RobertVargas #RobertVargasArt #CantStopWontStop #LA #Artist #LAmurals

A post shared by R O B E R T V A R G A S (@therobertvargas) on
May 10, 2018 at 11:31am PDT

Last we heard, The Bride of Frankenstein was next, but it's been quite a while since we had any updates.

Perhaps Universal has taken a step back and is working hard to figure out what went wrong with The Mummy? Only time will tell.

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Psyconiix - 5/18/2018, 9:49 AM

Stop turning horror icons into action movies.

You want a successful cinematic universe? Make them good horror/thriller rated R moves, otherwise no one will give a shit.

MrDandy - 5/18/2018, 10:05 AM

@Psyconiix - This 100%

TRexx21 - 5/18/2018, 10:18 AM

@Psyconiix - My thoughts exactly, nothing about how they marketed The Mummy came off as a horror movie...if that's what they're going for they need to come harder next time.

L0RDbuckethead - 5/18/2018, 10:29 AM

@Psyconiix - Keep that budget low, too.

Akoni - 5/18/2018, 4:53 PM

@Psyconiix - Stop turning horror icons into action movies.

That was my first thought too and then when I clicked on comments I saw your comment.

These should not be action adventure movies... Make them scary, make them horrifying! Scare the crap out of people and you'll get huge crowds. Get rid of Tom Cruz.... Hell, when it comes to horror you can have a huge hit without a household name.

Since they seem on this action adventure path, I am terribly apprehensive when I think of how they're going to do, Creature From The Black Lagoon.

DR3D - 5/18/2018, 4:53 PM

@Psyconiix - it doesn’t even need to be R, it just needs to be good look at the Quiet Place.

SuperDave - 5/18/2018, 8:09 PM

@Psyconiix - This comment for the win!

DoubleD - 5/19/2018, 5:06 AM

@Psyconiix - I 100% agree with that and glad to see that Universal Studios isn't giving up like WB when they have failures.

PsychoticSpaceRaccoon - 5/18/2018, 9:57 AM

They should take a page out of Stranger Things or the IT remake. Or even The Shape of Water. Give us grounded characters we care about rather than big action heroes.

SonOfAGif - 5/18/2018, 10:33 AM

@PsychoticSpaceRaccoon - Exactly. The only supernatural entity should be the villain and nothing else. No mystical relics or weapons and no over the top action sequences.

The Mummy was like a Mission Impossible side story. Give us a dark and creepy Dracula film.

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