[Universal Monsters] Dark Universe

[nefilim]

Seems Universal is doing marvel/dc kinda thing and creating shared universe for
it's monsters to roam together aka visit each other movies.

Movies we know so far :

• Mummy : Tom Cruise and Sofia Boutella (+ Russell Crowe)
• Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde : Russell Crowe
• Frankenstein : Javier Bardem
• The Invisible Man : Johnny Depp

One may wonder what happens to all the plans if The Mummy flops big time ???

[Scary Hair]

The fact that these have been announced . 

I have to say the casting has got me interested . 

Not enough of a Cruise fan to go I dont think , no I'm not ?.

[Viper0210]

Sounds interesting will have to wait and see what they come up with

[nefilim]

[Viper0210]

Mummy looks interesting. Will see whether initial reviews are positive

[nefilim]

Dwayne Johnson Howling for ‘Wolf Man’ Role?!

HERE

Grrrrrrrrrrrrrr !!!!

[Viper0210]

It might be OK if it were a comedy

[nefilim]

With The Mummy's release this Friday, Universal will officially launch its shared world of creepy monsters, officially titled the Dark Universe. For the last couple years, the other notable monsters who've been confirmed to appear in this franchise have been Frankenstein's monster, The Bride of Frankenstein, The Wolfman, The Invisible Man and The Creature from the Black Lagoon, as well as monster hunter Van Helsing. However, when crafting a cinematic universe, adding more players to the game comes with the territory, and it's been revealed that somewhere down the line, moviegoers will see the Dark Universe iterations of The Hunchback of Notre Dame, The Phantom of the Opera and Dracula.

Kurtzman : " There are characters within those films that can grow and expand and maybe even spin off. I think that digging into deep mythologies about monsters around the world is fair game for us, as well and connecting the monsters that we know to some surprising monsters could also be really interesting. "

[nefilim]

The Mummy is getting pretty bad reviews ... end of franchise ???

[psychoscot]

The critics who's opinions I have any respect for seem to like it, that's enough for me to go tomorrow, plus Cruise does no wrong in my eyes. Never seen a terrible film starring Tom

[larson1977]

5 hours ago, psychoscot said:

The critics who's opinions I have any respect for seem to like it, that's enough for me to go tomorrow, plus Cruise does no wrong in my eyes. Never seen a terrible film starring Tom

Don't like him personally but his movies are always top notch

[nefilim]

9 hours ago, psychoscot said:

The critics who's opinions I have any respect for seem to like it, that's enough for me to go tomorrow, plus Cruise does no wrong in my eyes. Never seen a terrible film starring Tom

Seems nobody agreed with anything I wrote yesterday. LOL.

that happens.

[nefilim]

9 hours ago, psychoscot said:

The critics who's opinions I have any respect for seem to like it, that's enough for me to go tomorrow, plus Cruise does no wrong in my eyes. Never seen a terrible film starring Tom

Btw. where have you found positive rewievs. I just cant find any from the sites I read daily.

[nefilim]

" The busy film received overwhelmingly negative reception, with most calling out the movie’s seemingly unrelated interconnected plot of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde tied in with an entirely different monster story. Other reviews call out the main story itself, criticizing a jumbled, messy plot. "

Variety

 

[psychoscot]

2 hours ago, nefilim said:

Btw. where have you found positive rewievs. I just cant find any from the sites I read daily.

Empire Magazine, Total Film magazine, Daily Telegraph, Entertainment Weekly. All liked it, not love it. But gave it a thumbs up as an entertaining if uneven film story wise. I rarely disagree with Empire, it's my Bible. 

[Scary Hair]

Well caved in with The Mummy 

Going tomorrow afternoon ??.

When I get back a spoiler free review ish and rateing incoming ?.

[nefilim]

2 minutes ago, Scary Hair said:

Well caved in with The Mummy 

Going tomorrow afternoon .

When I get back a spoiler free review ish and rateing incoming .

Excellent ! Looking forward to it.

What's youre take on Tom in general ?

[Scary Hair]

@nefilim

Tom Cruise is a hard one . 

I think he is outstanding with his fans first and foremost .

As a Hype machine because of the type of roles he takes the media feed off his persona that feeds the Hype Machine .

His best movies where in my lowly opinion Legend , Minority Report ,Interview With The Vampire .

I dont dislike him I dont get the Hype .

The nudge was Russell Crow ?

 

 

[howarmat]

Mummy was OK but I can see it not doing great in the box office.  I liked the connection with Jekyll and some of the connections to previous story is good.  Just never really got a groove IMO.

[nefilim]

World is filled with OK movies. Who wants those into their collections ? Or spend money to them ?

...

 

[Scary Hair]

@nefilim

VERY true . One Person's Pudding is another person's Breakfast ??.

The way I look at it is the more the Retailers diversify the better more unique to us our collections become ?

[Scary Hair]

The Mummy 2017

Well worth the ticket ?.

Critics not liking it must have seen a different film to me . 

Cruise On one of his better performance's .

Cracking MOVIE LOVED IT ?.

[kdoepel]

On my way home from seeing it. LOVED IT!! Left wide open for a sequel as well!! ?

[Scary Hair]

@kdoepel

OR a broadening if the franchise . That will be most welcome with me  .

So dark in places still kept the humour with the little touch to the older movies .

Folks can keep the Super Heroes?.

I will gladly take the Super Villans to come if the lines are blured like they are in The Mummy ??

[Ando]

I enjoyed this too, almost in a so bad it's good kind of way. Cruise lifts the whole movie no end.