Dark Universe

  • EntertainmentDeadline

    Ryan Gosling’s ‘Wolfman’ Howling At Universal As Director Leigh Whannell & Blumhouse Join The Pack

    EXCLUSIVE: Universal Pictures has set its Wolfman project on a fast track to production. Leigh Whannell is negotiating to direct Ryan Gosling in the lead role, and Jason Blum's Blumhouse has boarded the picture to be producer along with Gosling. Blumhouse just teamed with Whannell on the Elizabeth Moss-starrer The Invisible Man, a $7 million […]

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  • EntertainmentVariety

    Ryan Gosling’s ‘Wolfman’ Gears Up at Universal as Director Decision Nears (EXCLUSIVE)

    Months after Universal successfully relaunched its monster universe with Elisabeth Moss's "The Invisible Man," the studio is pushing ahead for "Wolfman" -- which is being developed as a starring vehicle for Ryan Gosling -- to be the next movie based on its catalog of iconic creatures. Sources tell Variety that executives at Universal have been […]

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  • EntertainmentThe Wrap

    Universal’s ‘The Invisible Man’ Reboot Lands New Director, Johnny Depp No Longer to Star

    Johnny Depp will no longer appear in Universal’s reboot of “The Invisible Man,” a source tells TheWrap. Leigh Whannell, the director of “Insidious: Chapter 3” and “Upgrade,” has signed on to direct the remake of “The Invisible Man,” which Universal Pictures is developing based on the classic monster movie character, an individual with knowledge told TheWrap. Whannell will also produce alongside Jason Blum for his Universal-based Blumhouse Productions. Also Read: Universal Landed a Wide Range

  • NewsYahoo Movies

    The future of Universal's monster-filled Dark Universe in doubt

    Universal's Monsters may have already been vanquished before the Dark Universe got off the ground.

  • NewsVariety

    'Bride of Frankenstein' reboot pulled from Universal's schedule

    Bride of Frankenstein is far from alive.

  • NewsVariety

    5 Reasons Why Tom Cruise's 'The Mummy' Disintegrated at the Domestic Box Office

    “The Mummy” has been buried. This weekend, Universal’s latest opened at No. 2 domestically behind the second weekend of “Wonder Woman.” With Tom Cruise in the lead, the revival was poised to be a beat-the-heat, popcorn-flinging summer blockbuster, a nostalgia grab for millennial fans of the 1999 title, and the launchpad for the studio’s “Dark... <a href="http://variety.com/2017/film/box-office/the-mummy-box-office-analysis-tom-cruise-1202461943/" title="Read 5 Reasons Why Tom Cruise’s ‘The Mumm

  • NewsEthan Alter

    'The Monster Squad' Star Unravels the Art of Making a Movie Mummy

    The Mummy, Universal’s new horror-action hybrid, is both a reboot of a popular franchise, and the start of a whole new series. Directed by Alex Kurtzman, the Tom Cruise-led feature will introduce audiences to the “Dark Universe,” where the studio’s classic monsters — including Frankenstein’s monster (Javier Bardem), the Invisible Man (Johnny Depp), and Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (Russell Crowe) — will mix and mingle. If that sounds a little familiar, it’s because these creatures have met before. ..