Ryan Lambie Nov 14, 2017
It's fair to say that The Mummy didn't ignite the multi-movie franchise expected of it. We look at the death of the Dark Universe...
Nb: The following contains spoilers for 2017's The Mummy.
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For some, The Mummy's marketing campaign began not with a bang, but a squeaky Tom Cruise scream. In December 2016, an unfinished trailer for the then-forthcoming film appeared online, and soon went viral: lacking music and proper sound effects, the promo's otherwise dramatic visuals suddenly seemed comically threadbare. A violent plane crash unfolded with only a few chunks of dialogue and an amusing yelp from co-star Annabelle Wallis; Tom Cruise stumbled about in zero-gravity with only a few apologetic 'oofs' and 'eeks' for company.
Steps were taken to have the leaked trailer removed, but as is the way of the web,...
It's fair to say that The Mummy didn't ignite the multi-movie franchise expected of it. We look at the death of the Dark Universe...
Nb: The following contains spoilers for 2017's The Mummy.
See related Star Wars: Rogue One review Star Wars: Rogue One - what did you think?
For some, The Mummy's marketing campaign began not with a bang, but a squeaky Tom Cruise scream. In December 2016, an unfinished trailer for the then-forthcoming film appeared online, and soon went viral: lacking music and proper sound effects, the promo's otherwise dramatic visuals suddenly seemed comically threadbare. A violent plane crash unfolded with only a few chunks of dialogue and an amusing yelp from co-star Annabelle Wallis; Tom Cruise stumbled about in zero-gravity with only a few apologetic 'oofs' and 'eeks' for company.
Steps were taken to have the leaked trailer removed, but as is the way of the web,...
- 11/13/2017
- Den of Geek
Ryan Lambie Oct 17, 2017
This year's The Mummy reboot shares a surprising amount with the 1985 sci-fi horror classic, Lifeforce...
Nb: The following contains spoilers for 2017's The Mummy and 1985's Lifeforce.
See related The Snowman review
When Universal Studios made The Mummy back in 1932, it was in the wake of Tut-mania: the fascination with Ancient Egypt following the discovery of King Tutankhamun's tomb a decade earlier. As Egyptian-inspired symbols and designs began to appear on everything from jewellery to cigarette ads, stories began to circulate that the pharoah's tomb was cursed - and thus The Mummy, about a group of archaeologists who provoke the wrath of a long-dead Imhotep (Boris Karloff, hypnotic as always) emerged.
The Mummy's success was such that it became a long-running franchise: Universal made four direct sequels between 1940 and 1944, with a comedy spin-off, Abbott And Costello Meet The Mummy, joining them in 1955. The UK's Hammer Film...
This year's The Mummy reboot shares a surprising amount with the 1985 sci-fi horror classic, Lifeforce...
Nb: The following contains spoilers for 2017's The Mummy and 1985's Lifeforce.
See related The Snowman review
When Universal Studios made The Mummy back in 1932, it was in the wake of Tut-mania: the fascination with Ancient Egypt following the discovery of King Tutankhamun's tomb a decade earlier. As Egyptian-inspired symbols and designs began to appear on everything from jewellery to cigarette ads, stories began to circulate that the pharoah's tomb was cursed - and thus The Mummy, about a group of archaeologists who provoke the wrath of a long-dead Imhotep (Boris Karloff, hypnotic as always) emerged.
The Mummy's success was such that it became a long-running franchise: Universal made four direct sequels between 1940 and 1944, with a comedy spin-off, Abbott And Costello Meet The Mummy, joining them in 1955. The UK's Hammer Film...
- 10/16/2017
- Den of Geek
This week’s list of horror-themed home entertainment releases is almost exhausting, as we have well over 30 titles coming our way on September 12th. For those who may have missed them in theaters earlier this year, you can now finally catch up with both The Mummy (2017) and It Comes At Night, as they’re both headed home on multiple formats.
Cult film fans should keep an eye out for an array of releases this Tuesday, including The Fox With A Velvet Tail, The Resurrected, the standard two-disc Blu-ray for Dario Argento’s Phenomena, The Creep Behind the Camera, Spider, and Don Coscarelli’s entire Phantasm series comes home in a five-disc DVD set from Well Go USA.
Other notable releases for September 12th include The Ghoul, Dead Again in Tombstone, The Hatred, Ruby, Tobor the Great, and Night Gallery: The Complete Series.
The Fox With A Velvet Tail (Mondo Macabro,...
Cult film fans should keep an eye out for an array of releases this Tuesday, including The Fox With A Velvet Tail, The Resurrected, the standard two-disc Blu-ray for Dario Argento’s Phenomena, The Creep Behind the Camera, Spider, and Don Coscarelli’s entire Phantasm series comes home in a five-disc DVD set from Well Go USA.
Other notable releases for September 12th include The Ghoul, Dead Again in Tombstone, The Hatred, Ruby, Tobor the Great, and Night Gallery: The Complete Series.
The Fox With A Velvet Tail (Mondo Macabro,...
- 9/12/2017
- by Heather Wixson
- DailyDead
It looks like studio insiders are starting to point the finger at Tom Cruise for all of the faults in The Mummy. The movie was supposed to be the big awesome film to launch Universal Pictures' Dark Universe. These movies would build a monster universe that would also include Frankenstein, The Wolfman, The Invisible Man, and more. Unfortunately, the movie didn't do as well as the studio hoped and the critics haven't been too kind to it either.
According to Variety, The Mummy ended up being "a textbook case of a movie star run amok." The report goes on to say that Cruise had “excessive control” over the creative direction of the story.
"Universal, according to sources familiar with the matter, contractually guaranteed Cruise control of most aspects of the project, from script approval to post-production decisions. He also had a great deal of input on the film’s marketing and release strategy,...
According to Variety, The Mummy ended up being "a textbook case of a movie star run amok." The report goes on to say that Cruise had “excessive control” over the creative direction of the story.
"Universal, according to sources familiar with the matter, contractually guaranteed Cruise control of most aspects of the project, from script approval to post-production decisions. He also had a great deal of input on the film’s marketing and release strategy,...
- 6/15/2017
- by Joey Paur
- GeekTyrant
Reviewed by Jesse Miller,
MoreHorror.com
The first in what will be the Dark Universe, a cinematic world sharing new takes on Universal’s creatures, The Mummy is a weird mix of classical horror and adventure tropes with the Tom Cruise Actioner that is spectacle and action.
The first half of the film establishes the creepy nature of The Mummy herself, Princess Ahmanet (Sofia Boutella), while introducing us to our present cast, among them the roguish soldier Nick Morton (Tom Cruise), who stumbles upon Ahmanet’s prison beneath the surface.
Things are suitably creepy in this first half. There’s ghostly hallucinations, soul-sucking and strange seductive daydreams, all wonderfully presented with impressive set design and exciting visuals.
The film shifts into horror as the audience and Nick Morton learn more about this Ahmanet while she’s on a quest of her own, to find her chosen. There’s jump scares...
MoreHorror.com
The first in what will be the Dark Universe, a cinematic world sharing new takes on Universal’s creatures, The Mummy is a weird mix of classical horror and adventure tropes with the Tom Cruise Actioner that is spectacle and action.
The first half of the film establishes the creepy nature of The Mummy herself, Princess Ahmanet (Sofia Boutella), while introducing us to our present cast, among them the roguish soldier Nick Morton (Tom Cruise), who stumbles upon Ahmanet’s prison beneath the surface.
Things are suitably creepy in this first half. There’s ghostly hallucinations, soul-sucking and strange seductive daydreams, all wonderfully presented with impressive set design and exciting visuals.
The film shifts into horror as the audience and Nick Morton learn more about this Ahmanet while she’s on a quest of her own, to find her chosen. There’s jump scares...
- 6/15/2017
- by admin
- MoreHorror
Last week, the Dark Universe unveiled itself. This cinematic universe the powers that be over at Universal are hoping to launch began with a reboot of The Mummy. Partly a Tom Cruise vehicle and partly a modern monster movie, this summer blockbuster had a lot riding on it. By all accounts, the plan is to have a series of these things, leading up to potentially an Avengers style team up. Well, the beginning could have gone better for the Dark Universe, but there’s still hope. We’ll talk about that in a bit, but also, let us briefly discuss The Mummy itself, which is a definite outlier on Cruise’s resume. Read on for more on the film and the universe it’s set to launch. This cinematic universe began on Friday with The Mummy. That film centers on the chaos that ensues when an ancient princess named Ahmanet...
- 6/12/2017
- by Joey Magidson
- Hollywoodnews.com
[Warning: This story contains spoilers for Universal's The Mummy.]
With The Mummy, Tom Cruise takes on his biggest onscreen transformation yet.
The final moments of the Universal film tease a very different type of character for Cruise to sink his teeth into going forward, should he return in titles in the Dark Universe, the shared universe the studio is launching with this movie.
Cruise's Nick Morton sacrifices himself in order to defeat the Mummy (Sofia Boutella) and resurrect Jenny (Anabelle Wallis). Morton is no longer a man, but has truly become a monster, with his face wrapped in bandages, apparently...
With The Mummy, Tom Cruise takes on his biggest onscreen transformation yet.
The final moments of the Universal film tease a very different type of character for Cruise to sink his teeth into going forward, should he return in titles in the Dark Universe, the shared universe the studio is launching with this movie.
Cruise's Nick Morton sacrifices himself in order to defeat the Mummy (Sofia Boutella) and resurrect Jenny (Anabelle Wallis). Morton is no longer a man, but has truly become a monster, with his face wrapped in bandages, apparently...
- 6/11/2017
- by Aaron Couch
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Even A-listers Tom Cruise and Russell Crowe – as Dr Jekyll no less – can’t bring this corpse back to life
Of all the mouldering franchise corpses to reanimate, The Mummy is probably the one that is least open to new ideas. Certain plot elements are immutable. There will be sand, lashed into a frenzy somewhere around the first act climax. There will be cocky adventurers whose greed will blind them to danger until the point when it is chewing their faces off. There will be some kind of significant amulet, in this case a sacrificial dagger that should have been used on this project long before the CGI knob-twiddlers got their hands on the first green-screen action sequence. And there will be an ancient evil whose wrath has festered during the centuries it has spent interred.
For this wholly unnecessary reboot of the series, the film-makers have called upon an...
Of all the mouldering franchise corpses to reanimate, The Mummy is probably the one that is least open to new ideas. Certain plot elements are immutable. There will be sand, lashed into a frenzy somewhere around the first act climax. There will be cocky adventurers whose greed will blind them to danger until the point when it is chewing their faces off. There will be some kind of significant amulet, in this case a sacrificial dagger that should have been used on this project long before the CGI knob-twiddlers got their hands on the first green-screen action sequence. And there will be an ancient evil whose wrath has festered during the centuries it has spent interred.
For this wholly unnecessary reboot of the series, the film-makers have called upon an...
- 6/11/2017
- by Wendy Ide
- The Guardian - Film News
The Mummy, Universal and Alex Kurtzman’s star-studded reboot that hit theatres this week, is hoping to kick off a brand new franchise for the studio. Its name? Dark Universe, an interwoven collection of creature features that will, through time, bring together the likes of The Invisible Man and Frankenstein’s Monster, among others. Dead Men Tell No Tales duo Johnny Depp and Javier Bardem will play each of those iconic monsters, respectively, but in the case of The Mummy, Kingsman breakout Sofia Boutella has been crowned Princess Ahmanet.
Once in line to become a Pharaoh, Boutella’s goddess is robbed of her right to rule by her deceitful father and buried alive within the catacombs of Egypt. Fast forward to the present day and it’s Tom Cruise’s military man Nick Morton who stumbles upon said crypt, before accidentally unleashing an otherworldly terror of biblical proportions. While that...
Once in line to become a Pharaoh, Boutella’s goddess is robbed of her right to rule by her deceitful father and buried alive within the catacombs of Egypt. Fast forward to the present day and it’s Tom Cruise’s military man Nick Morton who stumbles upon said crypt, before accidentally unleashing an otherworldly terror of biblical proportions. While that...
- 6/10/2017
- by Matt Joseph
- We Got This Covered
The legendary Boris Karloff portrayed many iconic characters throughout his long career—The Monster in Frankenstein (1931) and Imhotep in The Mummy (1932) are undoubtedly two of the most recognizable. Mr. Karloff's roles in these films are a fundamental building block in creating the foundation for Universal Pictures, which would go on to make the classic monsters we can all identify today.
And now, Tom Cruise has been chosen to lead the Universal Monster universe in a new direction, with a new franchise. In recent years, the actor has become somewhat typecast as the "smartest guy in the room" action hero, and he's actually quite good playing this character. Mr. Cruise has a charisma about him and a dedication to keep everything authentic, even down to performing his own terrifying stunts or taking roles earlier in his career that were different and out of character. This makes it all the more...
And now, Tom Cruise has been chosen to lead the Universal Monster universe in a new direction, with a new franchise. In recent years, the actor has become somewhat typecast as the "smartest guy in the room" action hero, and he's actually quite good playing this character. Mr. Cruise has a charisma about him and a dedication to keep everything authentic, even down to performing his own terrifying stunts or taking roles earlier in his career that were different and out of character. This makes it all the more...
- 6/10/2017
- by Monte Yazzie
- DailyDead
Shared universes are all the rage these days. Marvel started the trend almost a decade ago and each major studio now seems eager to establish their own. While Marvel has perfected the formula in which you focus on a specific character’s story first and then slowly introduce them into a larger universe, this is an element that other studios have chosen to ignore. Warner Bros. couldn’t wait to get their Justice League film together so after Man of Steel, they rushed into Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice which was a huge critical misfire. Suicide Squad was another hot mess, and while Wonder Woman is undeniably great, one must wonder (pun somewhat intended) if it was so well received because it focused on a single character and her arc. Now we have established her and she will most likely be one of the highlights of this year’s Justice League,...
- 6/10/2017
- by Scott Davis
- CinemaNerdz
The Mummy seemed like a cash grab from the moment it was announced. Universal has been trying to launch a universe of their own, featuring classic movie monsters associated with the studio, including Frankenstein, the Wolfman, and the Invisible Man, for years. The Mummy is essentially the studio going "all in" to jump start what is now called Dark Universe. Casting a star as large as Tom Cruise initially read as an attempt to make up for shortcomings in other areas. When you don't have much else, attach the biggest movie star in the world, and your film will sell (maybe)! Additionally, though the first movie came out in 1999, the Brendan Fraser lead Mummy franchise is still fresh enough in the public's mind that starting a new universe with The Mummy seemed like a strange choice. So, is The Mummy just another ill-advised attempt to launch a universe, cashing in...
- 6/9/2017
- by Nick Doll
- LRMonline.com
When Russell Crowe is involved, it's obvious we're in for something epic. The Academy Award-winning actor takes on the role of Dr. Henry Jekyll in The Mummy, in which he lends aid to protagonist Nick Morton, portrayed by Tom Cruise. If Crowe's past roles are any indication, The Mummy is set to not only be one of the biggest movies of the year, but another captivating action film to add to the Russell Crowe canon. Crowe's filmography, spanning nearly three decades, includes blockbusters like Gladiator, for which he won an Oscar for Best Actor, a thought-provoking true story in A Beautiful Mind and even Crowe's singing of some of the most iconic Broadway songs in Les Misérables. Most...
- 6/9/2017
- E! Online
With a property like The Mummy, you could take it in a couple of different directions. You have the horror route: Universal and Hammer Studios both went this route in the 1930s and 50s, proving that the schlocky idea of a looming curse can be presented in a sophisticated and chilling manner. You have the adventure route: The 1999 Mummy remake gave us a fun, Indiana Jones character in a pulpy page-turning excursion. As Universal begins its journey to create their own cinematic universe like Marvel – currently titled Dark Universe – an attempt is made to go in both directions at that same time, without successfully capturing either experience very well.
When Nick Morton (Tom Cruise) and Chris Vail (Jake Johnson) aren’t slinging jokes (bad ones, at that) during missions for the Army, the duo like to steal antiquities to sell on the Black Market. A treasure map leads the pair...
When Nick Morton (Tom Cruise) and Chris Vail (Jake Johnson) aren’t slinging jokes (bad ones, at that) during missions for the Army, the duo like to steal antiquities to sell on the Black Market. A treasure map leads the pair...
- 6/9/2017
- by Michael Haffner
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
The Mummy is not only raising the dead, it's giving rise to a new shared universe.
The film from director Alex Kurtzman is launching Dark Universe, based on Universal's monsters. Universal has a number of films in the works, with Bride of Frankenstein up next in 2019. Stars attached to the universe include Tom Cruise (The Mummy's Nick Morton), Johnny Depp (The Invisible Man), Javier Bardem (Frankenstein’s Monster), and Russell Crowe, whose Dr. Jekyll is introduced in The Mummy and will be a linchpin to the universe.
The film has struggled with critics and is poised to come in at No....
The film from director Alex Kurtzman is launching Dark Universe, based on Universal's monsters. Universal has a number of films in the works, with Bride of Frankenstein up next in 2019. Stars attached to the universe include Tom Cruise (The Mummy's Nick Morton), Johnny Depp (The Invisible Man), Javier Bardem (Frankenstein’s Monster), and Russell Crowe, whose Dr. Jekyll is introduced in The Mummy and will be a linchpin to the universe.
The film has struggled with critics and is poised to come in at No....
- 6/9/2017
- by Aaron Couch
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Calling Tom Cruise a familiar face would be quite the understatement. The 54-year-old actor has taken the big screen most often in thrilling fashion, having taken on a number of action roles over the course of his more than 30-year career, the most recent being his role as Nick Morton in The Mummy. The monster movie finds Cruise's Morton at odds with an ancient, vengeful princess. The action star transcended time in Edge of Tomorrow, protected his children from an alien invasion in War of the Worlds and of course, Cruise's Ethan Hunt continuously proved the mission possible in the six installments of the Mission: Impossible series. However, Cruise's versatility doesn't end...
- 6/8/2017
- E! Online
By Mark Cerulli
Anyone who grew up in the 1970s fondly remembers “Chiller Theater” playing on Wpix in the NY area. Chiller introduced me to all the Universal classics – Dracula, Frankenstein, The Wolfman and, of course, Karloff’s 1932 addition, The Mummy. Universal’s new re-imagining of their beloved classic isn’t that Mummy, not by a long shot– but we’re in a different time and a different world, so why not?
This new Mummy stars Tom Cruise as Nick Morton, an Army commando/antiquities raider who finds and sells priceless relics on the black market. He’s stolen a map from a lovely, combative British archaeologist (Annabelle Wallis) that leads him to modern day, ultra dangerous Iraq. After he and his Army bro (Jake Johnson) call in an airstrike to save them from insurgents, a missile blast reveals the hidden tomb of Ahmanet, an Egyptian Princess who murdered her...
Anyone who grew up in the 1970s fondly remembers “Chiller Theater” playing on Wpix in the NY area. Chiller introduced me to all the Universal classics – Dracula, Frankenstein, The Wolfman and, of course, Karloff’s 1932 addition, The Mummy. Universal’s new re-imagining of their beloved classic isn’t that Mummy, not by a long shot– but we’re in a different time and a different world, so why not?
This new Mummy stars Tom Cruise as Nick Morton, an Army commando/antiquities raider who finds and sells priceless relics on the black market. He’s stolen a map from a lovely, combative British archaeologist (Annabelle Wallis) that leads him to modern day, ultra dangerous Iraq. After he and his Army bro (Jake Johnson) call in an airstrike to save them from insurgents, a missile blast reveals the hidden tomb of Ahmanet, an Egyptian Princess who murdered her...
- 6/8/2017
- by nospam@example.com (Cinema Retro)
- Cinemaretro.com
In Universal’s latest resurrection of The Mummy (review) (which is directed by Alex Kurtzman), Tom Cruise stars as devil-may-care graverobber, Nick Morton. Nick is in the military, but he’d rather be plundering the riches of long-dead Egyptian royalty. He rattles… Continue Reading →
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- 6/8/2017
- by Staci Layne Wilson
- DreadCentral.com
“Utterly devoid of soul,” Dr. Henry Jekyll (Russell Crowe) notifies protagonist Nick Morton (Tom Cruise) as to what will become of the person that the titular creature has cursed. Soulless is also an applicable description for The Mummy, the inaugural entry of Universal’s Dark Universe, though not due to inactivity – noises and effects are bounteous here – but rather the inability to offer a straight answer for “What kind of film are you?”
Prior to meeting the doctor, which is at the halfway point, The Mummy exerts a firm hold on “adventure with horror.” After a chilling sequence detailing how the jealousy of one Princess Ahmanet (Sofia Boutella) leads her to a wrapped demise (and the first occasion where the Algerian actress exhibits her scene-stealing ability), the film switches to thoroughly cheeky antiquities retriever Nick and his gratingly over-cautious pal, Chris Vail (Jake Johnson), eyeing a treasure cache in the...
Prior to meeting the doctor, which is at the halfway point, The Mummy exerts a firm hold on “adventure with horror.” After a chilling sequence detailing how the jealousy of one Princess Ahmanet (Sofia Boutella) leads her to a wrapped demise (and the first occasion where the Algerian actress exhibits her scene-stealing ability), the film switches to thoroughly cheeky antiquities retriever Nick and his gratingly over-cautious pal, Chris Vail (Jake Johnson), eyeing a treasure cache in the...
- 6/8/2017
- by Nguyen Le
- The Cultural Post
The first reviews for Alex Kurtzman's The Mummy are in, and it's not looking good for the Tom Cruise-starrer.
The film, which is a reboot of the Brendan Fraser-starring Mummy films and the 1932 Karl Freund-directed one before that, stars Cruise as Nick Morton, an Army sergeant and secret antiquities looter who accidentally stumbles upon and awakens a mummy. This version of the titular villain is Ahmanet (Sofia Boutella), who brings with her millennia-old malevolence and modern-day destruction.
The pic — the first in a planned Universal monster film series dubbed the Dark Universe — currently has a Rotten Tomatoes score of...
The film, which is a reboot of the Brendan Fraser-starring Mummy films and the 1932 Karl Freund-directed one before that, stars Cruise as Nick Morton, an Army sergeant and secret antiquities looter who accidentally stumbles upon and awakens a mummy. This version of the titular villain is Ahmanet (Sofia Boutella), who brings with her millennia-old malevolence and modern-day destruction.
The pic — the first in a planned Universal monster film series dubbed the Dark Universe — currently has a Rotten Tomatoes score of...
- 6/7/2017
- by Lauren Huff
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Tom Cruise tumbles around a nose-diving airplane, grunting impotently at gravity. His character, a rakish treasure-hunting soldier named Nick Morton, has accidentally unleashed a mummified Egyptian princess from her tomb, and the only reason he survives the crash—awakening in a translucent plastic body bag without a scratch on him—is the curse that now pumps through his veins. Throughout The Mummy, Nick will be knocked around like a rag doll, fend off swarms of vermin and underwater ghouls, have his bones crunched and his organs painfully shifted. This is business as usual, of course, for a Tom Cruise protagonist. Whether the aging heartthrob absorbs onscreen abuse purely for our perverse amusement or out of some deeper masochistic impulse is a question for the psychiatrists he doesn’t believe in. Either way, no living American movie star gets more mileage out of putting his characters—or, in the case of...
- 6/7/2017
- by A.A. Dowd
- avclub.com
For about five minutes at the top of The Mummy, Tom Cruise gets to be Indiana Jones. Well, kind of. He’s Nick Morton, a soldier of fortune less interested in archaeology than getting rich. After he and his sidekick Vail (Jake Johnson, doing a whole bunch of cracking wise) raid a not-so-abandoned village for supposed treasure, they stumble upon a cavernous tomb holding the sarcophagus of an evil Egyptian princess (Sofia Boutella) forgotten by time. As directed by Alex Kurtzman and written by a billion people, this high-concept horror picture is meant to introduce us to Universal’s “new world of gods and monsters.” And while it does take on the franchise burden in hefty doses, the film remains a fun, and funny, B-movie throughout.
Before long, the mummy is let loose upon the world. London, to be exact. Thankfully and conveniently, there are steps that must be taken before she can rule.
Before long, the mummy is let loose upon the world. London, to be exact. Thankfully and conveniently, there are steps that must be taken before she can rule.
- 6/7/2017
- by Dan Mecca
- The Film Stage
How meh is The Mummy? Let me count the ways. For all the huffing and puffing and digital desperation from overworked computers, this reboot lands onscreen with a resounding thud. Tom Cruise should have played the Mummy – that way his face would be swathed in bandages and his fans wouldn't have to see him sweat so hard to get this lumbering loser off the ground.
In a gender flip, the title role originated by Boris Karloff in 1932 is played by Algerian actress Sofia Boutella (Kingsman: The Secret Service). She's Ahmanet,...
In a gender flip, the title role originated by Boris Karloff in 1932 is played by Algerian actress Sofia Boutella (Kingsman: The Secret Service). She's Ahmanet,...
- 6/7/2017
- Rollingstone.com
Director Alex Kurtzman accepts the daunting task of kickstarting Universal’s “Dark Universe” with The Mummy, and holy hexes, first impressions are not favorable. Wonky structuring and general tone mishandling never unearth a confident vision. Be it Tom Cruise’s obsession with Annabelle Wallis’ “15-second-man” comment or Sofia Boutella’s male-gaze-y mummification, reboot aesthetics gamble lax horror representation on a losing hand. Generic jumps, blurry action – at least dialogue peppers in the words “dark” and “monster” a whole bunch! You know, because we require needless reminders that the movie is “dark,” and there sure are more “monsters” on the horizon (Frankenstein, Invisible Man, Phantom of the Opera, etc.). Expect the “blackened” mainstream thrillification that genre fans so dreadfully feared – frantic yet bland, heavy CGI and one woefully mistold tale.
Mr. Cruise stars as Nick Morton, an Iraq-based sergeant who abandons post to sell “local antiquities” on the black market alongside...
Mr. Cruise stars as Nick Morton, an Iraq-based sergeant who abandons post to sell “local antiquities” on the black market alongside...
- 6/7/2017
- by Matt Donato
- We Got This Covered
Author: Stefan Pape
The Mummy franchise was first kickstarted back in 1932 with Boris Karloff, only to then be reignited in the 90s, is a cinematic stomping ground that thrives in its elusive nature, with an Indiana Jones-like approach, setting our protagonists on a path of mystery; puzzle breaking, finding clues and overcoming riddles. Rebooted (again) with Alex Kurtzman now at the helm, instead the film takes on the form of a rather more generic, survival horror flick. As the first film in the new Universal Monster Universe, it’s also left with the burden of world building, and while necessary in parts, this responsibility also drags the film down, transpiring in a tedious, disengaging production.
Tom Cruise plays Nick Morton – an opportunist soldier-cum-thief who, alongside his trusty, if somewhat apprehensive sidekick Chris Vail (Jake Johnson), stumbles across an ancient Egyptian tomb while serving in the Middle East. Calling upon the...
The Mummy franchise was first kickstarted back in 1932 with Boris Karloff, only to then be reignited in the 90s, is a cinematic stomping ground that thrives in its elusive nature, with an Indiana Jones-like approach, setting our protagonists on a path of mystery; puzzle breaking, finding clues and overcoming riddles. Rebooted (again) with Alex Kurtzman now at the helm, instead the film takes on the form of a rather more generic, survival horror flick. As the first film in the new Universal Monster Universe, it’s also left with the burden of world building, and while necessary in parts, this responsibility also drags the film down, transpiring in a tedious, disengaging production.
Tom Cruise plays Nick Morton – an opportunist soldier-cum-thief who, alongside his trusty, if somewhat apprehensive sidekick Chris Vail (Jake Johnson), stumbles across an ancient Egyptian tomb while serving in the Middle East. Calling upon the...
- 6/7/2017
- by Stefan Pape
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
It feels appropriate, if not a bit on the nose, to kick off a summer teeming with remakes and reboots and cinematic universe-expanding episodes with a movie that is all the above. The Mummy, which is both a reboot of the 1932 The Mummy starring Boris Karloff and the 1999 franchise starring Brendan Fraser, is also the first installment in the soon-to-be expansive Dark Universe. (The movie universe that will bring together Dracula and Frankenstein and the Creature from the Black Lagoon.)
This retelling of a retelling begins with a prologue that sheds light upon one of history's so-called "darkest secrets." Ahmanet (Kingsman: The Secret Service's Sofia Boutella) is the sole successor to the throne, until her father, the Pharaoh, produces a male heir. Realizing, as we are told, "power is not given, it's taken," Princess Ahmanet makes a pact with the god of death and commits a monstrous crime, for which she is mummified alive.
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This retelling of a retelling begins with a prologue that sheds light upon one of history's so-called "darkest secrets." Ahmanet (Kingsman: The Secret Service's Sofia Boutella) is the sole successor to the throne, until her father, the Pharaoh, produces a male heir. Realizing, as we are told, "power is not given, it's taken," Princess Ahmanet makes a pact with the god of death and commits a monstrous crime, for which she is mummified alive.
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- 6/7/2017
- Entertainment Tonight
What made Tom Cruise a movie star? It wasn’t his toothy smile or his all-American dimples. It wasn’t that he was cocky enough to be loved, but also vulnerable enough to be lovable, although that certainly helped. It wasn’t even the fact that the way he runs on screen tells us more about the fundamental nature of cinema than anyone has conveyed with a stride since Eadweard Muybridge trained his camera on a galloping horse. No, Tom Cruise became a movie star because he possessed something that galvanized all of those individual qualities into something special — a need for quality control.
Just consider those credits: “Risky Business.” “Top Gun.” “Born on the Fourth of July.” Cruise was a human seal of freshness decades before today’s Hollywood A-listers needed Rotten Tomatoes to validate their work. If “Cocktail” was the worst movie an actor made in the first decade of their career,...
Just consider those credits: “Risky Business.” “Top Gun.” “Born on the Fourth of July.” Cruise was a human seal of freshness decades before today’s Hollywood A-listers needed Rotten Tomatoes to validate their work. If “Cocktail” was the worst movie an actor made in the first decade of their career,...
- 6/7/2017
- by David Ehrlich
- Indiewire
Author: Stefan Pape
To mark the forthcoming release of Alex Kurtzman’s The Mummy – out on June 9th – we had the pleasure of sitting down with two of the film’s stars; Jake Johnson and Courtney B. Vance.
The pair discussed with us what attracted them both to the project (surprise surprise – it’s Tom Cruise) and just how cool it made them feel to be shooting scenes with the legendary actor. They also speak about Kurtzman’s directing style, and Johnson comments on his character’s comedic responsibility, providing the film with vital moments of light relief.
Watch the full interview below…
Synopsis
Nick Morton is a soldier of fortune who plunders ancient sites for timeless artifacts and sells them to the highest bidder. When Nick and his partner come under attack in the Middle East, the ensuing battle accidentally unearths Ahmanet, a betrayed Egyptian princess who was entombed...
To mark the forthcoming release of Alex Kurtzman’s The Mummy – out on June 9th – we had the pleasure of sitting down with two of the film’s stars; Jake Johnson and Courtney B. Vance.
The pair discussed with us what attracted them both to the project (surprise surprise – it’s Tom Cruise) and just how cool it made them feel to be shooting scenes with the legendary actor. They also speak about Kurtzman’s directing style, and Johnson comments on his character’s comedic responsibility, providing the film with vital moments of light relief.
Watch the full interview below…
Synopsis
Nick Morton is a soldier of fortune who plunders ancient sites for timeless artifacts and sells them to the highest bidder. When Nick and his partner come under attack in the Middle East, the ensuing battle accidentally unearths Ahmanet, a betrayed Egyptian princess who was entombed...
- 6/6/2017
- by Stefan Pape
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
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Mere days out from the film’s theatrical release, Bloody Disgusting has conjured up a haunting collection of high-res stills for The Mummy, Universal and Alex Kurtzman’s star-studded reboot that will look to ignite a bona fide franchise on June 9th.
Its name? Dark Universe, an interwoven collection of creature features that will, through time, bring together the likes of The Invisible Man and Frankenstein’s Monster. Dead Men Tell No Tales duo Johnny Depp and Javier Bardem will play each of those iconic monsters, respectively, but in the case of The Mummy, Kingsman breakout Sofia Boutella has been crowned Princess Ahmanet.
Once in line to become a Pharaoh, Boutella’s goddess is robbed of her right to rule by her deceitful father and buried alive within the catacombs of Egypt. Fast forward to the...
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Mere days out from the film’s theatrical release, Bloody Disgusting has conjured up a haunting collection of high-res stills for The Mummy, Universal and Alex Kurtzman’s star-studded reboot that will look to ignite a bona fide franchise on June 9th.
Its name? Dark Universe, an interwoven collection of creature features that will, through time, bring together the likes of The Invisible Man and Frankenstein’s Monster. Dead Men Tell No Tales duo Johnny Depp and Javier Bardem will play each of those iconic monsters, respectively, but in the case of The Mummy, Kingsman breakout Sofia Boutella has been crowned Princess Ahmanet.
Once in line to become a Pharaoh, Boutella’s goddess is robbed of her right to rule by her deceitful father and buried alive within the catacombs of Egypt. Fast forward to the...
- 6/6/2017
- by Michael Briers
- We Got This Covered
The Mummy is the first chapter in Dark Universe, a new world of monsters and mayhem from Universal. We've heard a good bit about the company's plans for its new extended universe, but there's no better introduction than to watch five news clips for the movie. Tom Cruise stars as Nick Morton and in this clip he is teamed with Jake Johnson as Chris Vail. They've come under fire while on a mission of some sort and things do not look good for them. Now teamed with Jenny (Annabelle Wallis), Nick finds himself again under attack. Are we sensing a pattern? Where are those parachutes, anyway? Somehow, Nick has survived the previous clip and he is introduced to his new location. We'll allow Dr. Jekyll (Russell Crowe) to...
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- 6/5/2017
- by Peter Martin
- Movies.com
The Mummy is the first chapter in Dark Universe, a new world of monsters and mayhem from Universal. We've heard a good bit about the company's plans for its new extended universe, but there's no better introduction than to watch five news clips for the movie. Tom Cruise stars as Nick Morton and in this clip he is teamed with Jake Johnson as Chris Vail. They've come under fire while on a mission of some sort and things do not look good for them. Now...
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- 6/5/2017
- by affiliates@fandango.com
- Fandango
Tom Cruise stars in The Mummy, the launch of Universal's Dark Universe. Here's our review...
If your expectations of The Mummy led you to anticipate an action movie, which the initial trailer that has been spamming every Odeon screening I’ve been to this year seemed to suggest, you’ll likely be surprised by it. Rather than a re-tread of the Brendan Fraser-led Stephen Sommers’ remake, a greater emphasis is placed on horror this time around.
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There’s a lot to like about the film, which sees Tom Cruise’s Nick Morton tangling with a disgruntled ancient undead villain, Sofia Boutella’s Ahmanet, and drawing the attention of Dr Jekyll (Russell Crowe) as he does so. Cruise is on good form, whether conniving, charming or fighting as hard as he possibly can. At...
If your expectations of The Mummy led you to anticipate an action movie, which the initial trailer that has been spamming every Odeon screening I’ve been to this year seemed to suggest, you’ll likely be surprised by it. Rather than a re-tread of the Brendan Fraser-led Stephen Sommers’ remake, a greater emphasis is placed on horror this time around.
See related Lara Croft Tomb Raider 1 & 2: What went wrong? Walton Goggins interview: The Hateful Eight
There’s a lot to like about the film, which sees Tom Cruise’s Nick Morton tangling with a disgruntled ancient undead villain, Sofia Boutella’s Ahmanet, and drawing the attention of Dr Jekyll (Russell Crowe) as he does so. Cruise is on good form, whether conniving, charming or fighting as hard as he possibly can. At...
- 6/5/2017
- Den of Geek
Princess Ahmanet unleashes a pent-up rage two millennia in the making in the latest and downright spooky batch of clips for The Mummy, Universal and Alex Kurtzman’s budding reboot that’s poised to get the ball rolling on the studio’s wildly ambitious Dark Universe next week.
Pegged for theatrical release on June 9th, this particular incarnation of The Mummy places Kingsman: The Secret Service breakout Sofia Boutella in the title role. Robbed of her rightful destiny eons ago, Ahmanet was thought to be safely entombed under the sands of the Middle East – that is, until Tom Cruise’s military man Nick Morton uncovers her resting place years after the fact. It’s a historic discovery for all of humanity, but as Cruise, Jenny Halsey (Annabelle Wallis), Sgt. Vail (Jake Johnson), Dr. Henry Jekyll (Russell Crowe) and the team of Prodigium quickly begin to realize, the Mummy’s sheer power and animosity defy belief.
Pegged for theatrical release on June 9th, this particular incarnation of The Mummy places Kingsman: The Secret Service breakout Sofia Boutella in the title role. Robbed of her rightful destiny eons ago, Ahmanet was thought to be safely entombed under the sands of the Middle East – that is, until Tom Cruise’s military man Nick Morton uncovers her resting place years after the fact. It’s a historic discovery for all of humanity, but as Cruise, Jenny Halsey (Annabelle Wallis), Sgt. Vail (Jake Johnson), Dr. Henry Jekyll (Russell Crowe) and the team of Prodigium quickly begin to realize, the Mummy’s sheer power and animosity defy belief.
- 6/2/2017
- by Matt Joseph
- We Got This Covered
It wouldn't be a Tom Cruise movie without a series of outrageous stunts and a sprinkling of international locations, and we'll be getting a healthy helping of each in Alex Kurtzman's The Mummy. Thought to be safely entombed deep beneath the unforgiving desert, an ancient princess (Sofia Boutella) is mistakenly awakened by Nick Morton (Tom Cruise) and sets out to unleash terrors... Read More...
- 6/2/2017
- by Kevin Fraser
- JoBlo.com
Universal has some very ambitious plans for their monster movies. That was made pretty clear last week when they finally made the whole thing official by announcing the Dark Universe. Set to be a shared cinematic universe not too different from what we’ve seen with Marvel and DC – except that it involves monsters instead of superheroes – it kicks off with The Mummy next month and will also include projects like The Invisible Man and Bride of Frankenstein, among many, many others.
And that’s just the start. If this thing’s successful and the films end up performing well at the box office, you can also expect to see characters like the Wolf Man, Dracula, the Creature from the Black Lagoon and Van Helsing get their own movies, too. It’s all very exciting, to be sure, and even though analysts are predicting a bit of an underwhelming box office opening for The Mummy,...
And that’s just the start. If this thing’s successful and the films end up performing well at the box office, you can also expect to see characters like the Wolf Man, Dracula, the Creature from the Black Lagoon and Van Helsing get their own movies, too. It’s all very exciting, to be sure, and even though analysts are predicting a bit of an underwhelming box office opening for The Mummy,...
- 5/31/2017
- by Matt Joseph
- We Got This Covered
Universal has some very ambitious plans for their monster movies. That was made pretty clear this week when they finally made the whole thing official by announcing the Dark Universe. Set to be a shared cinematic universe not too different from what we’ve seen with Marvel and DC – except that it involves monsters instead of superheroes – it kicks off with The Mummy next month and will also include projects like The Invisible Man and Bride of Frankenstein, among many, many others.
And that’s just the start. If this thing’s successful and the films end up performing well at the box office, you can also expect to see characters like the Wolf Man, Dracula, the Creature from the Black Lagoon and Van Helsing get their own movies, too. It’s all very exciting, to be sure, and even though analysts are predicting a bit of an underwhelming box office opening for The Mummy,...
And that’s just the start. If this thing’s successful and the films end up performing well at the box office, you can also expect to see characters like the Wolf Man, Dracula, the Creature from the Black Lagoon and Van Helsing get their own movies, too. It’s all very exciting, to be sure, and even though analysts are predicting a bit of an underwhelming box office opening for The Mummy,...
- 5/28/2017
- by Mark Cassidy
- We Got This Covered
Universal has some very ambitious plans for their monster movies. That was made pretty clear this week when they finally made the whole thing official by announcing the Dark Universe. Set to be a shared cinematic universe not too different from what we’ve seen with Marvel and DC – except that it involves monsters instead of superheroes – it kicks off with The Mummy next month and will also include projects like The Invisible Man and Bride of Frankenstein, among many, many others.
And that’s just the start. If this thing’s successful and the films end up performing well at the box office, you can also expect to see characters like the Wolf Man, Dracula, the Creature from the Black Lagoon and Van Helsing get their own movies, too. It’s all very exciting, to be sure, and even though analysts are predicting a bit of an underwhelming box office opening for The Mummy,...
And that’s just the start. If this thing’s successful and the films end up performing well at the box office, you can also expect to see characters like the Wolf Man, Dracula, the Creature from the Black Lagoon and Van Helsing get their own movies, too. It’s all very exciting, to be sure, and even though analysts are predicting a bit of an underwhelming box office opening for The Mummy,...
- 5/27/2017
- by Mark Cassidy
- We Got This Covered
That time Sofia Boutella threw Tom Cruise across a forest. Watch this exclusive #TheMummy clip. pic.twitter.com/VZX6vchpXq
— #TheMummy (@themummy) May 23, 2017
For well over a year, we’ve known that Universal has been working behind the scenes to bring a shared universe of monsters to the big screen. Earlier this week, the studio gave this universe a new branding identity in the form of Dark Universe, which will consist of such monsters as The Invisible Man, Mr. Hyde, Frankenstein’s Monster, and of course, The Mummy.
In a couple weeks, we’ll be getting our very first taste of this world with The Mummy, which stars Tom Cruise and Sofia Boutella (the latter of whom plays the titular Mummy). This film looks like it’ll be bringing plenty of action-heavy thrills, but we can certainly hope that it’ll bring some old-school chills with it as well. After all,...
— #TheMummy (@themummy) May 23, 2017
For well over a year, we’ve known that Universal has been working behind the scenes to bring a shared universe of monsters to the big screen. Earlier this week, the studio gave this universe a new branding identity in the form of Dark Universe, which will consist of such monsters as The Invisible Man, Mr. Hyde, Frankenstein’s Monster, and of course, The Mummy.
In a couple weeks, we’ll be getting our very first taste of this world with The Mummy, which stars Tom Cruise and Sofia Boutella (the latter of whom plays the titular Mummy). This film looks like it’ll be bringing plenty of action-heavy thrills, but we can certainly hope that it’ll bring some old-school chills with it as well. After all,...
- 5/26/2017
- by Joseph Medina
- LRMonline.com
Following the big reveal of their big classic monsters shared universe on Monday, Universal are going full tilt into hyping the first installment of Dark Universe, The Mummy, with the reveal of the first clip. Showcasing the movie’s dark atmosphere, humour, and the fact that Tom Cruise’s Nick Morton isn’t your typical action adventure lead, it does a good job of cluing us into what is in store for us. That time Sofia Boutella threw Tom Cruise across a forest. Watch this exclusive #TheMummy clip. pic.twitter.com/VZX6vchpXq — #TheMummy (@themummy) May 23, 2017 Released: June 9th Synopsis: Thought safely entombed in a tomb deep beneath the unforgiving desert, an ancient princess (Sofia Boutella of Kingsman: The Secret Service and Star Trek Beyond) whose destiny was unjustly taken from her is awakened in our current day, bringing with her malevolence grown over millennia and terrors that defy human comprehension.
- 5/23/2017
- by noreply@blogger.com (Tom White)
- www.themoviebit.com
Universal has big, big plans for their monster movies. That was made abundantly clear this week when they finally made the whole thing official, announcing the Dark Universe. Set to be a shared cinematic universe not too different from what we’ve seen with Marvel and DC – except that it involves monsters instead of superheroes – it’ll kick off with The Mummy next month and also include films like The Invisible Man and Bride of Frankenstein, among many, many others.
And that’s just the start. If this thing is successful and ends up taking off, you can also expect to see characters like the Wolf Man, Dracula, the Creature from the Black Lagoon and Van Helsing get their own films, too. It’s all very exciting, to be sure, and even though analysts are predicting a bit of an underwhelming box office opening for The Mummy, we’re hopeful...
And that’s just the start. If this thing is successful and ends up taking off, you can also expect to see characters like the Wolf Man, Dracula, the Creature from the Black Lagoon and Van Helsing get their own films, too. It’s all very exciting, to be sure, and even though analysts are predicting a bit of an underwhelming box office opening for The Mummy, we’re hopeful...
- 5/23/2017
- by Matt Joseph
- We Got This Covered
Universal Pictures have announced that its series of films reviving the studio’s classic monster characters for a new generation will be known as Dark Universe. The motion logo (pictured above – video at end of this article) for the new initiative features a musical theme composed by Danny Elfman and will debut in theaters preceding The Mummy, which will be released on June 9th.
The announcement includes details of the enterprise relaunching Universal’s iconic characters into modern cinema, as well as confirmations of superstar cast and that Academy Award winner Bill Condon will direct Bride of Frankenstein. Universal announced that it will not release a Dark Universe film as previously planned for April 13th 2018, and that Bride will instead be the next chapter in the unspooling series of movies following this year’s The Mummy. The actress chosen to play the lead role in Condon’s version of this...
The announcement includes details of the enterprise relaunching Universal’s iconic characters into modern cinema, as well as confirmations of superstar cast and that Academy Award winner Bill Condon will direct Bride of Frankenstein. Universal announced that it will not release a Dark Universe film as previously planned for April 13th 2018, and that Bride will instead be the next chapter in the unspooling series of movies following this year’s The Mummy. The actress chosen to play the lead role in Condon’s version of this...
- 5/23/2017
- by Phil Wheat
- Nerdly
Ahead of the release of Tom Cruise’s The Mummy, Universal Pictures has unveiled their shared monster movie universe, called Dark Universe. The connected world will feature Russell Crowe as Dr. Jekyll/Mr. Hyde, Javier Barden as Frankenstein’s Monster, Tom Cruise as Nick Morton, Johnny Depp as The Invisible Man and Sofia Boutella as The Mummy. Over […]
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- 5/23/2017
- by Edward Nigma
- Fortress of Solitude - Movie News
Welcome to a new world of gods and monsters. Welcome to Dark Universe.
Universal Pictures announced today that its series of films reviving the studio’s classic monster characters for a new generation will be known as “Dark Universe.”
The motion logo for the new initiative features a musical theme composed by Danny Elfman and will debut in theaters preceding The Mummy, which will be released on June 9. The announcement includes details of the enterprise relaunching Universal’s iconic characters into modern cinema, as well as confirmations of superstar cast and that Academy Award® winner Bill Condon will direct Bride of Frankenstein.
Dark Universe was begun by core creatives Alex Kurtzman, who also serves as director and producer of The Mummy, the inaugural film in the new classic monster series, and The Mummy producer Chris Morgan, who recently saw The Fate Of The Furious, the sixth film he wrote for the Fast & Furious franchise,...
Universal Pictures announced today that its series of films reviving the studio’s classic monster characters for a new generation will be known as “Dark Universe.”
The motion logo for the new initiative features a musical theme composed by Danny Elfman and will debut in theaters preceding The Mummy, which will be released on June 9. The announcement includes details of the enterprise relaunching Universal’s iconic characters into modern cinema, as well as confirmations of superstar cast and that Academy Award® winner Bill Condon will direct Bride of Frankenstein.
Dark Universe was begun by core creatives Alex Kurtzman, who also serves as director and producer of The Mummy, the inaugural film in the new classic monster series, and The Mummy producer Chris Morgan, who recently saw The Fate Of The Furious, the sixth film he wrote for the Fast & Furious franchise,...
- 5/22/2017
- by Michelle Hannett
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
A monstrous announcement from Universal Pictures was released today as the studio prepares to relaunch its classic monster movies in a shared universe beginning with The Mummy. Universal will call the cinematic universe "Dark Universe" and has designed a cinematic logo that will play before each film. The logo is designed by Weta digital and has a theme composed by Danny Elfman.
The studio also confirmed today that The Bride of Frankenstein will be the next Dark Universe film to hit theaters, announcing a February 14, 2019 release date. Bride will be directed by Bill Condon (Beauty and the Beast) and written David Koepp (Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull). No casting announcement has been made for that movie yet, but Universal says an announcement is coming soon.
Universal also dropped this photo showing the stars of current and upcoming Dark Universe, including Johnny Depp as The Invisible Man,...
The studio also confirmed today that The Bride of Frankenstein will be the next Dark Universe film to hit theaters, announcing a February 14, 2019 release date. Bride will be directed by Bill Condon (Beauty and the Beast) and written David Koepp (Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull). No casting announcement has been made for that movie yet, but Universal says an announcement is coming soon.
Universal also dropped this photo showing the stars of current and upcoming Dark Universe, including Johnny Depp as The Invisible Man,...
- 5/22/2017
- by Kristian Odland
- GeekTyrant
For several months, we’ve known that Universal has been hard at work crafting a unique universe of their own. While Marvel and DC have decades of history to pull from comics, Universal has rights to very specific interpretations of some classic monsters that include Frankenstein’s monster, Dracula, the Invisible Man, and countless others. This world is set to be kicked off next month with Tom Cruise’s The Mummy, and if all goes well, this could be the beginnings of a long-running and thriving franchise.
But what is the official name of said universe? MonsterVerse seemed like a solid name, but sadly the folks over at Warner Bros. and Legendary nabbed that name for their Godzilla/King Kong universe. Universal Monsters Universe sounds dumb and redundant, so it seemed unlikely they’d go with that. Thanks to a new announcement from Universal, we now have a name to put to this world…...
But what is the official name of said universe? MonsterVerse seemed like a solid name, but sadly the folks over at Warner Bros. and Legendary nabbed that name for their Godzilla/King Kong universe. Universal Monsters Universe sounds dumb and redundant, so it seemed unlikely they’d go with that. Thanks to a new announcement from Universal, we now have a name to put to this world…...
- 5/22/2017
- by Joseph Medina
- LRMonline.com
We knew that Universal Pictures was planning a shared cinematic world with their upcoming films featuring new takes on the classic Universal Monsters, and they've now collectively named the slate of movies "Dark Universe," confirmed some of the actors who will be involved, and revealed the official release date for Bride of Frankenstein.
In addition to the official logo and announcement video for Dark Universe (see below), Universal announced that Johnny Depp will play The Invisible Man and Javier Bardem will play Frankenstein's Monster, confirming previous reports of the actors being lined up for those respective roles.
Following the June 9th release of The Mummy, Bride of Frankenstein will be the next Dark Universe film to come out with a release date set for Thursday, February 14th, 2019. Bill Condon (2017's Beauty and the Beast) will direct from a screenplay by David Koepp. The actress who will play the lead role...
In addition to the official logo and announcement video for Dark Universe (see below), Universal announced that Johnny Depp will play The Invisible Man and Javier Bardem will play Frankenstein's Monster, confirming previous reports of the actors being lined up for those respective roles.
Following the June 9th release of The Mummy, Bride of Frankenstein will be the next Dark Universe film to come out with a release date set for Thursday, February 14th, 2019. Bill Condon (2017's Beauty and the Beast) will direct from a screenplay by David Koepp. The actress who will play the lead role...
- 5/22/2017
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
The Mummy Trailer 3 The third movie trailer for The Mummy (2017) has been released by Universal Pictures. The curse of Nick Morton (Tom Cruise) is front and center in this trailer. It wasn’t really made clear how Morton survived the plane crash in the previous trailers for The Mummy [...]
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- 5/22/2017
- by Rollo Tomasi
- Film-Book
An ancient, inexplicable curse binds Tom Cruise to Princess Ahmanet in this new promo for The Mummy, Universal and Alex Kurtzman’s mystical reboot that’s set to unlock a new world of gods and monsters. That’s not the only thing it’s set to do though, as the pic is also expected to kickstart the studio’s Monsters Universe, one which will make room for characters like the Invisible Man, Frankenstein, the Wolf Man and more.
In terms of The Mummy, though, Cruise is attached to the part of former military man Nick Morton, who journeys to the Middle East in search of a long-lost crypt. Morton gets more than he bargained for though – much more, in fact – after freeing Sofia Boutella’s unruly deity and subsequently bringing about the end of days. Flanked by Jenny Halsey (Annabelle Wallis) and Sgt. Vail (Jake Johnson), the fate of London...
In terms of The Mummy, though, Cruise is attached to the part of former military man Nick Morton, who journeys to the Middle East in search of a long-lost crypt. Morton gets more than he bargained for though – much more, in fact – after freeing Sofia Boutella’s unruly deity and subsequently bringing about the end of days. Flanked by Jenny Halsey (Annabelle Wallis) and Sgt. Vail (Jake Johnson), the fate of London...
- 5/21/2017
- by Mark Cassidy
- We Got This Covered
"It takes a monster to defeat a monster." Universal has unleashed one final trailer for the new take on The Mummy, which we've already seen plenty of footage for over the last few months. That new tagline makes me wonder if there's some interesting twists and secrets in this movie. This action-packed new version of The Mummy stars Tom Cruise, with Sofia Boutella playing the new "bad guy" mummy. Cruise plays Nick Morton, one of the characters who decides to dig up the new "mummy", a priestess named Ahmanet who ushers in "a new world of gods and monsters". The full cast includes Russell Crowe as a mysterious character, Annabelle Wallis, Jake Johnson, Courtney B. Vance and Javier Botet. I'm curious about this, but really not that excited for it. The part with Tom Cruise's eyes in this is a very interesting little tease. Here's the third & final official...
- 5/18/2017
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
Tom Cruise gets cursed by “the ultimate evil” in the final trailer for Universal’s “The Mummy.” The beginning of “a Dark Universe” gets teased in the trailer, which begins with Cruise surviving a plane crash after he awakens Princess Ahmanet (Sofia Boutella), an ancient ruler from Egypt. Throughout the trailer, we see the princess take over Cruise, who plays Nick Morton, and the two even come face-to-face in combat — but Morton stands no chance. “It takes a monster to defeat a monster,” Russell Crowe says in the trailer. See Video: Watch Tom Cruise's 'The Mummy' Trailer...
- 5/18/2017
- by Beatrice Verhoeven
- The Wrap
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