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Are Movie Studios Ruining Shared Universes?

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Ricky Church on whether movie studios are ruining shared universes…In the years since the Marvel Cinematic Universe began and its massive success at the box office has come a tidal wave of news that studios seek to emulate Marvel’s idea of a shared universe for their franchises. For some studios, namely Warner Bros. with their […]

The Mummy reboot script is “a horror to read”

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Since the announcement of Universal’s shared Monsters Universe – which is set to kick off with The Mummy in 2017 – things have been a bit quiet. We’ve heard that new two writers have been hired to re-draft the script for Creature from the Black Lagoon, which could also have Scarlet Johannson attached to it, but […]

Revisiting the Cinematic Landscape of 1999

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Tom Jolliffe travels back in time 20 years to 1999 to look over the cinematic landscape…The millennium suddenly draws in. The century is in its final year. Cinema has a pre-occupation with apocalypse and disorder, chaos, among other things. It’s 1999. 20 years ago. That’s pretty frightening, but regardless, hold my hand, lets go have […]

Brendan Fraser is ready to face off with The Mummy again

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Universal Pictures’ late 90s action romp The Mummy was a bonafide hit. From fan reception to the box office, the film helped shape Brendan Fraser into the global icon he was then.Could revisiting the cult classic franchise be in the cards? It’s been 14 years since the trilogy closed out with The Mummy: Tomb of […]

Hammer classics The Mummy and Frankenstein and The Monster From Hell receiving new limited edition Blu-ray releases

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Second Sight Films has announced the Peter Cushing-starring Hammer Horror classics The Mummy and Frankenstein and The Monster From Hell are set for special limited edition Blu-ray releases in the UK this August; check out the details here… In 1890s Egypt, a team of British archaeologists, John Banning (Peter Cushing), his father Stephen Banning (Felix Aylmer), […]

Alex Kurtzman calls his Dark Universe non-starter The Mummy “the biggest failure of my life”

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“Welcome to a new world of Gods and Monsters” was the optimistically bombastic tagline for the launch of Universal’s ill-fated Dark Universe. An ambitious piece of world-building to rival the DCEU or the MCU using the studio’s legendary monsters, that would bring together Johnny Depp’s Invisible Man, Javier Bardem’s Frankenstein, Angelina Jolie’s Bride, and Tom […]

Universal to showcase Universal Classic Monsters movies for free on YouTube

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For fans of the classic Universal Horror Monsters, you’ll be getting a treat in the new few weeks. In a partnership with Universal, the YouTube account Fear: The Home of Horror will be hosting some of the brand’s most iconic films of all time in a special week-long event this month. For older fans, this […]

The Mummy director says the Dark Universe movie wasn’t what he wanted it to be

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Alex Kurtzman, the director of The Mummy, has admitted that the film wasn’t what he “wanted it to be” and that he is no longer involved in the Dark Universe.Universal had some pretty grand designs for their Dark Universe, a shared film universe built around their classic monster movie properties. The Mummy was supposed to […]

The Mummy (1999) with Em from the Verbal Diorama Podcast | The Pick of the Flicks Podcast #85

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On The Pick of the Flicks Podcast, a different guest drops in every week to chat about their favourite film. This week, Verbal Diorama podcast host Em joins me to discuss the 90s adventure classic The Mummy…On this week’s episode of The Pick of the Flicks Podcast, podcaster Em from Verbal Diorama stops by to […]