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Universal Monsters get LEGO BrickHeadz makeovers

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Just in time for Halloween, LEGO has unveiled a new series of LEGO BrickHeadz featuring the iconic Universal Monsters, the first of which – Frankenstein (40422) – is available to buy now at Shop@Home and in store for $9.99/£9.99; check it out here… LEGO® BrickHeadz Frankenstein (40422) is a fun recreation of the famous fictional […]

The Invisible Man’s Leigh Whannell in talks to direct Ryan Gosling in Universal’s Wolfman

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The Invisible Man director is looking to tackle another iconic Universal Monster, with Deadline is reporting that Leigh Whannell is in talks to direct Wolfman, a re-imagining of the 1941 horror film The Wolf Man. Ryan Gosling will star in the lead role with Jason Blum and his company Blumhouse coming on board to produce […]

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 […]

Elisabeth Moss offers her thoughts on the potential future of The Invisible Man

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Elisabeth Moss, the star of this year’s hit horror movie, The Invisible Man, has offered her thoughts on the potential future of the franchise. In a recent interview with Bloody Disgusting, Moss admitted that the future of The Invisible Man rests on whether there is a demand for a sequel from the audience. “Look, if people […]

The Dark Universe That Never Was: A Short History of Universal’s Failed Monster Franchise

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EJ Moreno on the short history of Universal’s Dark Universe… Join our host EJ Moreno as he ventures back to 2017 to figure out what happened to the Dark Universe. Universal Pictures had a short-lived plan to create a cinematic universe, a la the Marvel Cinematic Universe, and it didn’t last more than a year. […]

Exclusive Interview – The Invisible Man’s Storm Reid on being a part of 2020’s biggest horror success, Euphoria season 2 and more

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Justin Cook chats with actress Storm Reid about her film The Invisible Man, the future of her character on Euphoria and more… In hindsight, we should all be grateful that we were able to get, at least, one truly great theatrically-released horror film this year before movie theaters were shuttered by the coronavirus pandemic. Leigh Whannell’s […]

Karyn Kusama on removing the “romanticism” from Blumhouse’s upcoming Dracula adaptation

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Following the success of Universal and Blumhouse Production’s The Invisible Man, it’s not surprising that they are looking to shake things up again with another Universal Monsters adaptation. Earlier this year, it was reported that Destroyer director Karyn Kusama would helm a new version of Dracula for the studio, and now the filmmaker is opening […]

Ryan Gosling attached to The Wolf Man remake at Universal Pictures

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Following the success of the 2020 surprise hit The Invisible Man, Universal Pictures is looking to revisit its classic catalog of Monsters once again. Variety reports that the studio will move forward with a new version of The Wolf Man, with Ryan Gosling attached to star at the title character. Sources close to Variety tell […]

Leigh Whannell and Jason Blum weigh in on the future of The Invisible Man

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Writer/director Leigh Whannell and producer Jason Blum have weighed in on the potential future of this year’s hit horror movie, The Invisible Man. In a recent interview with ComicBook.com, Whannell and Blum discussed the possibility of turning The Invisible Man into a future franchise and while the director isn’t thinking about a sequel right now, Blum is […]

Paul Feig offers update on Universal Monsters movie Dark Army

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With The Mummy slamming shut the crypt door on its planned ‘Dark Universe’ franchise back in 2017, Universal Pictures decided to change tact with its Classic Monster characters. Rather than looking to ape the Marvel Cinematic Universe, the studio opted instead to adopt a filmmaker-led approach to the iconic properties – a decision that paid […]