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Wolf Man reimagining loses Ryan Gosling, gains Christopher Abbott

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Blumhouse and Universal are gearing up for a new take on The Wolf Man story, and director Leigh Whannell is reworking his casting. The Hollywood Reporter broke the story that actor Ryan Gosling will step away from the project, though he’ll keep an executive producer credit. Christopher Abbott, one of the rising stars on the […]

Comic Book Preview – Universal Monsters: Dracula #2

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Skybound Entertainment continues its Universal Monsters: Dracula series next week with the arrival of the second issue, and you can sink your teeth into an official preview here… As Lucy Weston suffers from a mysterious ailment, Dr. Seward calls upon Professor Abraham Van Helsing, and Dracula’s thirst goes unquenched… Universal Monsters: Dracula #2 is out […]

Comic Book Preview – Universal Monsters: Dracula #1

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Skybound Entertainment and Image Comics launch their new series Universal Monsters: Dracula #1 next week, just in time for Halloween; sink your teeth into the official preview of the first issue below… When Dr. John Seward admits a strange new patient into his asylum, the madman tells stories of a demon who has taken residence […]

Universal Monsters: Dracula comic series launching in October from Skybound

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Skybound Entertainment and Image Comics are teaming with Universal Pictures to bring the classic Universal Monsters characters to comic books, beginning with the four-part limited series Universal Monsters: Dracula from James Tynion IV and Martin Simmonds, the creative team behind acclaimed series The Department of Truth. “A few times in my life I’ve had the […]

Giancarlo Esposito joins Radio Silence’s Universal Monsters movie

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From Breaking Bad to Star Wars, Giancarlo Esposito is now set to join Radio Silence’s upcoming Universal Monsters movie. The currently untitled film is “in the vein of Universal’s recent films like The Invisible Man and Renfield, this untitled monster thriller provides a unique take on legendary monster lore and will rep a fresh, new direction for those classic characters.” Esposito […]

Radio Silence’s Universal Monsters movie adds Kevin Durand, Angus Cloud, Kathryn Newton and Will Catlett

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Not long after casting Downton Abbey’s Dan Stevens, Radio Silence has added several more actors to their upcoming monster thriller for Universal. Joining the currently untitled film is Kevin Durand (Locke & Key), Angus Cloud (Euphoria), Kathryn Newton (Ant-Man & The Wasp: Quantumania) and Will Catlett (A Thousand and One). The group joins the previously cast […]

Dan Stevens teams with Melissa Barrera for Radio Silence’s Universal Monsters movie

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Dan Stevens is often hailed for his solid work in the horror genre, and now he’ll stretch those acting chops again in a new Universal horror film. Deadline reports Stevens is set to co-star in Radio Silence’s upcoming project for Universal, a still-untitled Universal Monster movie. He’ll star alongside the previously announced Melissa Barrera (Scream […]

Scream’s Melissa Barrera joins Radio Silence’s Universal Monsters movie

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Radio Silence have already made their stamp on horror with their twisted slashers, but now they’ll do the monster mash with Universal’s iconic monsters. The untitled-Universal Monster Movie will see Radio Silence’s Matt Bettinelli-Olpin & Tyler Gillett helm from a script written by Stephen Shields, with revisions by Guy Busick. Scream producer Chad Villella will […]

Scream directors Radio Silence to tackle a Universal Monster movie

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Having successfully reinvigorated the Scream franchise to record-breaking box-office returns and critical praise, Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett, better known as part of the creative collective Radio Silence, have signed on to direct and produce a a classic monster movie for Universal. According to The Hollywood Reporter the Ready or Not duo will direct the […]

Nicolas Cage channels Bela Lugosi’s Dracula in Renfield promo

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Nicolas Cage is set to sink his teeth into one of the most iconic roles of all time next month as he dons the cape and fangs of Count Dracula for Universal’s horror-comedy Renfield, and a new promo has made its way online which sees Cage and co-star Nicholas Hoult channelling Bela Lugosi’s Dracula and […]