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2020 in Horror: A Year of Shudder, Epic Debuts, Indie Darlings, and the return of Universal Monsters

January 2, 2020 by EJ Moreno

EJ Moreno casts his eye back over the year in horror… The landscape of cinema was forever changed by 2020. From the global pandemic to streaming’s rapid growth, it seems like everything was rocked for better or worse. But something thrived in the rockiest of times, a genre that lives on the margin of indie […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, EJ Moreno, Movies Tagged With: Antebellum, His House, Host, Possessor, Relic, Saint Maud, Scare Me, The Invisible Man, The Rental, Universal Monsters

Overlord director to helm Van Helsing movie for Universal and James Wan

December 3, 2020 by Gary Collinson

Back in March of this year it was announced that Universal Pictures had tapped Saw, Insidious and The Conjuring director James Wan to produce an original horror-thriller inspired by the studio’s classic library of monster characters. While specific details were initially kept under wraps, it has now been revealed that the project in question is […]

Filed Under: Gary Collinson, Movies, News Tagged With: James Wan, Julius Avery, Universal Monsters, Van Helsing

Channing Tatum to re-team with Lord and Miller for mystery Universal Monsters project

November 21, 2020 by EJ Moreno

Channing Tatum looks set to tackle one of the iconic characters from the Universal Monsters catalog, but not in the way you’d expect. Deadline reports that Tatum will star in the film, where he’ll reteam with Phil Lord and Chris Miller in the upcoming genre-bending project. Sources close to Deadline note that the film is […]

Filed Under: EJ Moreno, Movies, News Tagged With: Channing Tatum, Chris Miller, Phil Lord, Universal Monsters

Freaky and Happy Death Day director interested in rebooting Jekyll and Hyde

November 19, 2020 by Liam Waddington

With Universal Pictures attempting to reboot several of its classic monster properties following the successful release of Leigh Whannell’s The Invisible Man, another director has revealed his potential interest in working on a property in Universal’s extensive library. In an interview with Entertainment Tonight when discussing monster reboots, Freaky and Happy Death Day director Christopher Landon has expressed […]

Filed Under: Liam Waddington, Movies, News Tagged With: Christopher Landon, Jekyll and Hyde, Universal Monsters

Jason Blum would love to be in charge of Universal’s Monsters

November 11, 2020 by Samuel Brace

Jason Blum, the producer of The Invisible Man and the upcoming The Wolfman starring Ryan Gosling, says he isn’t the person to ask about the future of the Universal Monsters franchise even those he would love to be. Universal’s Dark Universe never really got off the ground, with the idea to have a shared universe […]

Filed Under: Movies, News, Samuel Brace Tagged With: Jason Blum, The Invisible Man, The Wolfman, Universal Monsters

Doug Jones blames the failed Dark Universe for cancelling Guillermo del Toro’s Frankenstein

November 4, 2020 by EJ Moreno

Guillermo del Toro, known for tackling amazing monsters in films like Hellboy, Pan’s Labyrinth, and the Best Picture-winning The Shape of Water, was going to helm a re-telling of cinema’s most famous monster.  A few years back, right around the time of 2017’s The Mummy, it was announced del Toro would tackle a Frankenstein film, […]

Filed Under: EJ Moreno, Movies, News Tagged With: Dark Universe, Doug Jones, Frankenstein, Guillermo del Toro, Universal Monsters

Bela Lugosi’s Dracula comes to life with Infinite Statue collectible

October 30, 2020 by Amie Cranswick

Sideshow Collectibles and Infinite Statue has unveiled the 1:6 scale Dracula statue which is based on the appearance of Bela Lugosi is his iconic role in the 1931 horror classic Dracula. It is available to pre-order now, priced at $499; take a look at the promotional images below… SEE ALSO: Legendary releases trailer for Bram […]

Filed Under: Amie Cranswick, Movies, News, Toys Tagged With: Bela Lugosi, Dracula, Infinite Statue, Sideshow Collectibles, Universal Monsters

Universal Monsters get LEGO BrickHeadz makeovers

September 17, 2020 by Amie Cranswick

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 […]

Filed Under: Amie Cranswick, LEGO, Movies, News, Toys Tagged With: Frankenstein, LEGO, LEGO BrickHeadz, Universal Monsters

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

July 8, 2020 by EJ Moreno

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 […]

Filed Under: EJ Moreno, Movies, News Tagged With: Leigh Whannell, Ryan Gosling, Universal Monsters, Wolfman

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

July 1, 2020 by Tom Beasley

The Mummy

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 […]

Filed Under: Flickering Myth Podcast Network, Movies, The Pick of the Flicks, Tom Beasley Tagged With: Arnold Vosloo, Brendan Fraser, Flickering Myth Podcast Network, John Hannah, Omid Djalili, rachel weisz, Stephen Sommers, The Mummy, The Pick of the Flicks Podcast, Universal Monsters, Verbal Diorama

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