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Today, we have the first teaser trailer and poster for ‘The Mummy’. The clip reveals the new female mummy, a traditionally male role, played by Sofia Boutella. Tom Cruise (Jack Reacher, Mission Impossible) stars alongside, Boutella (Kingsman: The Secret Service), Jake Johnson (Jurassic World), Courtney B. Vance (American Crime Story),Annabelle Wallis (Annabelle) and Russell Crowe (Gladiator) as Dr. Jekyll. “Tom Cruise headlines a spectacular, all-new cinematic version of the legend that has fascinated cultures all over the world since the dawn of civilization: The Mummy. Thought safely entombed in a crypt deep beneath the unforgiving desert, an ancient queen (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. From the sweeping sands of the Middle East through hidden labyrinths under modern-day London, The Mummy brings a surprising intensity and balance of wonder
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Universal’s new shared universe and the remaking of its classic monster films are officially underway. Their current project is the remake of The Mummy, which is currently filming. We get our first official look at the cast in Namibia, Africa via a tweet from actress Annabelle Wallis. Wallis (Annabelle) stars alongside Tom Cruise (Jack Reacher, Mission Impossible), Sofia Boutella (Kingsman: The Secret Service), Jake Johnson (Jurassic World), Courtney B. Vance (American Crime Story), and Russell Crowe (Gladiator) as Dr. Jekyll. Official Synopsis: Though safely entombed in a crypt deep beneath the unforgiving desert, an ancient queen (Sofia Boutella) whose destiny was unjustly taken from her, is awakened in our current day, bringing with her malevolence grown over millennium and terrors that defy human comprehension. From the sweeping sands of the Middle East through hidden labyrinth under modern-day London, The Mummy brings a surprising intensity and balance of wonder and thrills in an imaginative new take that ushers in a new
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These days, remakes and reboots are everywhere, especially in the horror genre. Universal Studios has already begun remaking all of their classic monsters films including The Mummy, The Invisible Man, The Bride of Frankenstein, The Creature from the Black Lagoon and The Wolf Man, which will all exist in their new shared universe which began with Dracula Untold. Each film will star some of Hollywood’s biggest names, including Tom Cruise, Angelina Jolie, Johnny Depp and Russell Crowe. Reports have now come that Universal is already eyeing a star for their Wolf Man reboot, scheduled to debut in theaters on March 30, 2018. They have set their sites on none-other than Hollywood all-star Dewayne “The Rock” Johnson to play the lead in the film. It’s still up-in-the-air if they’ll be able to sign Johnson, he’s a busy man with nine projects currently in the works. But I could definitely see him playing a werewolf. Image: Dwayne Johnson Instagram The Wolf Man
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Universal’ s new shared universe is beginning to take shape. The next film in the universe is their reboot of The Mummy. Deadline has reported that Oscar Award winner Russell Crowe is now in negotiations to join the cast alongside Tom Cruise, Peaky Blinders actress Annabelle Wallis, and Sofia Boutella who will be playing the first lead female mummy. Crowe is in talks to play “a Jekyll-like role”. Alex Kurtzman is in the director’s chair for The Mummy, which as already began filming and is set to premiere in theaters June 9, 2017. Remakes of The Wolf Man, Van Helsing, The Bride of Frankenstein, Creature from the Black Lagoon and The Invisible Man, starring Johnny Depp, are also in the works for the new universe. So far, it seems like Universal is pulling out all the stops to make the films as impressive as possible, including signing big name casts for each film.
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David Koepp, the man behind Jurassic Park and Stir of Echoes, will pen the script for the up and coming “Bride of Frankenstein” reboot for Universal, which will be part of the new shared classic monster Universe. The film will be set in modern times, like all of the new Universal monster remakes. Universal wants Angelina Jolie Pitt to both direct and star in the film. Jolie is waiting to read the script to decide if she will accept, according to Variety.
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Universal has already begun putting together their shared universe, which includes remaking all of their classic monster films. The revamp began with 2014’s Dracula Untold. Both The Mummy and Creature from the Black Lagoon are already in the early stages of pre-production. News broke earlier today that The Bride of Frankenstein is now too in the works. And Universal is not eyeing just any starlet for the role, they are aiming for Angelina Jolie, according to THR. There is no word yet who will be writing the screenplay or who will be in the director’s chair, but hopefully we will know more about the film soon. The original 1935 film, directed by James Whale, starred Boris Karloff as Frankenstein’s monster, one his most famous roles. Elsa Lanchester played the role of the monster’s bride, who did not appear until the film’s final scenes, but with such a famous star cast in the role I’m sure the Bride will have more
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We reported back in November of 2014 that Universal will be creating a shared universe and will be rebooting several of their classic monster movies, including ‘Creature from the Black Lagoon‘, ‘The Wolf Man‘, ‘The Invisible Man’ and ‘The Mummy‘, the first movie of the new shared universe. Universal has put together a team of writers to plot out the new universe. New information has surfaced in regards to ‘The Mummy’ remake, set to be released in 2017. The new ‘Mummy’ film will be directed by Alex Kurtzman, who was behind ‘Star Trek’, ‘The Amazing Spider-Man 2’ and ‘Mission Imposible III’. The script for the reboot was penned by Jon Spaihts (Alien: Engineers). The film will be set in modern times. There is one thing still up in the air, they have not decided on the sex of the mummy. ‘The Mummy’ is set to arrive in theaters on March 24th, 2017, with the next film (still untitled) to debut
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NewsReviews
We reported last year that Universal will be remaking all of their classic monster movies. Plans are already in place for a ‘Creature from the Black Lagoon‘ remake, but also an adaption of ‘The Mummy’. ‘The Mummy’ is set to be released on March 23, 2017 and will be direct by Alex Kurtzman, with the screen play written by Jon Spaihts, who worked on the movie ‘Prometheus’. The original ‘The Mummy’ movie was released in 1932 in black and white and starred Boris Karloff. In 1999 another version of ‘The Mummy’ was released, directed by Stephen Sommers and starring Brandon Frazier, which ended in a four movie franchise. In both the original and 1999 movie the Mummy stalks a beautiful woman, who he thinks is the reincarnation of his lost love. There is no word yet if the new version will follow the same story. Universal has made the statement that the new movie will be both action packed and
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Trailers
Today, we have the first teaser trailer and poster for ‘The Mummy’. The clip reveals the new female mummy, a traditionally male role, played by Sofia Boutella. Tom Cruise (Jack Reacher, Mission Impossible) stars alongside, Boutella (Kingsman: The Secret Service), Jake Johnson (Jurassic World), Courtney B. Vance (American Crime Story),Annabelle Wallis (Annabelle) and Russell Crowe (Gladiator) as Dr. Jekyll. “Tom Cruise headlines a spectacular, all-new cinematic version of the legend that has fascinated cultures all over the world since the dawn of civilization: The Mummy. Thought safely entombed in a crypt deep beneath the unforgiving desert, an ancient queen (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. From the sweeping sands of the Middle East through hidden labyrinths under modern-day London, The Mummy brings a surprising intensity and balance of wonder
Continue reading →
From the Crypt
Universal’s new shared universe and the remaking of its classic monster films are officially underway. Their current project is the remake of The Mummy, which is currently filming. We get our first official look at the cast in Namibia, Africa via a tweet from actress Annabelle Wallis. Wallis (Annabelle) stars alongside Tom Cruise (Jack Reacher, Mission Impossible), Sofia Boutella (Kingsman: The Secret Service), Jake Johnson (Jurassic World), Courtney B. Vance (American Crime Story), and Russell Crowe (Gladiator) as Dr. Jekyll. Official Synopsis: Though safely entombed in a crypt deep beneath the unforgiving desert, an ancient queen (Sofia Boutella) whose destiny was unjustly taken from her, is awakened in our current day, bringing with her malevolence grown over millennium and terrors that defy human comprehension. From the sweeping sands of the Middle East through hidden labyrinth under modern-day London, The Mummy brings a surprising intensity and balance of wonder and thrills in an imaginative new take that ushers in a new
Continue reading →
News
These days, remakes and reboots are everywhere, especially in the horror genre. Universal Studios has already begun remaking all of their classic monsters films including The Mummy, The Invisible Man, The Bride of Frankenstein, The Creature from the Black Lagoon and The Wolf Man, which will all exist in their new shared universe which began with Dracula Untold. Each film will star some of Hollywood’s biggest names, including Tom Cruise, Angelina Jolie, Johnny Depp and Russell Crowe. Reports have now come that Universal is already eyeing a star for their Wolf Man reboot, scheduled to debut in theaters on March 30, 2018. They have set their sites on none-other than Hollywood all-star Dewayne “The Rock” Johnson to play the lead in the film. It’s still up-in-the-air if they’ll be able to sign Johnson, he’s a busy man with nine projects currently in the works. But I could definitely see him playing a werewolf. Image: Dwayne Johnson Instagram The Wolf Man
Continue reading →
News
Universal’ s new shared universe is beginning to take shape. The next film in the universe is their reboot of The Mummy. Deadline has reported that Oscar Award winner Russell Crowe is now in negotiations to join the cast alongside Tom Cruise, Peaky Blinders actress Annabelle Wallis, and Sofia Boutella who will be playing the first lead female mummy. Crowe is in talks to play “a Jekyll-like role”. Alex Kurtzman is in the director’s chair for The Mummy, which as already began filming and is set to premiere in theaters June 9, 2017. Remakes of The Wolf Man, Van Helsing, The Bride of Frankenstein, Creature from the Black Lagoon and The Invisible Man, starring Johnny Depp, are also in the works for the new universe. So far, it seems like Universal is pulling out all the stops to make the films as impressive as possible, including signing big name casts for each film.
Continue reading →
NewsReviews
David Koepp, the man behind Jurassic Park and Stir of Echoes, will pen the script for the up and coming “Bride of Frankenstein” reboot for Universal, which will be part of the new shared classic monster Universe. The film will be set in modern times, like all of the new Universal monster remakes. Universal wants Angelina Jolie Pitt to both direct and star in the film. Jolie is waiting to read the script to decide if she will accept, according to Variety.
Continue reading →
NewsReviews
Universal has already begun putting together their shared universe, which includes remaking all of their classic monster films. The revamp began with 2014’s Dracula Untold. Both The Mummy and Creature from the Black Lagoon are already in the early stages of pre-production. News broke earlier today that The Bride of Frankenstein is now too in the works. And Universal is not eyeing just any starlet for the role, they are aiming for Angelina Jolie, according to THR. There is no word yet who will be writing the screenplay or who will be in the director’s chair, but hopefully we will know more about the film soon. The original 1935 film, directed by James Whale, starred Boris Karloff as Frankenstein’s monster, one his most famous roles. Elsa Lanchester played the role of the monster’s bride, who did not appear until the film’s final scenes, but with such a famous star cast in the role I’m sure the Bride will have more
Continue reading →
NewsReviews
We reported back in November of 2014 that Universal will be creating a shared universe and will be rebooting several of their classic monster movies, including ‘Creature from the Black Lagoon‘, ‘The Wolf Man‘, ‘The Invisible Man’ and ‘The Mummy‘, the first movie of the new shared universe. Universal has put together a team of writers to plot out the new universe. New information has surfaced in regards to ‘The Mummy’ remake, set to be released in 2017. The new ‘Mummy’ film will be directed by Alex Kurtzman, who was behind ‘Star Trek’, ‘The Amazing Spider-Man 2’ and ‘Mission Imposible III’. The script for the reboot was penned by Jon Spaihts (Alien: Engineers). The film will be set in modern times. There is one thing still up in the air, they have not decided on the sex of the mummy. ‘The Mummy’ is set to arrive in theaters on March 24th, 2017, with the next film (still untitled) to debut
Continue reading →
NewsReviews
We reported last year that Universal will be remaking all of their classic monster movies. Plans are already in place for a ‘Creature from the Black Lagoon‘ remake, but also an adaption of ‘The Mummy’. ‘The Mummy’ is set to be released on March 23, 2017 and will be direct by Alex Kurtzman, with the screen play written by Jon Spaihts, who worked on the movie ‘Prometheus’. The original ‘The Mummy’ movie was released in 1932 in black and white and starred Boris Karloff. In 1999 another version of ‘The Mummy’ was released, directed by Stephen Sommers and starring Brandon Frazier, which ended in a four movie franchise. In both the original and 1999 movie the Mummy stalks a beautiful woman, who he thinks is the reincarnation of his lost love. There is no word yet if the new version will follow the same story. Universal has made the statement that the new movie will be both action packed and
Continue reading →
