Alex Kurtzman (Transformers 1&2, Star Trek 1&2 co-writer) directing
Jon Spaihts (first Prometheus drafts) writing. Movie is set in modern day.
Tom Cruise as Tom Cruise.
Sofia Boutella as The Mummy.
Release date: June 9, 2017
This is the start of Universal's Monster Cinematic Universe with monsters and characters crossing over to different movies and an Avengers type of film expected as the ultimate crossover.
Universal owns the film rights to such monsters as Frankenstein, Dracula, The Wolf Man, Creature from the Black Lagoon, The Invisible Man, Bride of Frankenstein, and The Mummy (which is the first movie being made).
TWIN PEAKS is "something of a miracle."
"...like nothing else on television."
"a phenomenon."
"A tangled tale of sex, violence, power, junk food..."
"Like Nothing On Earth"
"Enlightenment is man's emergence from his self-imposed nonage. Nonage is the inability to use one's own understanding without another's guidance. This nonage is self-imposed if its cause lies not in lack of understanding but in indecision and lack of courage to use one's own mind without another's guidance. Dare to know! (Sapere aude.) "Have the courage to use your own understanding," is therefore the motto of the enlightenment."
Didn't this shitass shared universe experience failed already with I, Derpenstein and Dracula: Owned (by pocket change)?
They weren't as serious back then, this is considered the first real movie in the Universe. Kurtzman (and some other dude) is developing it a la Snyder developing DC's.
TWIN PEAKS is "something of a miracle."
"...like nothing else on television."
"a phenomenon."
"A tangled tale of sex, violence, power, junk food..."
"Like Nothing On Earth"
This is the start of Universal's Monster Cinematic Universe
It's not the start though.. The start was Dracula Untold which was pretty nice albeit kinda messy story wise due to having it's script butchered. And that's coming from me, a huge Dracula fan who watched a LOT of films featuring this badass mofo lol .
Tbh I'd rather they started filming Anne Rice's The Mummy
This is the start of Universal's Monster Cinematic Universe
It's not the start though.. The start was Dracula Untold which was pretty nice albeit kinda messy story wise due to having it's script butchered. And that's coming from me, a huge Dracula fan who watched a LOT of films featuring this badass mofo lol .
Tbh I'd rather they started filming Anne Rice's The Mummy
Dracula Untold was developed as a standalone picture and was shot in Fall 2013.
On July 2014 it was reported Universal had hired Alex Kurtzman and Chris Morgan to developed a shared Cinematic Universe. The first movie to be developed was set to be The Mummy reboot.
The previous month, June 2014, some reshoots were done for Dracula Untold giving it the option to be included in the Cinematic Universe if it was well received.
So Dracula Untold might or might not be included in it and it wasn't conceived as part of it until after it wrapped. On the other hand The Mummy was conceived as the official start of the Universe after they got Kurtzman and Morgan as creative supervisors or how to call them. Which is also the reason it has a major star (Tom Cruise) attached.
Dracula Untold might end up being included but it's almost like Constantine being considered as part of the Arrowverse after the fact.
TWIN PEAKS is "something of a miracle."
"...like nothing else on television."
"a phenomenon."
"A tangled tale of sex, violence, power, junk food..."
"Like Nothing On Earth"
I'm disgusted (as usual) but I'll just go ahead and trust Tom Cruise on this one. He usually has the decency to stay away from awful productions, then again money can change even lord Xenu's mind xD
Dracula Untold had reshoots so that it could fit if they decide they'd like it to be part of the Universe. Whether it becomes part of it or not they hadn't decided at the time and they certainly haven't announced.
Alissa Phillips is not working for Universal. She is an exec producer of Michael De Luca Productions. Dracula is not her IP. The other monsters Universal owns are not her IPs. She doesn't know because she can't know. She doesn't make any decisions because she can't make any decisions.
Quote:
I was really excited to be part of that. When we started out we weren’t [part of the series], but then we found out that they were going to do it.
Who is "they"? They is Universal. Phillips has no inside knowledge. She doesn't call the shots. Her "then we found out" means "one day they called us and told us you have reshoots to make!" She doesn't know anything about the master plan.
A Universal rep denies that Untold will kick off the monsters universe. And some insiders insist that the new scenes were added not for the sake of inserting Evans into the monster-verse but because first-time feature director Gary Shore delivered an ending that did not resolve the love story in a satisfying way.
But in confirming the additional scenes at the U.K. premiere in early October, the film's executive producer Alissa Phillips also revealed that Kurtzman and Morgan had been brought on to consult on the film. Most believe that Universal is leaving the door open to add Evans and Dance into the monsters universe but wanted to see how Untold fared at the box office before committing (or potentially recasting Dracula in a future film). Now that Untold debuted to $23.5 million domestically (second to Gone Girl) and a strong $63.3 million in two weeks overseas, Evans, 35, likely will return. But sources say Universal still is hoping to make a bigger splash when Mummy "officially" launches its monster mash.
Universal rep's statement >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Phillips' in terms of worth.
tl;dr Universal were hoping they could integrate it one day if it turned out to be good. And one day they might. That day hasn't come yet. The status of the film continues to be:
Officially: no.
Unofficially: maybe one day.
Meanwhile The Mummy is being treated both behind and in front of the scenes as the beginning of the Universe with a major star attached to it.
TWIN PEAKS is "something of a miracle."
"...like nothing else on television."
"a phenomenon."
"A tangled tale of sex, violence, power, junk food..."
"Like Nothing On Earth"
The story follows Navy Seal Tyler Colt and his mission in the Iraqi desert to find a group of terrorists hiding out in a bunker. To his and his team's surprise, the terrorists within the bunker turn out be nothing more than some grave robbers who have all magically died. Upon entering the bunker Tyler and his team also succumb to some mystical forces out of their control. They soon realize the bunker they have infiltrated is actually a centuries old tomb. Mayhem erupts as all the Navy Seal members start turning on one another and are captivated by the forces within the tomb. Tyler is the only one to make it all the way deep within the tomb alive to find a black iron sarcophagus. It's marked with Egyptian symbols like the Ankh and Eye of Horus. Here Tyler is entreated by the forces to open the sarcophagus and release what is inside. But after placing his hand on the sarcophagus, he is immediately stabbed in the palm with a star shaped symbol. From then on Tyler's mind is cursed with visions of Ashirtniple King of Assyria... The Mummy.
TWIN PEAKS is "something of a miracle."
"...like nothing else on television."
"a phenomenon."
"A tangled tale of sex, violence, power, junk food..."
"Like Nothing On Earth"
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