It’s alive! Coinciding with the Sydney premiere of The Mummy, Universal Studios have given a name to their long gestating shared universe. Entitled the “Dark Universe”, the franchise has also received some big name casting choices too.
Johnny Depp has signed on to play The Invisible Man while Javier Bardem has been cast as Frankenstein’s Monster. The two stars will join other A-listers such as The Mummy’s Tom Cruise and Sofia Boutella who will play titular role. Russell Crowe will be a constant figure throughout the universe, playing Dr. Jekyll as his organisation Prodigum attempts to track down the worlds monsters.
The team behind Dark Universe is comprised of The Mummy director Alex Kurtzman, Chris Morgan (producer of The Fast and the Furious franchise), Christopher McQuarrie (Mission: Impossible Rogue Nation director), and David Koepp (writer of 2002’s Spider-Man).
Universal’s classic monsters started to appear in the 20s’ and 30s’ with characters such as Phantom of the Opera, Wolf Man, Creature from the Black Lagoon and Dracula also part of the stable. The next film in the rebooted series will be Bride of Frankenstein which is currently slated for a February, 2019 release.
In the meantime, check out the trailer for The Mummy which will hit Australian cinemas on June 8.
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