The Universal Monsters were early Hollywood massive hits that interwove with one another a bit.
They still have a decent shape cult interest in the original Universal Monsters to this day.
Universal has continued to utilize these properties off and on throughout the decades with the mummy movies being the biggest break out hits.
I think there is a zero percent chance this works for them. But when everyone else owns the big tent poles, you go with what you got I suppose?
Hollywood currently has a collective hard on for shared universes that bring people to the theater to see B and C tier efforts because they tie back into the tent pole. In a way it makes more sense than just churning out sequels because this (in theory) allows you to cash in on lower budget spin-offs and *really* cash in on the big Avengers style team-ups. The problem of course being you need access to IP that justifies this, and developing a new universe would require someone in Hollywood to stick their neck out. Thus, here we are.
When this craters I'm expecting them to go all out on the Fast Franchise as a shared universe with the side characters getting their own films. The rock has kind of hinted at such.
Should just release Monster Squad 2 tho.
