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[ArgyleReptile]

I'm cool with Tom Cruise and the Rock, but I'm not sold on the others.

 

[pretty done]

It's going to be awful and I expect after the first few bomb the rest won't get made.

Yea they will all bomb except for Mummy. I don't know how executives come up with these decisions to waste all this money.

 

[milanbaros]

I think this CU will bomb. Hard.

 

[adj_noun]

Invisible Man (Johnny Depp is supposed to be starring in this movie)

Of all the movies you could save money on casting, this one's it.

 

[MontyMarx]

I'm all in if they do Frankenstein Vs. Dracula: Civil War

 

[Kimawolf]

Of all the movies you could save money on casting, this one's it.

Think they want Depps "voice acting" chops. Or perhaps they will doca unique route. He is invisible only to the people on the movie, but to us he isn't. Then you will see his performance.

 

[adj_noun]

I'm all in if they do Frankenstein Vs. Dracula: Civil War

After credits scene is CG Abbott and Costello.

 

[Straight Edge]

Are they quietly ignoring Dracula Untold?

 

[zeemumu]

I'm all in if they do Frankenstein Vs. Dracula: Civil War

Dracula's pretty bottom tier compared to most other supernatural monsters. In terms of power, not popularity

 

[ROUGE_BLOCK]

I'm not hyped, I feel like this is going to be miserable big budget and poorly mishandled cinematic universe. Universal should just release cool stand alone that are straight to home release. Saves money and they can turn a profit maybe if they catered to the niche audience that loves those old monster movies.

 

[DeathoftheEndless]

Dracula's pretty bottom tier compared to most other supernatural monsters. In terms of power, not popularity

Nah, he can transform into bat(s) and a wolf. And he can hypnotize people.

 

[lightskintwin]

Dracula's pretty bottom tier compared to most other supernatural monsters. In terms of power, not popularity

LOL Dracula can be as powerful as you want him to be, that's the beauty of fiction.

 

[kaching]

I wouldn't mind seeing a Black Lagoon remake, but I couldn't care less about the rest of the universe being proposed. Why don't they just do a big screen adaptation of Penny Dreadful?

 

[jon bones]

i love the idea of this so much, but the execution has been bad so far

 

[billy beane]

Who is gonna play Alucard??

 

[Da-Kid]

Wasn't Dracula Untold the Dracula of this universe?

 

[Demoncarnotaur]

i love the idea of this so much, but the execution has been bad so far

None of the movies so far were made to be part of this cinematic universe to be fair. The Mummy will be the first test of quality and tone, so fingers crossed..

 

[Sparse]

I wouldn't be averse to a Bride of Frankenstein movie, but sadly that whole slate is going to go sideways, and with BoF fourth in line, it's either going to be the studio-meddled last shot, or cancelled along with the rest. I'd honestly prefer the latter, as the former will probably be used as "another reason" why female-fronted stuff "doesn't work". Bah.

 

[Big Nikus]

All I really want is a new Creature from the Black Lagoon made with modern 3D filming techniques. Couldn't care less about a shared universe; The Monster Squad is already the Avengers of the Universal Monsters franchise.

I've never seen it
I need to fix this asap.

 

[DOWN]

So no Kong and Godzilla in this universe? And is Dracula Untold still a thing?

 

[Lemonz]

 

[SMG]

It should have started as a Helsing series where he unearths the monsters.

 

[JdFoX187]

Moviepilot? I hate to sound like Bobby railing on ComicBook.com, but Moviepilot is a shit tier site, at absolute best. Most of that shit is just rumors and baseless speculation.

What I find funny is how Universal was hyping Dracula Untold as the beginning of its monster universe two years ago. When it underperformed, it was quietly ignored and now next year's Mummy is going to be the start of the universe. Whatever. I like the idea, but I still hate the idea of making all these movies modern. I think there's much more appeal if this was a 19th century cinematic universe.

 

[Platy]

How do you try to do a monsters universe and leave off

Dracula
Frankenstein

They're already looking to do a Bride Of, so why not get Frankenstein in there too.

maybe ...

 

[Ridley327]

FWIW, Victor Frankenstein has nothing to do with Universal. It was a Fox project.

 

[John Rabbit]

I've never seen it
I need to fix this asap.

It has not aged well, but the monsters are pretty great (if underused) and the film is definitely a time capsule of the era.

 

[jon bones]

Wasn't Dracula Untold the Dracula of this universe?

None of the movies so far were made to be part of this cinematic universe to be fair. The Mummy will be the first test of quality and tone, so fingers crossed..

yeah, pretty sure Dracula Untold was the Man of Steel for this universe

 

[Platy]

FWIW, Victor Frankenstein has nothing to do with Universal. It was a Fox project.

So it is the .... X-Men of this universe ? xD

 

[Lightning_Roller]

Calling it, The mummy basically will be a serious take on the same story archetype as the brendan fraiser movies, setting up the mummy to be a god like evil entity.

Wolfman is about a good guy who gets turned into a werewolf, fights other werewolves and gets recruited by van helsing in the after credits scene.

Van helsing takes cues from the hugh jackman one but in modern times, pretty much uses frankenstein['s monster] in the same way, wolfman co stars, ends with a stinger showing the bride being created, waking up or otherwise revealing that she exists.

Creature of the black lagoon gets reworked into some sort of mash up of man thing and swamp thing, monstrous champion of nature.

The team up movie revolves around the mummy threatening the whole world so Van helsing recruits both frankenstein monsters, the wolf man and the creature of the black lagoon to stop him. Invisible man joins up in the 2nd or 3rd act as a back door tie in to his solo movie.

Invisible man movie is a monster themed spy movie, after credits stinger is revealing that Dracula is out there plotting something to be the next big bad for the second team up movie.

This literally sounds like the Halloween special of ultimate spider man. Dracula appeared, almost took over all of New York, so Nick Fury called in the howling commandos to stop him. Then Drac gets beat, Mummy finds the item Drac used to become powerful and then becomes evil. The mummy is defeated by the marvel equivalent of Swamp Thing (Man Thing I think?) and everyone lives happily ever after.

 

[Exotoro]

The only horrifying thing about these movies is the lack of money they'll all be making

 

[Discotheque]

I love the idea of reviving all of this but setting it in present day AND having Orci be the mastermind behind it all just instantly cuts the legs off of this for me. Fuck it

 

[AstroLad]

As long as they form a kick-ass rock band, I'm fully on board.

Definitely one of my favorite pinball themes of all time. Why can't we do absurdist but lighthearted camp like this right anymore?

 

[Jake2by4]

Sounds like Dracula Untold is the green lantern of the universe.

 

[PSqueak]

This literally sounds like the Halloween special of ultimate spider man. Dracula appeared, almost took over all of New York, so Nick Fury called in the howling commandos to stop him. Then Drac gets beat, Mummy finds the item Drac used to become powerful and then becomes evil. The mummy is defeated by the marvel equivalent of Swamp Thing (Man Thing I think?) and everyone lives happily ever after.

Hahahahaha, im not surprised, since i just strung together typical hollywood movie plots that have been beaten to the ground.

 

[Palmer_v1]

All I really want is a new Creature from the Black Lagoon made with modern 3D filming techniques. Couldn't care less about a shared universe; The Monster Squad is already the Avengers of the Universal Monsters franchise.

Edit:

Need to save this as a possible sunsetplane.gif:

Double edit: This movie is a treasure trove of great gifs.

 

[Fritz]

Am I the only person who really enjoyed this?

 

[DeathoftheEndless]

Am I the only person who really enjoyed this?

The make-up was great and it was surprisingly violent. Everything else was ass though.

 

[lightskintwin]

Am I the only person who really enjoyed this?

Nah, I enjoyed it but good lord at that movie costing 150 million dollars to make. Talk about a waste of money.

 

[Lightning_Roller]

Hahahahaha, im not surprised, since i just strung together typical hollywood movie plots that have been beaten to the ground.

I would still watch it though.

 

[Shig]

As long as they form a kick-ass rock band, I'm fully on board.

Came in to post this. Bless you, sir.

The teamup movie should be Castlevania.

This is also acceptable.

 

[The Kree]

Van Helsing is going to kill them all and fuck the Bride of Frankenstein.

Or fuck them all and kill the Bride of Frankenstein.

Somebody's getting fucked by Van Helsing, that's all I know.

 

[T Dollarz]

I just hope they can get it right. I was in love with these monsters and their films when I was growing up.

 

[thelastcrusader]

This sounds freaking unbearably bad. Why would they think this is a good idea? Not the universe idea, as it would just end in the Munsters, but the actual shitty casting/director suggestions. Might as well just have M. Night direct it all at this point.

 

[Metalmarc]

Definitely one of my favorite pinball themes of all time. Why can't we do absurdist but lighthearted camp like this right anymore?

I think you may be looking for this

 

[AnotherDayAnotherDollar]

It's all about Cinematic Universes now.

MCU
SWCU
DCEU
UMCU
VCCU (Valiant Comics, Sony)
SMCU (Spiderman, Sony)
XMCU (XMen, Fox)

This shit is gonna get old.

 

[Szu]

The Rock vs the Wolf Man.

 

[zeemumu]

Nah, he can transform into bat(s) and a wolf. And he can hypnotize people.

But other horror movie monsters always end up beating him

 

[Metalmarc]

It's all about Cinematic Universes now.

MCU
SWCU
DCEU
UMCU
VCCU (Valiant Comics, Sony)
SMCU (Spiderman, Sony)
XMCU (XMen, Fox)

This shit is gonna get old.

But the Universal Monster shared Universe has been around since the 1930's

 

[SchrodingerC]

So they're just skipping Frankenstein's movie and are going straight to FB? Some weird choices for this MCU.

Oh yeah, I forgot that stupid Tom Cruise Mummy movie is still happening.

 

[andythinkpad]

What are the monsters going to fight? Some nameless black CGI alien cut from a Marvel movie?