Dark Universe

The new park will join Universal Studios, Islands of Adventure, and Volcano Bay.

An obituary for the cinematic universe that wasn’t.

After Universal seemingly pulled the plug on its Dark Universe, it looks like things might be back in the works.

The Johnny Depp-led ‘Invisible Man’ loses its screenwriter, suggesting more dark times for Universal’s Dark Universe.

It’s alive… sorta. After delaying ‘Bride of Frankenstein’ and pulling the plug on their Dark Universe, the next Universal monster reboot may happening.

Tom Cruise’s ‘The Mummy’ was expected to launch Universal’s new Dark Monster-verse, but now it looks like the multi-franchise universe may be dead entirely.

From Wonder Woman to one of the most famous monsters in movie history? It might happen.

The next film in the Dark Universe of Universal Monsters has been “paused” while its creators work on its script.

Alex Kurtzman’s reboot of The Mummy was… well, hoo boy. It was not well received by audiences or critics upon its release earlier this year, and was not a great start to Universal’s monster reboot franchise Dark Universe. Its reception also doesn’t bode well for Kurtzman, who is currently unsure about his future in the franchise.

Say you’re filmmaker Alex Kurtzman. To the outside observer, it would appear you have it all: a multi-picture deal with Universal to spearhead their Dark Universe initiative, more money than God, probably a bunch of boats, Tom Cruise’s cell phone number. And yet you’re driven mad by the one thing you can’t seem to get, which is the respect of the critics. Like pretty much everything you’ve ever done, the reviews have been downright vitriolic (and to make matters worse, your latest film The Mummy has not been the cash factory Universal was hoping for, now poised to lose the studio a cool $95 million even after a handsome global gross), souring your day even as you fail upwards into the next multi-million-dollar project.