Universal has some very ambitious plans for their monster movies. That was made pretty clear this week when they finally made the whole thing official by announcing the Dark Universe. Set to be a shared cinematic universe not too different from what we’ve seen with Marvel and DC – except that it involves monsters instead of superheroes – it kicks off with The Mummy next month and will also include projects like The Invisible Man and Bride of Frankenstein, among many, many others.
Imagine for a very brief moment that you’re a Warner Bros. executive. You’re sitting in a plush office, watching as the first wave of reviews label Wonder Woman to be the “best DCEU movie” to date. What do you do? Crank the marketing machine up to 11, of course. And that’s exactly what WB has chosen to do.
Though studios will usually pull out all the stops to keep movie's plot info under wraps for as long as possible, tie-in merchandise is often responsible for giving audiences a heads up on certain things. LEGO sets, in particular, tend to spoil set pieces and minor character details, and these Star Wars: The Last Jedi toys are no different.
Deadpool took the world by storm last year, charging into theatres with its R rating in hand and smashing all sorts of box office records, proving that studios don't need to play it safe in order to rake in huge profits from their comic book movies. It's opened the floodgates for all sorts of projects that otherwise wouldn't have seen the light of day and as Fox continues to build its X-Men cinematic universe, the Merc with a Mouth will no doubt play a key role moving forward.
Justice League Dark has been having a bit of a hard time getting off the ground. Once set to be directed by Guillermo del Toro, the project eventually fell into Doug Liman's lap, at which point, it looked like things were good to go. However, the Edge of Tomorrow helmer shocked us all just this week when he announced that he'd be walking from the film, citing scheduling conflicts as the reason for his departure.
The Marvel Cinematic Universe is rapidly expanding, with more and more characters being introduced with each passing film. Not only that, but with the lid being completely blown off the cosmic side of this world in recent years, even more doors have now been opened up for various superheroes and villains to make their big screen debuts.
As we inch closer and closer to Wonder Woman, there's a sense of positivity starting to build around the DC Extended Universe. The first wave of reactions to the film were pretty promising and with recent announcements of projects like Nightwing and Batgirl causing much excitement amongst fans, it's beginning to look like things might be about to turn around for the struggling franchise.
As far as TV cancellations go, there's not many that are more disappointing than Hannibal. A small screen adaptation of Thomas Harris' novels, it brought one of the most iconic characters in cinema to television in a show that was absolutely excellent in every way imaginable. Polished, superbly acted, intelligent and twisted in all the right ways, it was a delight to watch and as such, when it was given the axe after just three seasons, fans were devastated.
Following the recent news that Anya Taylor-Joy and Maisie Williams have been cast as Magik and Wolfsbane, respectively, in 20th Century Fox's upcoming New Mutants movie, director Josh Boone has now shared some intriguing new details on his approach to the material.
