Tony Black on whether the Universal Monsters will deliver the next big cinematic franchise… You all remember The Mummy, right? Brendan Fraser doing his best Harrison Ford impression while Arnold Vosloo pranced around in a gold nappy trying to hide his broad South African brogue. Rather good, wasn’t it? You may be surprised to learn […]
Russell Crowe in talks to join Tom Cruise in The Mummy as Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Universal is hard at work on building a shared cinematic universe for its classic stable of monsters, having claimed a release date for a third, as yet untitled movie just yesterday. Now, word has hit that the first film in that new lineup, The Mummy reboot starring Tom Cruise, may be getting some extra star power in […]
Universal slates third monster movie for 2019
Universal has just released a press release, claiming a new release date for one of its upcoming monster movies. The as-yet-untitled film will act as the third entry in a burgeoning cinematic universe featuring its iconic pantheon of classic movie monsters. Universal has yet to say which film it just announced, only saying that it will arrive […]
Courtney B. Vance joins Tom Cruise in The Mummy reboot
Fresh from his role as Johnnie Cochran in FX’s TV series American Crime Story: The People v O.J. Simpson, Deadline is reporting that Courtney B. Vance has signed on to appear in Universal’s reboot of The Mummy. Vance will join a cast that includes Tom Cruise (Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation), Annabelle Wallis (Annabelle), Jake […]
Jake Johnson and Annabelle Wallis join Tom Cruise in The Mummy reboot
According to The Hollywood Reporter, New Girl star Jake Johnson is the latest actor to join Tom Cruise (Edge of Tomorrow) and Sofia Boutella (Kingsman: The Secret Service) in the upcoming reboot of The Mummy and Universal’s larger cinematic monster universe. The shared universe, which the studio seems to be building in a fashion similar to the Marvel […]
Tom Cruise officially signs on for The Mummy reboot
It was rumoured last year that Tom Cruise was in talks with Universal to star in their upcoming reboot of The Mummy, which is set to kick-start their Classic Monsters Shared Universe. Well, now it’s official. Variety are reporting that Cruise has signed on for the picture, but will not serve as a producer as […]
Sofia Boutella in talks for title role in The Mummy reboot
It looks like Universal Pictures will be gender-swapping the title role of the upcoming Universal Monster remake The Mummy. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Sofia Boutella (Kingsman: The Secret Service) is in talks for the title role, while Tom Cruise (Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation) also remains in negotiations for a role. Following her breakthrough in […]
Tom Cruise in talks to star in The Mummy reboot
It appears as though Universal are not messing about when it comes to casting their upcoming Monsters Universe. Following the news that they’re looking to cast Angelina Jolie (Lara Croft: Tomb Raider) as The Bride of Frankenstein and Scarlett Johansson in Creature From the Black Lagoon, Variety are reporting that they’re in talks with Tom […]
The Mummy reboot script is “a horror to read”
Since the announcement of Universal’s shared Monsters Universe – which is set to kick off with The Mummy in 2017 – things have been a bit quiet. We’ve heard that new two writers have been hired to re-draft the script for Creature from the Black Lagoon, which could also have Scarlet Johannson attached to it, but […]
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