Deadline reports that Chris McKay (The LEGO Batman Movie) is in talks to direct Renfield, a film focusing on Dracula’s brainwashed servant. The film comes from an outline by The Walking Dead creator Robert Kirkman with the script written by Ryan Ridley (Rick and Morty). In Bram Stoker’s Dracula novel, R.M. Renfield is an inmate at an asylum and is […]
Chloe Zhao to give Dracula a “futuristic, sci-fi Western” spin for Universal
Vampires is an ever-evolving genre of horror films, specifically the story of the iconic blood-sucker Dracula. We’ve seen Bram Stoker’s iconic character adapted with modern action reboots, Francis Ford Coppola dramas, and arthouse classics, and Universal Pictures and filmmaker Chloe Zhao are now taking this story in a brand new direction. The director behind Nomadland […]
Universal to showcase Universal Classic Monsters movies for free on YouTube
For fans of the classic Universal Horror Monsters, you’ll be getting a treat in the new few weeks. In a partnership with Universal, the YouTube account Fear: The Home of Horror will be hosting some of the brand’s most iconic films of all time in a special week-long event this month. For older fans, this […]
Overlord director to helm Van Helsing movie for Universal and James Wan
Back in March of this year it was announced that Universal Pictures had tapped Saw, Insidious and The Conjuring director James Wan to produce an original horror-thriller inspired by the studio’s classic library of monster characters. While specific details were initially kept under wraps, it has now been revealed that the project in question is […]
Channing Tatum to re-team with Lord and Miller for mystery Universal Monsters project
Channing Tatum looks set to tackle one of the iconic characters from the Universal Monsters catalog, but not in the way you’d expect. Deadline reports that Tatum will star in the film, where he’ll reteam with Phil Lord and Chris Miller in the upcoming genre-bending project. Sources close to Deadline note that the film is […]
Freaky and Happy Death Day director interested in rebooting Jekyll and Hyde
With Universal Pictures attempting to reboot several of its classic monster properties following the successful release of Leigh Whannell’s The Invisible Man, another director has revealed his potential interest in working on a property in Universal’s extensive library. In an interview with Entertainment Tonight when discussing monster reboots, Freaky and Happy Death Day director Christopher Landon has expressed […]
Jason Blum would love to be in charge of Universal’s Monsters
Jason Blum, the producer of The Invisible Man and the upcoming The Wolfman starring Ryan Gosling, says he isn’t the person to ask about the future of the Universal Monsters franchise even those he would love to be. Universal’s Dark Universe never really got off the ground, with the idea to have a shared universe […]
Doug Jones blames the failed Dark Universe for cancelling Guillermo del Toro’s Frankenstein
Guillermo del Toro, known for tackling amazing monsters in films like Hellboy, Pan’s Labyrinth, and the Best Picture-winning The Shape of Water, was going to helm a re-telling of cinema’s most famous monster. A few years back, right around the time of 2017’s The Mummy, it was announced del Toro would tackle a Frankenstein film, […]
Bela Lugosi’s Dracula comes to life with Infinite Statue collectible
Sideshow Collectibles and Infinite Statue has unveiled the 1:6 scale Dracula statue which is based on the appearance of Bela Lugosi is his iconic role in the 1931 horror classic Dracula. It is available to pre-order now, priced at $499; take a look at the promotional images below… SEE ALSO: Legendary releases trailer for Bram […]
Universal Monsters get LEGO BrickHeadz makeovers
Just in time for Halloween, LEGO has unveiled a new series of LEGO BrickHeadz featuring the iconic Universal Monsters, the first of which – Frankenstein (40422) – is available to buy now at Shop@Home and in store for $9.99/£9.99; check it out here… LEGO® BrickHeadz Frankenstein (40422) is a fun recreation of the famous fictional […]
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