The Invisible Man
Universal Studios ' Dark Universe may have give out upon the dismission ofThe Mummy , but the commercial and vital success ofThe inconspicuous Manproves that , in some way , the crosswalk idea may yet have a future . Although the Dark Universe as a big - budget studio undertaking is officially dead , Blumhouse signaled a agency to utilize the rights to the Universal ’s horror dimension so as to make films with scurvy cost and mellow financial homecoming . Thus the ecumenical monstrosity may reach the limelight once more , only it wo n’t be quite the same shared worldly concern as the studio earlier intended them to inhabit .
Originally , Universal Studios planned forDracula Untold , released in 2014,to bull’s eye the beginning of ashared universe of discourse for the Universal goliath . The vampire descent storywas in place - production when Universal ordered reshoots to set up a continuation and potential dealership twirl - offs . However , the film ’s fiscal letdown cause Universal todistanceDracula Untoldfrom succeeding plans . Instead , producers Alex Kurtzman and Chris Morgan , who were hired to lead the creative commission of this enterprisingness , announcedThe Mummyreboot as the first official entry in the franchise , at this point dubbed the Dark Universe .
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alas for them , Tom Cruise ’s virtuoso power and the hope of a blockbuster spectacle were not enough to win over hoi polloi to see the movie , and the labor at long last bombed at the box office in 2017.The Mummywas widely criticized for its forced game percentage point connecting the cinema to the Dark Universe , which exposed the foil of studio apartment preventive . Bride of Frankenstein , which planned to pop out shooting in February 2018 , was indefinitely delayed , and the Dark Universe came to an sticky halt . In its place arrived producer Jason Blum ’s standalone horror - thriller , The Invisible Man .
Dark Universe’s Future Rests On Standalone Movies
After year of missteps and commercial-grade failure , Universal has finally found a successful instruction for its Dark Universe in Blumhouse ’s lowly - budget , horror - lowering approaching . WhereasThe Mummywas mired by unnecessary connexion to a shared universe , The unseeable Manexists severally as a small , grounded suspense narration . Any link to a larger populace was absent , as Jason Blum allowed author and theatre director Leigh Whannell to focalise on telling a accomplished tale without any open - ended idea hinting at sequel potential . audience altogether unfamiliar to the Universal monster can watchThe inconspicuous Manand clearly empathise the story without prior noesis of its originative basis .
The film is a remaking thatdeviates importantly from the original moviewith few callbacks besides shared figure and pernicious visual references . Although it is base on a licensed property , The Invisible Manexists in its own , bear humans . Herein lies the route to a resurrection of sorts for the definitive Universal devil , who clearly benefit from their own standalone movies rather than an interconnected Dark Universe . The shape is similar to DC’sJoker , which is besides a standalone pic with a littler budget than most other comic script adaptations . The flick rescue Warner Bros. itsmost profitable comic motion-picture show , surpass the financial returns of films taking billet in the DC Extended Universe , and gain critical eclat .
The Dark Universe is not necessarily dead , it just terminate to subsist in the shape that Universal ’s executives to begin with intend it to . forward-looking - day rendition of the studio ’s intellectual properties have , so far , proven to be the most reasonable choice of action . Those in control will have to be sure to keep the type separate from each other and , ironically , keep the Dark Universe from turn into a bona fide cinematic world . This not only gives creatives more freedom to incorporate fresh ideas as Whannell did inThe Invisible Man , but it also keep the consultation from feeling confused and frustrated by a lack of conversance with the Universal monsters .
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