The Invisible Man
With Leigh Whannell’sThe Invisible Manreleasing February 28th , it ’s interesting to take a look back at the remake that was n’t : Johnny Depp ’s version . Why did n’t this materialise ?
Universal ’s definitive monsters - know as the Dark Universe - have been an interesting group of intellectual prop for some time , particularly with the ascension of repugnance film ' popularity in the last decennary , morphing them more toward the mainstream rather than their previous circumstance as a recess genre . While there were some major smash hit in horror in the 2000s , such asResident Evil , these were all bordering more on activeness , with heavy CGI and some repulsion ingredient . However , studios like Blumhouse have ushered in the lift of mainstream horror for the past decade with not only stand out smash likeHappy Death Day , but also through major franchises likeThe Purgeand universes likeThe Conjuringmovies and even their acquisition of a major franchise , Halloween .
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H.G. Wells ' novel , The Invisible Man , was first publish in 1897 , and the first film adaptation happened in 1933 , but has been largely silent since then . There was a loose remaking withHollow Manin 2000 , but the Dark Universe has needed a unassailable handwriting with unclouded visual modality to conduct it toward achiever . This happened once before , but failed before it could get too far off the flat coat .
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Universal had big plan for the Dark Universe once upon a time . The studio ushered in their first film in the budding franchise - which has nearly limitless potential for crossovers , as has been done in the yesteryear - withThe Mummy , starring Tom Cruise . WhileThe Mummyhas been take on beforein late account with Brendan Fraser and Rachel Weisz in 1999 , this was a different take . A few age prior , Dracula Untoldwas also on Universal ’s docket with an impressive $ 70 million budget , but only turned over $ 217 million in flagrant profit , which is a decent retort , but nothing over the top , and certainly nowhere near the return on investment that Blumhouse ’s humbled budget horror angle can achieve .
The interest inDracula Untoldmight have get the ball rolling , but 2017’sThe Mummysealed Universal ’s destiny with their own , classical demon . Along withThe Mummy , they had discharge other plan for future picture show , which includedDr . Jekyll and Mr. Hydewith Russell Crowe , Frankensteinwith Javier Bardem , and even Angelina Jole was rumored to be considered forBride of Frankenstein . Clearly , they had place a lot of money into these projects , and had a solid interest . The Mummyreleased , build up with a massive budget of approximately $ 125 - 195 million , but the harsh critical and audience response coupled with the fact that it only turned out $ 410 million gross provide a lackluster finishing for what Universal likely thought would be a indisputable thing .
Afterward , all the movies they had planned - include theJohnny DeppfrontedThe Invisible Manmovie - were postponed indefinitely . Universal decided to take a different approach , much like the studio apartment did in its origin where they attempt out filmmakers who had unparalleled , exciting approaches on the stuff and wanted specific stories to be secernate , rather than relying on heavy CGI and eminent military action to corroborate what really should be horror picture . Blumhouse and Leigh Whannell became attached toThe Invisible Manin 2019 , assigned a $ 7 million budget , and let the chips devolve where they may . If successful , this could very well be the beginning of a Jason Blum - led Dark Universe Christ’s Resurrection .
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