Weeks back, Universal Studios announced that their new reboot of The Mummy would be the first entry of an Avengers-like franchise that would introduce the classic monsters of their library to modern audiences. The Egypt-themed film has already cast Tom Cruise as its lead and now one big TV name has joined in: Jake Johnson, who plays Nick in New Girl! Read More »
Annabelle Wallis, best known for playing Jane Seymour in The Tudors and dating Coldplay frontman Chris Martin, has joined the upcoming reboot of The Mummy, where she'll be co-starring with Tom Cruise. Much like Rachel Weisz did in a previous movie franchise, Wallis will be playing an archeologist, as Universal Studios prepares its new classic monsters film series. Read More »
A few months back, Universal Pictures announced they'd be creating a new movie universe, kind of like Marvel's Avengers, revolving around their very large library of classic monsters. This announcement followed news that Tom Cruise would be leading the cast of a modern-day take on The Mummy -- and now, it seems like Johnny Depp could join playing The Invisible Man! Read More »
Every movie studio is trying to recreate the success of Marvel's Cinematic Universe, but perhaps one of the better approaches is coming from Universal Pictures. With a series of monster movie reboots coming out soon, the studio is hoping to create its own series of connected movies. The first evidence of this comes from reshoots on Dracula Untold, which allegedly connects the 2014 origin movie to the upcoming releases. Read More »