Universal Monsters thread?

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[Benjamin Haines]

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[klen7]

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[lhb412]

So, the rumors are apparently out again that Universal is delegating the classic monsters to Blumhouse... So, that old chestnut.

Still, I think it's the best idea Universal has had yet. Blumhouse isn't perfect, but they are horror fans, they know horror movies and I'm positive they have something a bit more interesting in store for the characters, like, I don't know: making them actual horror movies!

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[klen7]

[lhb412]

This is the approach they should have had from the beginning! I love the Universal Monsters, but all the takes to try to bring them back have been so disassociated from what makes them great that every talk of further movies left me cold. I'm not exactly pumped now, but if this bears fruit... I might be.

PS - Upgrade was terrific.

PPS - let Guillermo del Toro make that Frankenstein movie he's been talking about for 20 years!

PPPS - better hold off on the Creature from the Black Lagoon. You probably need some distance between it and The Shape of Water.

[Henry88]

[lhb412]

^ It's just that GDT essentially made his Gill Man movie without the rights and it won the Oscar for best picture and made $200 million worldwide... so maybe inviting direct comparison would be a bit hasty?

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[Outkaster]

Any updates for this shared Universe?

[lhb412]

^ The Invisible Man comes out next year. Whether it's part of a shared universe or not is anyone's guess.

[Henry88]

[Outkaster]

Just got this:

[klen7]

Do you think they'll get Andy Serkis to do the motion capture for the invisible man?

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[The Shadow]

It's too bad that Universal gave up on their Dark Universe idea. Sure, THE MUMMY (2017) has some internal story issues but the groundwork we see for the Dark Universe itself seemed promising and at least some of the THE MUMMY's internal issues could have been addressed in future installments of the series.

Although, Universal's apparent insistence on gender-flipping every monster may have worked against the Dark Universe in the long run. Before everything collapsed I recall there was development for a Bride of Frankenstein without Frankenstein's monster and at least the beginning development for an Invisible Woman movie. Making the Mummy the Princess this time around worked out well enough, I'm not sure it would have worked for all the monsters. I was most skeptical of doing a movie about Frankenstein's Bride without Frankenstein's monster first. An Invisible Woman movie probably would have worked fine though.

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[Baltan II]

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