Universal Monsters

[FLICK]

That Mummy reboot sounds horrible. I wish the Fraser Mummy movies were still a part of this universe. Why can't the hero of the new Mummy movie be a descendant of Fraser's character? Have the beginning of the movie star Fraser on one last adventure and then fast forward a hundred or so years to his ancestor finding his great grandfather's artifact that unleashes the Mummy again.

 

[Goshdarn Batman]

A smaller, simpler time is necessary for the Universal Monsters. A monster like Frankenstein's just doesn't work for me in modern times. You need those older superstitions to feel relevant and to do that you need a period piece.

Yes, Frankenstein in modern times is even sillier. The military could easily blow the monster to pieces with a drone or something

 

[Mysteryman]

I really hope they do something different with Frankenstein .
Other than that,
I am curious what they do with the creature from the black lagoon

 

[Dr. Evil]

Spoiler

So is the human a vessel/host for the Mummy or something?

 

[Orb]

Spoiler

So is the human a vessel/host for the Mummy or something?

Spoiler

No. His mind is simply linked with the Mummy's. The Mummy wakes up later on and Colt (the soldier) is the only one to kill him

 

[Dr. Evil]

Spoiler

No. His mind is simply linked with the Mummy's. The Mummy wakes up later on and Colt (the soldier) is the only one to kill him

Spoiler

Damn. That could have been an easy way for the film to avoid the backlash when they do cast a white guy to play the Mummy.

 

[T-Ray]

A smaller, simpler time is necessary for the Universal Monsters. A monster like Frankenstein's just doesn't work for me in modern times. You need those older superstitions to feel relevant and to do that you need a period piece.

I kinda agree with this. Not that it would be impossible to put the Monsters in modern times but I think that by doing so mystique and "scary factor" would be lost.

It all depends on execution, though. Bringing them into modern world was already done in "Monster Squad" and it was awesome for what it was. I just hope they do not go for "realistic & gritty & joyless" stuff.

Yes, Frankenstein in modern times is even sillier. The military could easily blow the monster to pieces with a drone or something

The military blowing Monsters up is the least of concerns.. t: Cellphone clips and selfies featuring kids messing around with Frankenstein's monster and "Dur fake!" comments on YouTube. "Show me teh sparkle! LOL!" uttered ecstatically by vamp fangirl who follows Dracula around in hopes to become his newest bride.... Frankie growing beard and going to some desolated snowy place to rediscover himself... Shaky cam... "It's not who I am! I am a man! A human! It is that what defines me!"... "Electro-intristic field activated nanomites keep his DNA in perfect homeopathic state, mr. Drake, that's how he was able to achieve immortality." "So, that's how he mannaged to live so long?" .... Jump scare...

 

[Steamteck]

A smaller, simpler time is necessary for the Universal Monsters. A monster like Frankenstein's just doesn't work for me in modern times. You need those older superstitions to feel relevant and to do that you need a period piece.

Absolutely, these characters are so much better as period characters before the world was connected, cynical and high tech.

 

[Goshdarn Batman]

The military blowing Monsters up is the least of concerns.. t: Cellphone clips and selfies featuring kids messing around with Frankenstein's monster and "Dur fake!" comments on YouTube. "Show me teh sparkle! LOL!" uttered ecstatically by vamp fangirl who follows Dracula around in hopes to become his newest bride.... Frankie growing beard and going to some desolated snowy place to rediscover himself... Shaky cam... "It's not who I am! I am a man! A human! It is that what defines me!"... "Electro-intristic field activated nanomites keep his DNA in perfect homeopathic state, mr. Drake, that's how he was able to achieve immortality." "So, that's how he mannaged to live so long?" .... Jump scare...

Don't give them any ideas now

 

[Green Goblin]

I think it should be set in the early 18th century. A period setting would make this cinematic universe stand out.

 

[Steamteck]

I enjoyed Dracula untold. It was a decent film but not a good Dracula film IMO. Luke Evens definitely has potential here though. The post scene indeed in modern times made me sad.

 

[redhawk23]

Yes, Frankenstein in modern times is even sillier. The military could easily blow the monster to pieces with a drone or something

It would take 10 years, several billion dollars and thousands of lives first.

 

[redhawk23]

A smaller, simpler time is necessary for the Universal Monsters. A monster like Frankenstein's just doesn't work for me in modern times. You need those older superstitions to feel relevant and to do that you need a period piece.

Dracula I can understand the sentiment for but Frankenstein is basically the root of many science fiction stories.

 

[Mindreaper21]

Other than my favorite monster, Dracula, I want to see a really good and scary Phantom of the Opera. The one with Robert Englund was good, but I think it can be much better. I also want to see a damn good Wolfman, though I'd love to see him look more like Dracula's wolf beast transformation in Coppola's Dracula.

 

[Fallen Angel]

http://deadline.com/2014/11/fast-and-furious-sequels-justin-lin-universal-1201282337/

Despite a lack of superheroes, Universal Pictures continues to bolster its franchises. The studio is going hard to revive its classic monsters franchises–I’m hearing that Prisoners scribe Aaron Guzikowski is being courted to get the Wolf Man howling again, after Uni rebooted The Mummy.

 

[bullets]

I was disappointed when I found I, Frankenstein wasn't Universal. I personally found that movie to be good. And Evans as Dracula and Eckhart as Frankenstein is a great headlining cast.

I'll take it. I just wish they had stronger solo films to stand on.

 

[Gabe99]

Universal's Classic Monster Universe Takes Shape With 'Fargo' and 'Prisoners' Writers
Noah Hawley and Aaron Guzikowski have been hired to develop Universal's cinematic monsters universe as has 'Men In Black' scribe Ed Solomon

Noah Hawley, the creator of the Fargo television series, Aaron Guzikowski, the scribe behind the gritty Hugh Jackman-Jake Gyllenhaal movie Prisoners, and Ed Solomon, the veteran screenwriter behind Men in Black and Now You See Me, have joined Chris Morgan and Alex Kurtzman to act as a writers collective of Universal Studios' cinematic monster universe.

The plan is for these "Monster Men" to act akin to Pixar's brain trust, or more aptly, like a well-oiled television writer's room, where all will have a hand in each other's movies and offer help as needed as they work on a model of serialized storytelling.

As part of the move, Guzikowski will take the lead writing The Wolfman, a new take on the classic werewolf tale that will hopefully re-launch a franchise and also weave in with the movies of the other monster characters. Hawley and Solomon have yet to take point on projects as the plan is still unfolding.

Morgan and Kurtzman, notable scribes in their own right, are producing the monster movies.

The Mummy will be the first movie out of the monster universe gate, with Kurtzman behind the camera and a June 24, 2015 release date. Other planned movies revolve around the characters of Dracula, Frankenstein, The Invisible Man, Bride of Frankenstein and vampire hunter Van Helsing.

It’s not clear what the order for the movies will be nor what stages of development the projects are in, although Universal has staked out Friday, April 21, 2017, for its second monster franchise film.

Wolfman is one of the studio’s legacy characters. His first screen appearance was in 1941’s The Wolf Man, directed by George Waggner with Lon Chaney Jr. as the man who is cursed to howl at the full moon and Claude Rains as his father.

Several lesser movies followed. The character made a splashy return in 2010 with Benicio Del Toro in the title role, Emily Blunt his love interest and Anthony Hopkins as his father. The pricey picture was plagued with production problems and whined its way to only a $61 million domestic tally.

Plot details for the revamp are being kept locked in a kennel.

Guzikowski also wrote Contraband, the hit action movie starring Mark Wahlberg that Universal distributed. He is in production of season two of his Sundance channel show The Red Road, which he created and that stars Jason Momoa.

 

[addison81]

I actually enjoy the 2010 Wolfman quite a bit. I love the look of that film and its pretty violent as well. I also love the setting. It has its fair share of problems but i still like it.

 

[Goshdarn Batman]

It would take 10 years, several billion dollars and thousands of lives first.

You're right about that.

 

[Green Goblin]

I don't know what the plot would be for the team up film.

I think it's a good idea to share some characters, creatures and plots but a full on crossover is hard to see IMO.

 

[Green Goblin]

It would take 10 years, several billion dollars and thousands of lives first.

Knowing US Foregin Policy they'd have probaby lied about zombies being there for the natural resources...

 

[T-Ray]

I don't know what the plot would be for the team up film.

I think it's a good idea to share some characters, creatures and plots but a full on crossover is hard to see IMO.

IMO, the best thing would be to not do full crossover movie. Just make separate movies and sequels for each monster and just insert small clues that all of them are set in the same universe without compromising the story. Something like xenomorph skull in "Predator 2".
That would reduce convoluted and awkward ways needed to connect totally different movies. No need to neuter characters, no need to make each film tonally the same and such. They could even set each monster in different time period more suitable for their stories (The Mummy in 20s, Gill Man in 50s, etc.) which would be cool.

 

[The Shape]

I just don't see why we need another Wolfman movie right now. They should be focusing on lesser-known monsters (or ones who haven't appeared so recently on film) before building to the big guns.

 

[dark_b]

“We don’t have any capes [in our film library]. But what we do have is an incredible legacy and history with the monster characters. We’ve tried over the years to make monster movies — unsuccessfully, actually. So, we took a good, hard look at it, and we settled upon an idea, which is to take it out of the horror genre, put it more in the action-adventure genre and make it present day, bringing these incredibly rich and complex characters into present day and reimagine them and reintroduce them to a contemporary audience.”

 

[Goshdarn Batman]

That'll work!