dark universe

  • Universal May Want Channing Tatum To Be Its New Van Helsing

    Universal May Want Channing Tatum To Be Its New Van Helsing

    The negative reaction to The Mummy as the kicking-off point for Universal’s Dark Universe movies is apparently causing a bit of a rethink about the future of the monster franchise at the studio. Part of that rethink? Getting Channing Tatum to play the next cinematic incarnation of fiction’s most famous monster hunter, Abraham Van Helsing.


  • The Mummy Is Monstrous, Just For All The Wrong Reasons

    The Mummy Is Monstrous, Just For All The Wrong Reasons

    The Mummy is the first movie in the “Dark Universe,” a planned series of films that will intertwine the ghoulish tales of the classic Universal Monsters. But it contains zero scares and is devoid of any sense of fun. What it does have is whole lot of Tom Cruise, and a Mummy whose motivation feels…