This is a really disconcerting trailer–for all the wrong reasons. Universal, off of the train wreck that was The Mummy, decided to go small, enlisting horror shingle Blumhouse and Leigh Wannell to produce a movie based on H.G. Wells The Invisible Man. And…it looks more like a reboot of either Let’s Scare Jessica To Death […]
The seeming collapse of Universal’s Dark Universe cinematic universe should maybe be seen as a blessing in disguise. Keep in mind Alex Kurtzman’s The Mummy earned over $409 million on a budget of $125 million, which isn’t a terrible outcome (though promotional costs, which I haven’t seen, are important) and indicates an interest in the concept. […]
Luc Besson is nothing if not ambitious and Valerian and the City of A Thousand Planets is his most ambitious feature yet, but I am concerned. The movie, based on a French comic book written by Pierre Christin and illustrated by Jean-Claude Mézières, is likely unfamiliar to most Americans, which is likely why the director […]
According to The Wrap, Len Weisman is leaving “The Mummy” reboot over at Universal because of scheduling conflicts. And while I wish him no ill-will, I have to say that this will probably be for the best because Weisman – be it his ‘Underworld’ films or his entry in the ‘Die Hard’ canon, “Live Free […]
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