Dark Universe Dead?

 The Dark Universe Producers Depart.

Today The Hollywood Reporter reported that both Alex Kurtzman and Chris Morgan have hereby departed the Dark Universe franchise.
Both men were the head producers of the Dark Universe and helped come out with scripts and ideas for characters in this franchise. They had a writers room that had stories for characters such as Van Helsing and The Invisible Man, Kurtzman even directed the first Dark Universe movie, The Mummy. Due to the lack of  decent reviews and an underwhelming domestic box office the Dark Universe seemed to pump the brakes right away. The Mummy did make its money back and more but only in the worldwide box office so it was a big risk that barely paid off.

So now with this news of Kurtzman and Morgan departing, the Dark Universe is left with no one at the helm of the ship. Also with them leaving, everything has come to an abrupt stop in the writers room and any discussions of another movie. Universal Studios even pulled the plug on the Bride of Frankenstien with Angelina Jolie which was in early pre-production and set to come out next year. The Hollywood Reporter also stated that Universal is opening the doors to any filmmakers who want to do one-offs without tieing into the Dark Universe. Jason Blum was a name being thrown around, which is interesting because he makes great horror movies with very little cost. 

With all that said it might be a good idea to reconsider which way Universal want to go with the Dark Universe. They were all about making it like the Marvel Cinematic Universe and wanted an action/adventure franchise with some elements of horror. I wouldn't have mind that much if that was what their characters were about, but they have the rights to some of the best monsters ever put to screen. So maybe that will take it down a darker and more horror type route and just concern themselves with making good standalone movies. So far Dracula Untold and The Mummy haven't done that and you can see that audiences and critics weren't happy with what Universal put out. I also wasn't necessarily happy with The Mummy either even though I'm a huge Tom Cruise fan, so this brake is good for Universal to re-assert their potential universe. As always thank you for taking time out of your day to read this topic I discussed.

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