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The Mummy may have been DoA in the U.S., but globally ‘It’s Alive!” and about to cross the $300 Million mark. The film is topping most global markets this weekend and one of the centerpiece scenes is the zero-gravity stunt / airplane crash. Universal has now released a 360° video showcasing just how the stunt was filmed. This includes a discussion with star Tom Cruise who went director Alex Kurtzman and pushed for this type of stunt after reading about the plane crash in the script.
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Director Alex Kurtzman is defending the Dark Universe and hyping The Bride of Frankenstein as his film The Mummy opens to mixed audience reactions and poor reviews domestically. In late 2015, Universal Pictures started putting together in earnest what recently became known as its Dark Universe, rebooting classic monster movie titles made famous by the likes of screen legends Boris Karloff, Bela Lugosi and Lon Chaney, Jr, yet setting the characters in a shared universe.
The first film out of the gate, of course, is an update of Karloff’s 1932 classic The Mummy – starring Tom Cruise with
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On Sunday, Universal released the first trailer for The Mummy, and now a featurette and two interviews with director Alex Kurtzman give some context to what the heck Russell Crowe is doing there. We know he’s playing Dr. Henry Jekyll, and other movies in this shared Universal Monster Movie Universe might include Johnny Depp as The Invisible Man and Javier Bardem as Frankenstein.
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Last week it was reported that Russell Crowe was in talks with Universal to play Dr. Jekyll in the studio's classic movie monsters universe, and during an interview with Collider, the actor confirmed that he will be making a cameo appearance as the character in Alex Kurtzman's THE MUMMY reboot. Crowe, who is out promoting Shane Black's THE NICE GUYS, also said he's excited to work...
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Universal Pictures has plans to release a new movie featuring one of its classic monsters (The Wolf Man, Bride of Frankenstein, and so on) every year, starting in 2017 with director Alex Kurtzman’s The Mummy franchise reboot.
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Alex Kurtzman Teases VENOM; "You Can Do Things That You Can't With SPIDER-MAN"
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Despite the fact that Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci's screenplay for The Amazing Spider-Man 2 was not well received by a lot of critics and fans, the former is still attached to helm Venom (which has been rumoured to be called Venom/Carnage) for Sony Pictures. There's currently no firm word on any sort of release date, leading many to believe that the spin-off - which has been rumoured for a number of years - will never happen.
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Universal has found a director for its forthcoming reboot of The Mummy, with THR reporting that Alex Kurtzman will be the man to take the helm. We recently brought you news that Kurtzman and new writing partner Chris Morgan had been charged by the studio with creating a new crossover universe linking all its classic monster franchises, with The Mummy set to be first out of the gate. Now it appears that Kurtzman’s duties will extend beyond sketching the overall template for said universe, with THR claiming he is in the final stage of negotiations to direct that first film.
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Alex Kurtzman & Chris Morgan to Spearhead the Revival of Universal's Classic Movie Monsters
7:44 PM 7/16/2014 by Binh Ngo
Universal's classic movie monsters, which includes Dracula, The Wolf Man, Frankenstein, Creature of the Black Lagoon, The Mummy, and others, are closer to having their monster bash, with Alex Kurtzman & Chris Morgan tapped by the studio to lead the their big screen revival.
Kurtzman and Morgan are to "expand and unify a network of classic characters and stories," according to Deadline, which sounds they are going to do what Marvel has done with their superheroes properties.
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