Classic Monster Reboot - Dark Universe

[quinnmac000]

Either way, I like what we're seeing so far. I'm excited

There seems to be a bunch of people whining that its not funny and its so "dark and gritty" and obviously all CGI which this shows the exact opposite.

 

[Joel]

There seems to be a bunch of people whining that its not funny and its so "dark and gritty" and obviously all CGI which this shows the exact opposite.

Everyone's entitled to their opinions, no matter how wrong they are

 

[TheGentTrent]

EDIT: Here's a BTS feature which shows some more of the the beautiful Sofia Boutella as The Mummy, and some more of various action scenes (including one between Cruise and Crowe)

Game of Thrones music used at the beginning, what's up with that?

 

[Mad Dog]

Game of Thrones music used at the beginning, what's up with that?

They're trying to get Teebin interested in watching it.

 

[quinnmac000]

New Mummy trailer tomorrow.

Footage tested extremely positively at Cinemacon. If its the same footage as what was shown at Cinemacon, its creepy.

 

[quinnmac000]

And the Creature of the black lagoon work is getting started.


Aquaman Scribe Will Beall on Creature From The Black Lagoon | Deadline

 

[belloq87]

And the Creature of the black lagoon work is getting started.

Aquaman Scribe Will Beall on Creature From The Black Lagoon | Deadline

They've been trying to get CREATURE remade for 25 years. John Carpenter, Joe Dante, Guillermo del Toro, Gary Ross, Breck Eisner, and who knows how many others have made a run at it, and - for some reason - Universal's never been able to pull the trigger.

Beall's CV doesn't get me particularly excited (though I guess AQUAMAN could turn out great, you never know), but I'll wait to see what kind of tone the new MUMMY sets for the rebooted Classic Monsters before I either get worried or intrigued.

 

[DK745]

New Mummy trailer

 

[LieutLaww]

Just beat me to it lol

 

[AlexanderMBush]

Looking at it, and it's much better than the first original trailer that came out.

Color me intrigued, as I am now albeit curious.

 

[LieutLaww]

Yea the 2nd trailer certainly helps, I shall be going to see this.

 

[Mad Dog]

That looks very strong. It's going to make a real lot of money. Update on Mummy ride, here we come.

 

[LieutLaww]

If it does well, which watching the 2nd trailer again I think it will, it wouldn't surprise me if Universal gives The Mummy a makeover to the new version, as much as I love the original Mummy movies it time for a refresh.

 

[belloq87]

Not the greatest song choice I've ever heard in a trailer, but the imagery looks surprisingly okay. Despite obviously being more an action movie than a horror movie, they seem to be hinting at some pretty classic monster-y stuff, too (the swarms of rats, for instance).

At the very least, it certainly looks like it's going to be creepier (and played more straight) than 1999's THE MUMMY, a film I like but is definitely more Indiana Jones than Universal Monsters.

 

[quinnmac000]

A lot of people are still complaining about why it needs to be rebooting and why brendan frasier not in it (Not realizing frasier was a reboot) and then its not scary enough.

I think this looks great and will do well critically but I have a feeling a lot of people are wanting it to fail

 

[belloq87]

A lot of people are still complaining about why it needs to be rebooting and why brendan frasier not in it (Not realizing frasier was a reboot) and then its not scary enough.

I think this looks great and will do well critically but I have a feeling a lot of people are wanting it to fail

I honestly don't think the "Where's Brendan?" contingent will make up a very large section of the general audience. Universal's traded up for Cruise (and that may be an understatement), and I doubt many in the audience are going to be longing for Brendan in his place, or for a continuation of the previous MUMMY continuity; the last film came out almost 10 years ago, and was by no means a hit of any kind.

 

[Joel]

I'm a big fan of Brendan Fraser's The Mummy, and very excited for the franchise to be coming back. Loved BF in the previous reboot, excited Tom Cruise is the next guy, hopefully he will be good.

 

[shiekra38]

A lot of people are still complaining about why it needs to be rebooting and why brendan frasier not in it (Not realizing frasier was a reboot) and then its not scary enough.

I think this looks great and will do well critically but I have a feeling a lot of people are wanting it to fail

I'd call it a re-imagining of the reboot...It follows hardly anything from the original, and takes some noted from the Brendan Frasier series...

I'm torn, the BF Mummy has a certain charm to it, as does the ride...This version will feel very different...I'm just imagining what they can do with all the new tech available to them these days..


Bottom line, Mummy needs to stay

 

[quinnmac000]

I just need the mummy to be successful so when the creature of the black lagoon comes out and is also successful, we can get a dark boat ride for it.

 

[Joel]

I just need the mummy to be successful so when the creature of the black lagoon comes out and is also successful, we can get a dark boat ride for it.

What creature would that be?