During the gilded historic period of Hollywood , Universal Studios made a name for itself by making monster moving-picture show . Dracula , Frankenstein , the Wolf Man , the Mummy and more all obsess Universal ’s picture for decade , frightening and delighting interview from the 1920s through the fifties . Back in the sidereal day , the studio was responsible for set up the career of horror legends like Lon Chaney , Jr. , Bela Lugosi , and Boris Karloff .
While in recent class the studio has moved aside from its monstrous bloodline , this week , Universal harbinger plans to revive its Graeco-Roman monster batting order under the watchful eyes of Alex Kurtzman ( Transformers ) and Chris Morgan ( Furious 7 ) . According toVariety , Universal plans to release one lusus naturae movie per year , all set in the same population to allow for the possibility of crossovers . They ’ll be starting with the Mummy ( which will begin shooting in former 2016 ) , followed by Dracula , Van Helsing , Bride of Frankenstein , and the Wolf Man .
It ’s indecipherable exactly what the demon reboot will see like : Varietyobserves that Universal seems to be taking some inspiration from recent superhero franchises ( for representative , by create a portion out universe for their characters ) , but Kurtzman and Morgan importune they want to pay testimonial to the original content issue , while institute the demon into the 21st one C .
“ We ’re creating a mythology , so we ’re looking at this canyon and intellection , ‘ What are the ruler ? ' " Kurtzman excuse toVariety . “ What can we break and what are the ones that are unobtainable ? ”
as luck would have it for fan of the original Universal lusus naturae , Kurtzman and Morgan seem to be reasonably big revulsion geeks , themselves : “ I was raised on monster film , ” Morgan toldVariety . “ I used to make my own phony rotter , so I would n’t have to go to schoolhouse and could rest home and see things likeCat Peopleon TV . I can still evidence you what I used — orangeness juice , Saltines , Pepsi , and Milk River . ”
[ h / t : Variety ]
