Universal Pictures Brands Relaunch Of Classic Movie Monsters As The “Dark Universe”

Universal Pictures’ relaunch of its classic monster movie characters, starting with the Tom Cruise film The Mummy on June 9, will be known as the Dark Universe franchise. In addition, the studio confirmed today that Beauty and the Beast‘s Bill Condon is locked in to direct Bride of Frankenstein, which will be the next Dark Universe title following The Mummy, and set for release on February 14, 2019.

To mark this franchise going forward, the studio has unveiled a new motion logo designed by Weta Digital and a musical theme by Danny Elfman which will play before each film starting with The Mummy. You can check out the new motion logo and sizzle reel here:

Universal also dropped a photo this morning with the stars of both imminent and future Dark Universe features, gathered for the first time: Johnny Depp as the Invisible Man, Javier Bardem as Frankenstein’s Monster, Tom Cruise as soldier of fortune Nick Morton, Sofia Boutella as The Mummy, and Russell Crowe as Dr. Henry Jekyll. It’s Jekyll’s mysterious multi-national org Prodigium that connects all titles in the Dark Universe. Prodigium’s mission is to track, study and sometimes destroy evil monsters. Prodigium works outside all governments and protects the public from knowledge of the evil that exists in society. The photo can be viewed here:

 


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