I’m still pining for a Spy sequel, but director Paul Feig apparently has other plans, and with none other than Universal Pictures for a new project called Dark Army.
Feig will direct from his own script – based on an from an original idea, and will produce from his Feigco banner with Laura Fischer at Universal. Plot details are scant though word from Deadline‘s Mike Fleming Jr. states the film will have a connective tissue to the studios’s Classic Monsters legacy, much like Upgrade helmer Leigh Whannell’s upcoming The Invisible Man.
Universal’s ambitious attempt at a Dark Universe fell flat with Tom Cruise’s 2017 starrer, The Mummy. Plans for a cinematic universe pretty much came to a full stop as the studio regrouped to try and find a more viable way to approach its classic monsters line-up.
By January with Whannell’s hire came the studio’s formal efforts to bring, according to Variety’s Justin Kroll, “creative directors with distinctive visions to the classic characters”, thus moving on from what would’ve been Dark Universe.
Feig’s previous venture horror came with much malaise from fans over his Ghostbusters revamp a few years ago. He’s since followed up with A Simple Favor and the upcoming November 8 release of Last Christmas.
As for questions surrounding Spy 2 or The Heat 2…nope, nothin. At least yet.