Universal Retools Its ‘Monster Legacy’ As THE INVISIBLE MAN Nabs ‘Upgrade’ Director
The last five years have been something of a rollercoaster for Universal’s attempt at a Dark Universe. Gary Shore’s 2014 thriller, Dracula Untold, gave way for the studio to steer efforts toward reviving its long-celebrated line of monster movie properties – a move that didn’t bode too well for Alex Kurtzman’s critically panned take on The Mummy three years later. The film bombed and that pretty much left things near solidly uncertain for the Dark Universe as the studio had already lined its cast up, including Johnny Depp who was set to star as The Invisible Man, based on H.G. Wells’ 1897 novella. To make matters worse and despite the franchise’s maintenance, the state of the still-fledgeling shingle was also mired by the departure of that film’s writer, Ed Solomon, just last week, prior to Depp’s own switching of gears on Monday. For this, however, it does look like things […]
