It is being reconfigured and Universal hasn't pulled the plug on it, plus people are saying it is dead because Kurtzman left and yet people are expendable and they can be replaced by somebody good or even better then them.
This video is a beautiful tribute to Universal's classic horror icons, and by far the best thing to come out of their ill-conceived "Dark Universe" plans.
"We want a cinematic universe like Marvel, but with our classic horror icons, Frankenstein and The Mummy" "Great idea.. but we need to do it right.. what if we brought A-list talent, and give directors whatever budget they need, maybe even creative freedom?" "A new dark universe.. I love the possibilities - but where do we start?" "Call Alex Kurtzman"
Ryan Laing The problem was to make the monsters the heroes of the story instead of the villains. They tried to make another avengers team (iron dracula, captain werewolf...)
Not only that, they decided to make the movies into some kind of tonally deficient action/adventure movie instead of using these classic horror icons for, ya know... HORROR movies. Well, they're moving forward with an Invisible Man movie with Blumhouse producing. Perhaps now they'll take a step in the correct direction.
Blumhouse is a mixed bag. Some of the movies are just how you described, but not all of them. I'd honestly prefer that they at least be horror movies instead of... whatever The Mummy was. Mission Impossible: The Mummy was one of the most confused and pointless movies of our generation.
Tom Cruise is a good actor, but upon taking control of the movie, he made “The Mummy” too much like his “Mission: Impossible” movies (which are always awesome), while Universal Monsters are suppose to be horror movies. Blumhouse’s “The Invisible Man” will bring a fresh start to the Dark Universe in the horror direction.
Maybe you should make a decent movie first that gets people invested so they want a 'Dark Universe' rather than shoving it in our faces without earning it.
It happened in the 30s, 40s and 50s, considered the first cinematographic universe in history, the problem is that it seems that they had no patience here.
This is how I would've done the dark universe Dracula untold Frankenstein The mummy Bride of Frankenstein The wolf man The invisible man Creature of the black lagoon Phantom of the opera Crossover (Van Helsing) Tell each story as a compelling tense horror film with the main thing drawing them connected being Prodiguim and make Van Helsing the leader
Andres Anguiano Zuñiga I was hoping for something close to League of Extraordinary gentlemen. With Cruise's character from The Mummy being the "Alan Quatermain".
Look, Universal, If you REALLY *REALLY* Want to have your Own Cinematic Universe, then why don't you get Directors like Guillermo Del Toro, James Wan, Jennifer Kent, or Even Gore Verbinski? they could make your Dark Universe Movies Way More Scary and Coherent. don't get directors like Alex Kurtzman who think the Only way for a Franchise to happen is to Shove so much Sequel-Bait into the First Film! you can start a Franchise and NOT reference that there will be more! is it Really that Hard to just focus on the FIRST Film and Nothing Else? #TakeNotesUniversal
What I had in mind if they REALLY REALLY want to do these right, reboot this entire franchise with these ideas I thought of: 1. The A-List Monsters getting their own R-Rated 3D Action-Horror-Comedy Movies (plus The Creeper and Ape-Woman), in the quality of the Brendan Fraser MUMMY movies. 2. The B-List and C-List monsters can appear in a TV series, one monster per episode. 3. Actors in their 20s fighting the A-List monsters monsters. 4. Keep Alex Kurtzman away, just make the after-credits scenes the material to tie this all into a universe 5. The writers, Seth Rogen & Evan Goldberg for the comedy aspect, and any horror movie writer (Stephen King, James Wan, Eli Roth) for the horror aspect. And those Abbott & Costello meet the monsters movies, replace them with Seth & Evan, because A&C are long gone. 6. This one is on me, I would use THE LAST OF US as an influence for the horror aspect #TakeNotesUniversal
Fits perfectly to me. It suggests the epic nature of the stories and the legendary reputation they've attained. And plenty of them had their fair share of action (Frankenstein, Bride of Frankenstein, The Wolf Man, Creature from the Black Lagoon, Frankenstein meets The Wolf Man, etc.)
William Blevins the only other movies officially announced were The Bride Of Frankenstein and The Invisible Man. The Invisible Man remake happened, completely different then intended though. It was assumed they would cover all the movies in the franchise but those 2 were the only announced
What is a "true horror film"? Like a slasher movie where the characters get picked off one by one and the audience screams "Don't go in there!"? I just want the films to be good. I have my doubts about The Mummy.
Giving classic monster movies a collective universe is utterly genius but one choice in particular has ruined it for me and that is it's modernization into the present. I think the setting alone in 1999's The Mummy added a lot of wonder which complimented the film itself. When I think of Dracula I think of him in a dim-lit dusty old castle or lurking in the shadows of cobbled alleys and not surrounded by skyscrapers wearing jeans but this is just my personal aesthetic.
Shaun Hawksworth These movies were already in a cinematic universe when they came out. Hell, the first crossover movie ever was Frankenstein meets the Wolf Man.
For a Mummy movie, a better time setting would have been 1922, the year King Tut was first unearthed. There was probably a lot of speculation about mummies back then.
The DC Extended Universe and the Dark Universe franchises failed at the box office and failed to get an audience, which is something the Marvel Cinematic Universe has been doing for 13 years now
Next film do these things 1) Make it Horror 2) Have a good story 3) Don't rip off a bunch of movies (American Werewolf in London, LifeForece, etc.) 4) Stay true to the source. (The Mummy '99 and Young Frankenstein still stay true to the films they are based off of [Even though 1 is an action movie and the other a parody] unlike The Mummy '17) 5) Make it R Rated.
Wish more folks realized that the Universal Monsters had the first shared cinematic universe back in the 1940's, before Marvel Comics was even a thing.
Same with Godzilla, King Kong and the rest of Toho's Showa Kaiju films. (Yes, marvel was created, but it's not like there weren't cinematic universes before it, and that's an example of one.)
rubyolared, I hear you, but Universal capitalized on a shared Universe in the 1940's! But you're totally correct that the main reason "Dark Universe" is happening is because of Marvel's success.
Even if this new "Dark Universe" doesn't work out, we'll still always have those iconic Universal Monster movies. Plus if for nothing else, these new ones should turn more and more people onto the classics they were inspired from.
You had golden material in your hands Universal. How I wish you didn’t fuck this up the way you did. It’s a shame. I really hope that people with passion and talent bring the Dark Universe idea back the right way.
Dracula Untold would have been an amazing beginning to a TRUE Dark Universe if they'd kept it like it was planned. Focusing on the origins Universal Monsters as they live through their times in the past and deal with the problems of prejudice, hatred, and dealing with the pure beasts inside, only to eventually be brought into the modern age and forced to team up (the group consisting of Dracula as leader, Frankenstein and his Bride, a new Wolfman, the Mummy (sort of the Wonder Woman of the group and can even see her gaining a romance with the Wolfman; sort of a better done Natasha/Bruce thing), the Gill Man, the Invisible Man (possibly a successor to the Johnny Depp one he could have played and who was the only villain protagonist, maybe becoming the Scott Lang of the group) and perhaps even the Phantom and the Hunchback, the former returning as a true Phantom) to go against the Master Vampire/Caligula as he subtly plans from behind the scenes to unleash Hell on Earth and monster and demon dominance. Drac could perhaps get a sequel ("Dracula: Unleashed"?) where he battles the Master Vampire (who eventually returns as a Loki for the guys to fight), begins a relationship with Mina, and is then actually brought INTO Prodigium as an ALLY of Van Helsing (who would have a origin story of his own later on) and Dr. Jekyll, basically becoming the Captain America of this universe and showing monsters CAN be heroes.
Paolo Casella Garayar I heard that a Los Angeles street artist named Robert Vargas on Instagram said that he talked to the people still with The Dark Universe and he said Monster things are in work. So it looks like Universal is moving forward with The Dark Universe and if they do then they should pick choices that make logical sense like have either Tobey Maguire or Elijah Wood as The Wolf Man instead of The Rock.
Also the reason I ask is because practically all I see is "Hollywood is out of ideas" or "They're gonna ruin the classics" or whatever. Have some faith, people. As a mere nerd, I don't judge. I just sit back and be entertained.
And now we have Wolf Man, the Invisible Man, I like how the stories are going, let's see where The Black Lagoon, Jekyll and Hyde, the Vampire, and if they do a mummy, go next
Universal Pictures do not give up on this idea, the idea of a cinematic universe with these monsters is amazing, but of course, as long as it is well done, make a cinematic universe of monsters focused on terror and when the crossover happens, instead of the monsters joining together to not save the world, they unite to destroy the world.👻👻👻👻💀💀💀💀
For action we have the MCU and DCEU, what we need is horror and adventure. The Monsterverse seems to try that, but with this new Dark Universe you can do that Don't try to copy and stay the same, do something new and the audience will like it
I don't think people even know what they want when it comes to these films. Horror and adventure, but no action because we have that with MCU? Naturally, it will have action. If you want the movies from the 30s, go watch them.
For the love of the genre, please don't fill these with awful jump-scare crap that most horror is filled with these days. Make everyone involved watch these films over and over for a solid month before even writing a word.
Łukasz Żurek The Universal logo plays normally with the Comcast byline in a different color. When the animation ends, we zoom into the bottom right of the earth, through the letter U with the skies and earth becoming darker orange with the words "DARK UNIVERSE" rolling into view.
There's actually a land called 'Dark Universe' coming to the new Universal theme park being built at Orlando called Epic Universe. It's gonna be based on characters like Dracula, the Wolfman, and Frankenstein's monster.
Universal : hey let’s make a cinematic universe of all our monsters *After mummy realease* Universal: eeh screw it the mummy bombed let’s just make a terrifying woodpecker movie
I really wished for this to happen. A cinematic universe between the classic horror villians would be amazing. I think what they should do is quietly make it a cinematic universe. Don't immediately show the connections. You have to have suttle hints that almost seem unnoticed that its all connected. Films that did is best was ''No One Gets Out Alive'', and ''The Ritual'' which both were horror films but dropped suttle hints that they are connected. The small hints had no say over the film itself. Marvel saves their world building at the end of their films so it wont hurt the movie.
Exactly. If it had been done right. Dracula Untold would have been an amazing beginning to a TRUE Dark Universe. Focusing on the origins of the Universal Monsters as they live through their times in the past and deal with the problems of prejudice, hatred, and dealing with the pure beasts inside, only to eventually be brought into the modern age and forced to team up (the group consisting of Dracula as leader, Frankenstein and his Bride, a new Wolfman, the Mummy (sort of the Wonder Woman of the group and can even see her gaining a romance with the Wolfman; sort of a better done Natasha/Bruce thing), the Gill Man, the Invisible Man (possibly a successor to the Johnny Depp one he could have played and the only villain protagonist) and perhaps even the Phantom and the Hunchback, the former returning as a true Phantom) to go against the Master Vampire/Caligula as he subtly plans from behind the scenes to unleash Hell on Earth and monster and demon dominance. Drac could perhaps get a sequel ("Dracula: Unleashed"?) where he battles the Master Vampire (who eventually returns as a Loki for the guys to fight), begins a relationship with Mina- who becomes a kickass sidekick as part of the series- and is then actually brought INTO Prodigium as an ALLY of Van Helsing (who would have a origin story of his own later on) and Dr. Jekyll, basically becoming the Captain America of this universe and showing monsters CAN be heroes. Instead, they made the Mummy with Tom Cruise (great actor, not so great guy) who helped muck it up and shot the whole thing down all at once.
It's really sad that the best thing to come from the Dark Universe was a trailer that could have been made by anyone of the number of tribute channels.
Honestly, if you intend to make this Dark Universe... you should just hire the creative team behind 'Penny Dreadful'. They clearly understood how to create a horror shared universe since they have already done it once.
Yeah. I read that they got a new production team together and they have even eyed Gal "Wonder Woman" Gadot herself for the role. No real idea for when it will come out now, but hopefully Bill Condon (who directed the film "Gods and Monsters" about the original movie's director's last days) will do a good job with this new version since he has a bit of a connection to it.
Matthew DiNatale yeah, but this isn't that universe. It's a new series of films that's using the names and branding of the old movies to sell what is essentially a spooky avengers franchise. I'd love for them to do their own thing, but everything about this seems to be trending towards a "team up" movie where the universal monsters have to basically be super heroes.
If the Dark Universe wanted to start somewhere...They should've started with Russell Crowe and "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde", and his own story, and how he decided to devote his time combating evil with the "Monstrus Prodigium", being that it IS the de facto "centerpiece" of the entire DU franchise! Now I'm lost!
If they had kept Dracula Untold as the definitive beginning as planned, maybe things could have been better. Each of the movies could act as an origin for the monsters as they live their lives in the past and deal with hatred, prejudice, and trying to control the horrific monster inside, only to eventually end up in the modern age and forced to work together by Prodigium (with maybe Dracula as leader/Captain America and Van Helsing as the Nick Fury character with Jekyll) to go against the Master Vampire/Caligula as he works from the shadows to bring about Hell on Earth and demon and monster dominance. Vlad could have a sequel interspersed between Bride of Frankenstein and Wolf Man, showing him settling into his new life with Mina, only to have Caligula show up and later have Vlad and Mina join Prodigium. The Invisible Man could perhaps bounce back and forth between two I.M.s: the original who was a villain (the planned Johnny Depp one) and one who uses the formula to help, but must fight to prevent himself from going down his progenitor's dark path (sort of like Ant Man so to speak). Amunet could have been like the Wonder Woman of the group, having been around for a long time, and maybe eventually start a romance with the Wolfman (who would be an ancestor of the original). Sort of a better done Natasha and Bruce. The Phantom could even return as an actual phantom and like Steve, could struggle with adjusting to the world and how it is no longer the one he knew. Van Helsing and Jekyll could later get a Phase 2 films showing how they started fighting monsters and how they helped found Prodigium.
Even the sloppy, messy DC Extended Universe somehow managed to last for 10 years, and with a couple successes down the line. However, the Dark Universe literally only lasted for two movies (and that is if you consider Dracula Untold to be part of it, otherwise it died after just the first movie)
Fabulous Universal, I grew up watching these movies on late night tv in the 70s and have them all on DVD etc, the Dark Universe is great for future fans to see these characters again. Also the Wolfman 2010 and Dracula Untold 2014 were so good that I think they are the start, a sort of unofficial soft opening to the Dark Universe. Look forward to it all and cant wait to see Tom in the Mummy....
The franchise will be featured in the Dark Universe portion of Universal's upcoming Orlando theme park, Epic Universe. It will include a dark ride featuring all the monsters and a roller coaster based on the Wolf Man. [citation needed]
Then be glad that it failed. They are now trying to make them more modest and truer to the original tone. For a genuine fan like yourself, it will be better than if this universe succeeded.
@@darkstar932 Yeah, I'm looking forward to the Invisible Man. A true Horror director, little budget, no huge star actors, I think it will be good. Back to the roots as you said :)
Not the way they were gonna do it. In the wake of its failure they are making more modest films that are truer to the tone of the originals. For genuine fans it might be better that if failed. Don't lose hope.
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R.I.P Dark Universe 2017 - 2017
It is being reconfigured and Universal hasn't pulled the plug on it, plus people are saying it is dead because Kurtzman left and yet people are expendable and they can be replaced by somebody good or even better then them.
its not officialy dead
@@stainshield its 2019 and still nothing
ITS ALIVE!!! ITS ALIVE
Next: "The Invisible Man" in 2020
This video is a beautiful tribute to Universal's classic horror icons, and by far the best thing to come out of their ill-conceived "Dark Universe" plans.
"We want a cinematic universe like Marvel, but with our classic horror icons, Frankenstein and The Mummy" "Great idea.. but we need to do it right.. what if we brought A-list talent, and give directors whatever budget they need, maybe even creative freedom?" "A new dark universe.. I love the possibilities - but where do we start?" "Call Alex Kurtzman"
Ryan Laing
The problem was to make the monsters the heroes of the story instead of the villains. They tried to make another avengers team (iron dracula, captain werewolf...)
Not only that, they decided to make the movies into some kind of tonally deficient action/adventure movie instead of using these classic horror icons for, ya know... HORROR movies.
Well, they're moving forward with an Invisible Man movie with Blumhouse producing. Perhaps now they'll take a step in the correct direction.
Not like marvel....jokes just make up for shit writing
@@GoodSteve123 I'm afraid Blumhouse would just make them into jump scare nightmares.
Blumhouse is a mixed bag. Some of the movies are just how you described, but not all of them. I'd honestly prefer that they at least be horror movies instead of... whatever The Mummy was. Mission Impossible: The Mummy was one of the most confused and pointless movies of our generation.
Oh my god! This is so embarrassing!
RedLetterMedia IT DIDN'T BREAK NEW GROUND!
That's right, Jay! And I mean that in the literal non-meme way.
i honestly tought you guys had made up that trailer for your half in the bag
GOD can we do what happened at the end of frankenstein and chase who ever came up with this idea into a windmill and burn it down?!?!
RedLetterMedia
I thought this was a gag that you guys created for your review!
This is laughably terrible!
Man, this could've been so awesome. But then the Mummy happened
They tried that a couple years ago with Dracula Untold. It sucked, so they tried again with the Mummy, which also sucked
Dracula untold is not suck...it is a good movie
I was just gonna comment that. You took the words right outta me.
It would've been a lot better if Tom Cruise didn't take over the Director's chair and make the whole damn thing about him
Tom Cruise is a good actor, but upon taking control of the movie, he made “The Mummy” too much like his “Mission: Impossible” movies (which are always awesome), while Universal Monsters are suppose to be horror movies. Blumhouse’s “The Invisible Man” will bring a fresh start to the Dark Universe in the horror direction.
Maybe you should make a decent movie first that gets people invested so they want a 'Dark Universe' rather than shoving it in our faces without earning it.
No one forces you to watch it buddy.
just keep on hating.
Joannot Fampionona exactly, nobody forced people to see the Dark Universe so that’s why The Mummy flopped
The Vagabond
Exactly.
Joannot Fampionona
Sorta shot your own argument in the foot there, champ
Adam Lolz
Not at all. How
It really sucks that this didn't happen. A shared universe with all these monsters would have been amazing.
It's called monster high
It happened in the 30s, 40s and 50s, considered the first cinematographic universe in history, the problem is that it seems that they had no patience here.
@@Vad3Retr0 I meant in the modern day.
@@micshork Hotel Transylvania...
It could have worked if they treated it as a universe of horror movies instead of trying to be like a superhero franchise.
Should've been called The Monster Mash
Oh! Or the monster 'meh'...
Whatever happened to the "Transylvania Twist"?
We should've pledge our loyalty to the graveyard smash
Lol😂🤣
More Like Monster Mess
This is how I would've done the dark universe
Dracula untold
Frankenstein
The mummy
Bride of Frankenstein
The wolf man
The invisible man
Creature of the black lagoon
Phantom of the opera
Crossover (Van Helsing)
Tell each story as a compelling tense horror film with the main thing drawing them connected being Prodiguim and make Van Helsing the leader
Interesting.
Ok, this is how I would've done it:
I wouldn't do it.
TurretVista why? They did it before
Crossover? You mean...
Van Helsing
Andres Anguiano Zuñiga I was hoping for something close to League of Extraordinary gentlemen. With Cruise's character from The Mummy being the "Alan Quatermain".
Look, Universal, If you REALLY *REALLY* Want to have your Own Cinematic Universe, then why don't you get Directors like Guillermo Del Toro, James Wan, Jennifer Kent, or Even Gore Verbinski? they could make your Dark Universe Movies Way More Scary and Coherent. don't get directors like Alex Kurtzman who think the Only way for a Franchise to happen is to Shove so much Sequel-Bait into the First Film! you can start a Franchise and NOT reference that there will be more!
is it Really that Hard to just focus on the FIRST Film and Nothing Else?
#TakeNotesUniversal
What I had in mind if they REALLY REALLY want to do these right, reboot this entire franchise with these ideas I thought of:
1. The A-List Monsters getting their own R-Rated 3D Action-Horror-Comedy Movies (plus The Creeper and Ape-Woman), in the quality of the Brendan Fraser MUMMY movies.
2. The B-List and C-List monsters can appear in a TV series, one monster per episode.
3. Actors in their 20s fighting the A-List monsters monsters.
4. Keep Alex Kurtzman away, just make the after-credits scenes the material to tie this all into a universe
5. The writers, Seth Rogen & Evan Goldberg for the comedy aspect, and any horror movie writer (Stephen King, James Wan, Eli Roth) for the horror aspect. And those Abbott & Costello meet the monsters movies, replace them with Seth & Evan, because A&C are long gone.
6. This one is on me, I would use THE LAST OF US as an influence for the horror aspect
#TakeNotesUniversal
preach my nigga preach
The randomness of the capitalization in this comment is tilting to say the least
i think james wan was supposed to do the frankenstein reboot
the point wasn't horror movies the point was to make it a avengers-style universe
Music doesn't fit. This movies are not action-packed epics, they are atmospheric and dream-like. Needed something more nuanced and subtle.
Adam G it's trying to say the are simply rehashing their universe.
but much bigger this time
Fits perfectly to me. It suggests the epic nature of the stories and the legendary reputation they've attained. And plenty of them had their fair share of action (Frankenstein, Bride of Frankenstein, The Wolf Man, Creature from the Black Lagoon, Frankenstein meets The Wolf Man, etc.)
ya. The trailer made them look like action films.
other than that I thought the video was quite good
However, it does build up the concept of something horrific or powerful rising. The "World of Gods and Monsters" as they say at the end.
I guess Universal learned their lesson after The Mummy because the Dark Universe's wikipedia page is GONE!
William Blevins the only other movies officially announced were The Bride Of Frankenstein and The Invisible Man. The Invisible Man remake happened, completely different then intended though. It was assumed they would cover all the movies in the franchise but those 2 were the only announced
@@JACKFIORILLO Nah it’s dead like seriously look it up there is no life in this franchise anymore.
@@amadeusoasis5358 it still has life. After the success of the invisible man, they greenlit Dracula.
@@HP1818 but neither have Dark Universe branding on em. It’s dead, Jim.
@@HP1818success of what? lol
I just want to see at least one of these remakes be a horror film that stays true to the original.
The mummy and the bride of frankenstein are true horror movies!
Sadly, that just won't get as many butts in the seats.
What is a "true horror film"? Like a slasher movie where the characters get picked off one by one and the audience screams "Don't go in there!"? I just want the films to be good. I have my doubts about The Mummy.
Right, those types of movies are so predictable
Nathan Blizzard looking forward for the new Halloween movie next year
I saw this on Half In the Bag yesterday and thought it was a satirical trailer they made.
Hollywood is getting ridiculous.
Matthew DiNatale Buddy, I think YOU'RE the idiot here.
Yep Hollywood has been ridiculous since the MCU happened
@@AshrafAnamdumass it’s not ridiculous it’s evolving and if audience members like you wanna be left behind then go little baby bitch
This trailer is gonna end up being a million times better than the actual Dark Universe movies coming out over the next several years, isn't it?
Didn't happen.
Oh how finely this comment has aged
You were right
Giving classic monster movies a collective universe is utterly genius but one choice in particular has ruined it for me and that is it's modernization into the present. I think the setting alone in 1999's The Mummy added a lot of wonder which complimented the film itself.
When I think of Dracula I think of him in a dim-lit dusty old castle or lurking in the shadows of cobbled alleys and not surrounded by skyscrapers wearing jeans but this is just my personal aesthetic.
Shaun Hawksworth These movies were already in a cinematic universe when they came out. Hell, the first crossover movie ever was Frankenstein meets the Wolf Man.
For a Mummy movie, a better time setting would have been 1922, the year King Tut was first unearthed. There was probably a lot of speculation about mummies back then.
Frankenstein's monster is playing with a little girl by a pond? This calls for dramatic music!
One of the biggest failures in hollywood history
well they only threw money away on 1 movie, so not that bad.
Dude it was the first shared universe ever chill out
@Edmond&Mercedes I'm just waiting for the 2nd renaissance
The DC Extended Universe and the Dark Universe franchises failed at the box office and failed to get an audience, which is something the Marvel Cinematic Universe has been doing for 13 years now
Next film do these things
1) Make it Horror
2) Have a good story
3) Don't rip off a bunch of movies (American Werewolf in London, LifeForece, etc.)
4) Stay true to the source. (The Mummy '99 and Young Frankenstein still stay true to the films they are based off of [Even though 1 is an action movie and the other a parody] unlike The Mummy '17)
5) Make it R Rated.
Wish more folks realized that the Universal Monsters had the first shared cinematic universe back in the 1940's, before Marvel Comics was even a thing.
Finally, someone else who gets it :)
Same with Godzilla, King Kong and the rest of Toho's Showa Kaiju films. (Yes, marvel was created, but it's not like there weren't cinematic universes before it, and that's an example of one.)
Yea but they didn't capitalize on the idea of a shared universe which is why marvel is recognized as the trendsetter
rubyolared Marvel comics debuted in 1939.
rubyolared, I hear you, but Universal capitalized on a shared Universe in the 1940's! But you're totally correct that the main reason "Dark Universe" is happening is because of Marvel's success.
That epic gamer moment when your cinematic universe only lasts one movie
Even if this new "Dark Universe" doesn't work out, we'll still always have those iconic Universal Monster movies. Plus if for nothing else, these new ones should turn more and more people onto the classics they were inspired from.
Universal is reconfiguring The Dark Universe.
All you did was replace some words in that dumbass Tweet in defense of Disney Star Wars 😂
True I saw the original movie because I knew the Stephan summers were remakes.
As a theme park attraction
Definitely did not work out.
DC: We can ruin a shared universe in 3 movies
Universal: Hold my beer
And yet DC bounced back somewhat. Aquaman made a lot of money. The Mummy, though? Eh...
Yet the dceu is still around
You had golden material in your hands Universal. How I wish you didn’t fuck this up the way you did. It’s a shame. I really hope that people with passion and talent bring the Dark Universe idea back the right way.
Dracula Untold would have been an amazing beginning to a TRUE Dark Universe if they'd kept it like it was planned. Focusing on the origins Universal Monsters as they live through their times in the past and deal with the problems of prejudice, hatred, and dealing with the pure beasts inside, only to eventually be brought into the modern age and forced to team up (the group consisting of Dracula as leader, Frankenstein and his Bride, a new Wolfman, the Mummy (sort of the Wonder Woman of the group and can even see her gaining a romance with the Wolfman; sort of a better done Natasha/Bruce thing), the Gill Man, the Invisible Man (possibly a successor to the Johnny Depp one he could have played and who was the only villain protagonist, maybe becoming the Scott Lang of the group) and perhaps even the Phantom and the Hunchback, the former returning as a true Phantom) to go against the Master Vampire/Caligula as he subtly plans from behind the scenes to unleash Hell on Earth and monster and demon dominance.
Drac could perhaps get a sequel ("Dracula: Unleashed"?) where he battles the Master Vampire (who eventually returns as a Loki for the guys to fight), begins a relationship with Mina, and is then actually brought INTO Prodigium as an ALLY of Van Helsing (who would have a origin story of his own later on) and Dr. Jekyll, basically becoming the Captain America of this universe and showing monsters CAN be heroes.
RIP Dark Universe (2017-2017)
Did you hear that J. Miles Dale might take over The Dark Universe, because he wants to make them horror.
stainshield my god. That would be awesome
Paolo Casella Garayar I heard that a Los Angeles street artist named Robert Vargas on Instagram said that he talked to the people still with The Dark Universe and he said Monster things are in work. So it looks like Universal is moving forward with The Dark Universe and if they do then they should pick choices that make logical sense like have either Tobey Maguire or Elijah Wood as The Wolf Man instead of The Rock.
stainshield oh, thats so good 🙌
Not dead, The Invisible Man coming next year.
Am I seriously the only one excited for this new universe?
Jhett Greene I'm hyped af!!
Jhett Greene I am too
I'm psyched that I get to see Tom Cruise run from monsters
Jhett Greene no Iam excited too
Also the reason I ask is because practically all I see is "Hollywood is out of ideas" or "They're gonna ruin the classics" or whatever. Have some faith, people.
As a mere nerd, I don't judge. I just sit back and be entertained.
WOW this Dark Universe looks awesome... wait am I just watching a compilation of the original movies
This looks great, love the image quality and the editing. These are classics for the ages.
Universal handling dinosaur movies: *big brain*
Universal handling horror movies: *small brain*
Dark Universe is so dark that you can't see the other movies.
Happy 2nd Anniversary.
And now we have Wolf Man, the Invisible Man, I like how the stories are going, let's see where The Black Lagoon, Jekyll and Hyde, the Vampire, and if they do a mummy, go next
Universal Pictures do not give up on this idea, the idea of a cinematic universe with these monsters is amazing, but of course, as long as it is well done, make a cinematic universe of monsters focused on terror and when the crossover happens, instead of the monsters joining together to not save the world, they unite to destroy the world.👻👻👻👻💀💀💀💀
comedy gold
For action we have the MCU and DCEU, what we need is horror and adventure. The Monsterverse seems to try that, but with this new Dark Universe you can do that
Don't try to copy and stay the same, do something new and the audience will like it
Of course, then you run the risk of your audience not seeing it, and losing money.
The Monsterverse is for the giant monsters to thrive in so they're not aiming to be horror actually.
I don't think people even know what they want when it comes to these films. Horror and adventure, but no action because we have that with MCU? Naturally, it will have action. If you want the movies from the 30s, go watch them.
monsterverse and darkverse are different.
kaijuguy19 tell me if a giant lizard or monkey aren't scary to you?
This had so much potential 😢
Well this blew up in their faces
The Dark Universe may have failed but at least we got this cool video.
Their gonna remake all these now, with big ass budgets like Tom Cruise's Mummy movie aren't they?
99% sure they confirmed it
Dormammu, I've come to bargain.
Tom Cruise-s Mummy is part of this universe,
Dormammu not really remakes, just new movies starring universals monsters
in the words of billy joel "abstively posolutely"
Just give me my Creature from the Black Lagoon
It'll happen. Let's hope that The Mummy does well.
TheRAINMan059 it currently has an 8.4 on IMDb
Jcvks actually 7.9
FNGLHR EXACTLY!
FNGLHR That's right?
For the love of the genre, please don't fill these with awful jump-scare crap that most horror is filled with these days.
Make everyone involved watch these films over and over for a solid month before even writing a word.
They'll probably have at least a few. And let's admit it, not all jumpscares are crap.
This.
And make sure they make those films their own thing, of course.
@Needleinvein good news, they aren't even going to be made.
1:37 Now we know what is on another side of Universal's logo 😉
Łukasz Żurek The Universal logo plays normally with the Comcast byline in a different color. When the animation ends, we zoom into the bottom right of the earth, through the letter U with the skies and earth becoming darker orange with the words "DARK UNIVERSE" rolling into view.
I still think this is a good idea, especially now that folks are fatigued with super hero films
Dracula Untold and The Mommy is okay. Universal plz continue this Dark Universe.
Not even joking, this was actually a well put-together trailer.
I hate how Universal tried to rub this in our faces before the Mummy even came out
Please, give Dark Universe a chance!
There's actually a land called 'Dark Universe' coming to the new Universal theme park being built at Orlando called Epic Universe. It's gonna be based on characters like Dracula, the Wolfman, and Frankenstein's monster.
"We are here! We're the Dark Universe! Take us seriously!" said nobody at Universal.
The fact that this couldve been so good but they messed up
Who’s here after Invisible Man
Universal : hey let’s make a cinematic universe of all our monsters
*After mummy realease*
Universal: eeh screw it the mummy bombed let’s just make a terrifying woodpecker movie
The movie may have been a bomb, but this short video reminds us how good the original movies were.
Can they actually be scary and not have just jump scares and say oh it's a horror movie
According to the trailers for the new Mummy film, looks like it. At least a little bit.
You're wrong. They can made scary no matter how iconic and/or reused they already are.
Those are cliches for a reason
Lol sorry they're already superhero movies.
They'll be more like science fiction action films, like the new Mummy is more action and fighting/running then its scary.
Dark Universe is not a thing but this is a pretty good video.
Revisiting this every once in a while
This video deserves an needs way more likes than it has
Apparently, Universal Orlando Resort is making a park that is specifically devoted to the Dark Universe.
I consider that to be a good thing.
I really wished for this to happen. A cinematic universe between the classic horror villians would be amazing. I think what they should do is quietly make it a cinematic universe. Don't immediately show the connections. You have to have suttle hints that almost seem unnoticed that its all connected. Films that did is best was ''No One Gets Out Alive'', and ''The Ritual'' which both were horror films but dropped suttle hints that they are connected. The small hints had no say over the film itself. Marvel saves their world building at the end of their films so it wont hurt the movie.
Exactly. If it had been done right. Dracula Untold would have been an amazing beginning to a TRUE Dark Universe. Focusing on the origins of the Universal Monsters as they live through their times in the past and deal with the problems of prejudice, hatred, and dealing with the pure beasts inside, only to eventually be brought into the modern age and forced to team up (the group consisting of Dracula as leader, Frankenstein and his Bride, a new Wolfman, the Mummy (sort of the Wonder Woman of the group and can even see her gaining a romance with the Wolfman; sort of a better done Natasha/Bruce thing), the Gill Man, the Invisible Man (possibly a successor to the Johnny Depp one he could have played and the only villain protagonist) and perhaps even the Phantom and the Hunchback, the former returning as a true Phantom) to go against the Master Vampire/Caligula as he subtly plans from behind the scenes to unleash Hell on Earth and monster and demon dominance.
Drac could perhaps get a sequel ("Dracula: Unleashed"?) where he battles the Master Vampire (who eventually returns as a Loki for the guys to fight), begins a relationship with Mina- who becomes a kickass sidekick as part of the series- and is then actually brought INTO Prodigium as an ALLY of Van Helsing (who would have a origin story of his own later on) and Dr. Jekyll, basically becoming the Captain America of this universe and showing monsters CAN be heroes.
Instead, they made the Mummy with Tom Cruise (great actor, not so great guy) who helped muck it up and shot the whole thing down all at once.
It's really sad that the best thing to come from the Dark Universe was a trailer that could have been made by anyone of the number of tribute channels.
Aaaaaand it's gone
Don't give up, Universal. I want to see this some day.
I’m so hyped… can’t wait to see what universal has been cooking all this time.
This is from seven years ago and apparently it failed, but there's gonna be a land based on it coming to Universal's new Orlando park
2020-Present i’m glad BlumHouse took over
Honestly, if you intend to make this Dark Universe... you should just hire the creative team behind 'Penny Dreadful'. They clearly understood how to create a horror shared universe since they have already done it once.
Why does the Dark Universe have to be blockbusters? Why can't you make genuinely scary movies? It's what drew people to them in the first place.
Good News everyone. The Dark Universe is Dead.
WeirdoTZero this is not good
Good. I hated that soulless cashgrab concept.
Yeah. I read that they got a new production team together and they have even eyed Gal "Wonder Woman" Gadot herself for the role. No real idea for when it will come out now, but hopefully Bill Condon (who directed the film "Gods and Monsters" about the original movie's director's last days) will do a good job with this new version since he has a bit of a connection to it.
Matthew DiNatale yeah, but this isn't that universe. It's a new series of films that's using the names and branding of the old movies to sell what is essentially a spooky avengers franchise. I'd love for them to do their own thing, but everything about this seems to be trending towards a "team up" movie where the universal monsters have to basically be super heroes.
Matthew DiNatale wrongo
Wohooo!!!! Thank God is not dead!
Wow really fitting stock action music over 1950 monster clips.
I'm surprised at how good the narration is
This is rather hilarious in hindsight
Really excited about this...these old monster movies don't get the recognition for the classics they are!
If the Dark Universe wanted to start somewhere...They should've started with Russell Crowe and "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde", and his own story, and how he decided to devote his time combating evil with the "Monstrus Prodigium", being that it IS the de facto "centerpiece" of the entire DU franchise! Now I'm lost!
If they had kept Dracula Untold as the definitive beginning as planned, maybe things could have been better. Each of the movies could act as an origin for the monsters as they live their lives in the past and deal with hatred, prejudice, and trying to control the horrific monster inside, only to eventually end up in the modern age and forced to work together by Prodigium (with maybe Dracula as leader/Captain America and Van Helsing as the Nick Fury character with Jekyll) to go against the Master Vampire/Caligula as he works from the shadows to bring about Hell on Earth and demon and monster dominance.
Vlad could have a sequel interspersed between Bride of Frankenstein and Wolf Man, showing him settling into his new life with Mina, only to have Caligula show up and later have Vlad and Mina join Prodigium. The Invisible Man could perhaps bounce back and forth between two I.M.s: the original who was a villain (the planned Johnny Depp one) and one who uses the formula to help, but must fight to prevent himself from going down his progenitor's dark path (sort of like Ant Man so to speak). Amunet could have been like the Wonder Woman of the group, having been around for a long time, and maybe eventually start a romance with the Wolfman (who would be an ancestor of the original). Sort of a better done Natasha and Bruce. The Phantom could even return as an actual phantom and like Steve, could struggle with adjusting to the world and how it is no longer the one he knew.
Van Helsing and Jekyll could later get a Phase 2 films showing how they started fighting monsters and how they helped found Prodigium.
The person who made this trailer should get such a fucking raise !!
*sigh*…We could’ve had it all if Tom Cruise’s ego hadn’t hijacked the entire creative process on The Mummy 2017.😫😭
This could've been so good, the audience want it, you just need to do it right
Even the sloppy, messy DC Extended Universe somehow managed to last for 10 years, and with a couple successes down the line. However, the Dark Universe literally only lasted for two movies (and that is if you consider Dracula Untold to be part of it, otherwise it died after just the first movie)
Fabulous Universal, I grew up watching these movies on late night tv in the 70s and have them all on DVD etc, the Dark Universe is great for future fans to see these characters again. Also the Wolfman 2010 and Dracula Untold 2014 were so good that I think they are the start, a sort of unofficial soft opening to the Dark Universe. Look forward to it all and cant wait to see Tom in the Mummy....
Today is the day!!! Happy Anniversary 2024!!!! 7th Anniversary!!!!
Shame about the Dark Universe, but this trailer is SO COOL!
Well this is embarrassing
Yep
The best thing to come out of the Dark Universe was this awesome legacy trailer
honestly, this movie seemed like it would have been great. i really hope they do this idea later on, but just better
The name of the Dark Universe has been reborn into the Epic Universe
R.I.P. dark universe I really wish you could have been
The franchise will be featured in the Dark Universe portion of Universal's upcoming Orlando theme park, Epic Universe. It will include a dark ride featuring all the monsters and a roller coaster based on the Wolf Man. [citation needed]
I still watch this trailer.😁😁😁
What a squandered opportunity.
Danny Elfman's music gives you the chills even when watching 50 year old movies
Savfk - Music not for me
I still want a Dark Universe... Dark Universe or not, this is still a bad ass trailer!
Bring back the dark universe
Screw what everyone else says
YOU CAN DO IT UNIVERSAL JUST KEEP TRYING!!!!!!!
Thomas van Spronsen Right on.
You comment ages like milk
@@bestmoviesever1 eww
@@amadeusoasis5358 Or wine.
@@amadeusoasis5358 how you found this video is beyond me
And yeah
I know
Remember when this was gonna be a thing
The Invisible Man was a great way to soft reboot the Dark Universe. Now we got Dracula in the works.
This didn’t age well did it
Nope.
I hope that one day we will see the Dark Universe in this century.
I wish that Dracula Untold was part of The Dark Universe. Who else can see Bradley Cooper as the Wolf Man?
Eww WTF
Have watched this trailer so often. I will always be an Universal Monsters Fan.
lol
Then be glad that it failed. They are now trying to make them more modest and truer to the original tone. For a genuine fan like yourself, it will be better than if this universe succeeded.
@@darkstar932 Yeah, I'm looking forward to the Invisible Man. A true Horror director, little budget, no huge star actors, I think it will be good. Back to the roots as you said :)
this is the marvel universe with thoose monsters,
EPIC
This had so much potential
The greatest shared universe that sadly never happened :(
Not the way they were gonna do it. In the wake of its failure they are making more modest films that are truer to the tone of the originals. For genuine fans it might be better that if failed. Don't lose hope.
What this video is telling me is, don't hold your breath for the remakes, just watch the originals. But in fairness this is a good video.
There's gonna be a land called Dark Universe in Universal's new theme park Epic Universe.
Going to be epic. Just wish they bring it here in Hollywood
You can always visit Florida to see it.