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  1. 06-16-2014, 02:58 PM #1
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    The Dark Universe Thread



    Will this be as good as Ridley Scott's Robin Hood? Time will tell.
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    Ah, yes. Another movie about Dracula. Just what the world needs. But, hey, free IP and an international brand name! What could possibly go wrong?

    I looked this up on Wikipedia and there isn't one person involved whose name I recognize. Neither the writers nor the director have a feature credit before this movie, yet it has a $100 million budget.
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    Untold? But they are telling it! Isn't that the same as releasing a war movie called Apocalypse not now?
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    Quote Quoting Irish (view post)
    I looked this up on Wikipedia and there isn't one person involved whose name I recognize. Neither the writers nor the director have a feature credit before this movie, yet it has a $100 million budget.
    The script was THAT good.
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    Quote Quoting Morris Schæffer (view post)
    Untold? But they are telling it! Isn't that the same as releasing a war movie called Apocalypse not now?
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    The script was THAT good.
    :lol: :lol: Nice
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    Quote Quoting Irish (view post)
    I looked this up on Wikipedia and there isn't one person involved whose name I recognize. Neither the writers nor the director have a feature credit before this movie, yet it has a $100 million budget.
    The budget is because when the project was greenlit, it was going to be directed by Alex Proyas and star Sam Worthington, back when he was still hot shit a few years ago.

    After Proyas dropped, they got this dude Gary Shore, who got representation and several picture deals with Universal based on this one trailer he made that got passed around Hollywood:



    Universal was turning that trailer into a feature. I'm guessing that went nowhere and they passed him off to this instead.
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    Quote Quoting number8 (view post)
    The budget is because when the project was greenlit, it was going to be directed by Alex Proyas and star Sam Worthington, back when he was still hot shit a few years ago.
    Which is weird, right? I mean if they kept the budget that means they're betting on a complete unknown. And that they see Proyas' creative input and real dollar value to be worth effectively zero.

    After Proyas dropped, they got this dude Gary Shore, who got representation and several picture deals with Universal based on this one trailer he made that got passed around Hollywood:
    Got any backstory on Burk Sharpless, writer of Dracula Untold? Because that's a person I'd like to get to know. They sound like something out of a pulp novel.

    Burk Sharpless: Man of Action
    Burk Sharpless: Adventures in the Forbidden Zone
    Burk Sharpless and the Dame from Teal Creek
    Burk Sharpless: Death Wore a Houndstooth Jacket

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    Yeah. He and the other writer, Sazama, are angling to be the new Kurtzman and Orci.

    They're writing Alex Proyas' new Egypt movie, Gore Verbinski's Clue remake, and the Flash Gordon reboot.
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    I was actually just reading about Matt Damon and he’s like, ‘There’s a culture of outrage.’ I’m like, ‘Well, they have a reason to be outraged.’ I think it’s a lot of dudes just being scared. They’re like, ‘What if I did something and I didn’t realize it?’ I’m like, ‘Deal with it.’
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    Really bad title. Awful poster. This movie sounds like a real winner.
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    The sequel will be Dracula Unfilmed.
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    Quote Quoting Spun Lepton (view post)
    The sequel will be Dracula Unfilmed.
    Nice.
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    Hahahaha. I will definitely be checking this out...online sometime. Dance, Lorde, Dance!

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    I saw Luke Evans in a bar once. I didn't know who he was, but I knew he was an actor because he was too tall and good looking to be otherwise. Good story.
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    Quote Quoting Wryan (view post)
    Mirror while it lasts.

    Hahahaha. I will definitely be checking this out...online sometime. Dance, Lorde, Dance!

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    Maybe we could change the title of this thread to "Universal Monsters Cinematic Universe" - This is apparently still happening.

    Dracula Untold (2014)
    The Mummy (2017)
    Untitled Wolf Man film (2018)
    Untitled Van Helsing film (TBA)
    Untitled Creature from the Black Lagoon film (TBA)
    Untitled Bride of Frankenstein film (TBA)
    Untitled Frankenstein's monster film (TBA)
    Untitled Invisible Man film (TBA)

    No idea how true this casting list though.

    Luke Evans as Vlad "The Impaler" III Țepeș / Dracula
    Sofia Boutella as The Mummy
    Russell Crowe as Dr. Henry Jekyll
    Johnny Depp as Dr. Jack Griffin / The Invisible Man
    Javier Bardem as Frankenstein's monster
    Angelina Jolie as Bride of Frankenstein

    First pics from the Mummy.

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    We actually had some fun with Dracula Untold.

    Far from a good movie, but Luke Evans was charismatic enough to carry it, and the 1 vs 1000 fight was lots of fun.
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    Ha. And news today says Chris Evans will star in a Lionsgate version of Dr. Jekyll.

    http://deadline.com/2016/07/chris-ev...ca-1201794641/
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    Charles Dance's character and plot line is what made DU redeemable to me. Far from great, but it was decent enough.
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    Luke Evans may return.

    Quote Quoting Luke Evans
    “There have been talks and conversations. I think the bigger picture is exciting for all the monsters that they own. There is talk about it. I just don’t know how it will all manifest itself. I think it will happen and I think they’re just working out how these monsters interact and how they end up in the same realm with each other. If they can stick Captain America in a scene with Iron Man and Thor, I think you can definitely put Wolf Man, the Invisible Man, The Mummy and Dracula in the same film as well.”
    I also learned they are aiming at Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson for The Wolfman.
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    I guess Dracula Untold being the launching pad is being downplayed and The Mummy will be the true start of the shared universe.

    So the real movie list is:

    The Mummy (2017)
    Untitled Invisible Man film (TBA)
    Untitled Wolf Man film (TBA)
    Untitled Van Helsing film (TBA)
    Untitled Creature from the Black Lagoon film (TBA)
    Untitled Bride of Frankenstein film (TBA) with no standalone Frankenstein's monster film.

    Sofia Boutella, Russell Crowe , Javier Bardem, Johnny Depp are all still attached.

    Quote Quoting Screenwriter Jon Spaihts
    It’s a new creation, so it doesn’t owe much of a debt to prior films, but it is still a very romantic departure from the character as incepted in Bram Stoker’s novel, Dracula, where it was a Dutch doctor who figures out a very surprising answer to an odd medical question. This is a monster hunter with encyclopedic knowledge, but it’s set in the present day and it’s just filled with good stuff I’m not allowed to talk about. But I’m very excited about this new incarnation of Van Helsing, and I hope that as the Universal Monsters Cinematic Universe begins to take flight, we’ll see him cropping up in other stories, as well.
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    Dracula Untold is The Incredible Hulk of Universal Monsters.
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    Quote Quoting Dukefrukem (view post)
    I guess Dracula Untold being the launching pad is being downplayed and The Mummy will be the true start of the shared universe.

    So the real movie list is:

    The Mummy (2017)
    Untitled Invisible Man film (TBA)
    Untitled Wolf Man film (TBA)
    Untitled Van Helsing film (TBA)
    Untitled Creature from the Black Lagoon film (TBA)
    Untitled Bride of Frankenstein film (TBA) with no standalone Frankenstein's monster film.

    Sofia Boutella, Russell Crowe , Javier Bardem, Johnny Depp are all still attached.



    http://collider.com/van-helsing-remake/
    Javier Bardem in talks to the play Frankenstein's Monster. Which I feel he's already playing the same role in the latest Pirates film.
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    Can we please rename this thread too?



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    All I hope is we get a Dr. Jekyll/Mr. Hyde movie with Crowe.
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