Firaga 5,947 Posted December 6, 2016 (edited) Straight from Brazilian Comic Con alongside the new Guardians 2 trailer is the newest reboot to Universal's Mummy franchise: This isn't just a Mummy reboot by the way. This is also the first planned movie by Universal to create their own shared cinematic universe. That's right, mere weeks after I posted about the Skull Island trailer, we now have Universal throwing their hats into the shared film franchise game. They apparently have plans to tackle all of their classic movie monsters and already have actors lined up to play some of them: Frankenstein's Monster (played by Javier Bardem), Bride of Frankenstein, Count Dracula, Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde (Jekyll, who is also in this film, played by Russel Crow), Wolf Man, Creature from the Black Lagoon, Invisible Man (played by Johnny Depp), and of course, The Mummy. First off: Tom Cruise is in this. That's a good sign. That doesn't automatically mean the movie will be good but it at least guarantees that Cruise will be good in it because he's pretty good in mostly everything he is. Also, we have Sophia Boutella as the titular Mummy, who previously played Gazelle in Kingsman. In that movie, she had blades for legs, and here, she's the titular ancient, four-eyed, sexy hellbringer of death... I have the weirdest boner right now. Ahem, anyway: I don't know much about The Mummy or any of the other dozens of Mummy films, so I can't comment that much further on the trailer, but I am really glad that Universal is giving the classic movie monsters a second life by giving them a shared movie universe. Nowadays, these types of monsters are mostly kiddie fodder and are treated more as jokes rather than serious horror icons. They still are icons in their own right of course, but you have to remember the last time that the Mummy had a movie in the 50s i.e. the same era it originally debuted was a comedy movie where it chased Abbot and Costello... yeeeeah... and let's not even delve in the cheesy 90s film with Brendan Fraser. All I'm saying is that giving them a second more dark and serious iteration isn't going to hurt. Edited December 17, 2016 by Firaga Sensei 3 Geralt, RikuFangirl2008 and DarylTrect reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RikuFangirl2008 1,368 Posted December 6, 2016 (edited) Creepy dead lady..... Creepy dead lady with those eyes..... This movie looks decent though. Edited December 6, 2016 by RikuFangirl2008 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Geralt 4,874 Posted December 6, 2016 Looks pretty cool. I hope it's good. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Hardrada 117 Posted December 7, 2016 Hey now, I liked the Brendan Frasier Mummy movie. and let's not even delve in the cheesy 90s film with Brendan Fraser. Hey now, I liked the Brendan Fraser Mummy movie. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Firaga 5,947 Posted December 7, 2016 (edited) Hey now, I liked the Brendan Frasier Mummy movie. Hey now, I didn't say it was bad necessarily, I just said it was cheesy. Edited December 7, 2016 by Firaga Sensei Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites