/r/DarkUniverse

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Welcome to a r/DarkUniverse, a New World of Gods and Monsters. This subreddit is dedicated to discussing Universal Pictures's Dark Universe, the shared universe of monster films produced by Universal Pictures, which currently includes The Mummy (2017) and Bride of Frankenstein (2019), and the classic Universal monster films that the new film universe is based on.

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    This subreddit is dedicated to discussing Universal Pictures's Dark Universe, the shared universe of monster films which currently includes The Mummy (2017) and Bride of Frankenstein (2019), and the classic Universal monster films that the new film universe is based on.

    New Dark Universe films

    Upcoming Dark Universe films

    Title (status) US release
    The Bride of Frankenstein (pre-production) Feb 14, 2019
    The Invisible Man TBA

    Classic Universal Films

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    1. Absolutely NO SPOILERS
    2. Be civil
    3. Celebrity gossip will be removed. The moderators reserve the right to define “gossip” on a case-by-case basis. The moderators further reserve the right to remove articles for relevance and quality of content
    4. No racism, bigotry, discrimination, homophobia, etc.
    5. Please try to post official trailers or videos whenever possible as they are higher quality. Moderators may remove duplicate posts
    6. Trolling will get you an automatic ban.

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    Dark Universe Team Up (my version)

    Jeckyll tracks down Van Helsing, Dracula, Frankienstien’s creature(Frankie in my version), bride of Frankienstien(Mary), the Werewolf James, and Araka the sea monster to stop a great threat, Mr Hyde, but defeating him realizing that Jeckyll was Mr Hyde all along. Also they’re’s going to be horror elements(universal monsters ofc).

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    2024/11/28
    23:55 UTC

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    1/6 scale collectible figure of Sofia Boutella from THE MUMMY (2017) when?

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    2024/11/10
    06:53 UTC

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    Podcast: Are you Afraid of the Dark Universe

    I just finished phase one of the podcast are you afraid of the dark universe! It's fantastic!

    For anyone who doesn't know, because I only found out about it in an offhand comment that wasn't even on this sub, there's a podcast called are you afraid of the dark universe, where a couple of writers pitch movie ideas for the franchise, but it's not just the pitch they pick what directors they would want for it, what actors, they write the script and perform it, it's incredibly well gone and I just would love more people to know about it if they don't already. Maybe I'm the last one on the sub who does it.

    But I just finished phase one in their avengers movie, and it's been a wild trip, but an incredible one. It hits that itch that the mummy failed at.

    People who have listened to it, what are your thoughts? With as few spoilers as possible please

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    2024/11/08
    12:05 UTC

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    Retro poster for "The Mummy"

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    2024/11/04
    15:38 UTC

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    My Concept idea of the dark universe

    I made a poster about the villains from their own movies being the evil counterparts of the universal monsters

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    2024/10/27
    22:25 UTC

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    Ahmanet WILL claim what she’s been denied. (Art by oranuncha on DeviantArt)

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    2024/10/19
    23:22 UTC

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    Wolf Man - Official Teaser

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    2024/09/06
    19:19 UTC

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    Petition to bring a dracula untold 2 movie, just click the link k and put your email and name

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    2024/08/23
    23:59 UTC

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    Just watch the movies!

    For the love of God have these people even seen the movies they're supposed to be rebooting? I love Abigail to death, but I've now seen two separate interviews where Melissa Barrera has said it would be hard to make a sequel since Alicia Weir is aging.

    headdesk

    The entire plot of Dracula's Daughter is based on Zaleska believing that she can become human if she stops drinking blood. While this isn't proven to be true or false in the movie it's an incredibly obvious lore-based explanation for Abigail to age. As of the end of the movie she's clearly entered Reluctant Vampire territory.

    The movie basically writes itself: she doesn't want to be a vampire anymore, so she stops drinking blood and starts living as a human. Her brother (we'll call him Lucca, since Alucard has been done to death), also desperate for Daddy's love, kidnaps her loved ones, forcing her to drink blood again to save them.

    I mean, that wasn't even hard!

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    2024/07/17
    19:14 UTC

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    Does anyone else really wish we got that shared universe?

    I understand why it didn't succeed. But I still wish we got that modern connected shared universe of monsters.

    There's a podcast called "Are You Afraid of the Dark Universe?", where the hosts make fanmade scriptments of what they would have liked to have seen. They're up to Phase 3 currently, and it's scratching an itch. But I still wish we got this connected world.

    If these characters were fully in the public domain, I'd love to have written novels. Alas, not that simple.

    Anyway. I'm just super bummed out we never got to see it come to fruitii.

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    2024/07/16
    12:25 UTC

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    Introducing Dark Universe at Universal Epic Universe

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    2024/06/20
    18:31 UTC

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    Could these movies be in the same Universe?

    Dracula Untold (1400s)

    Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter (1800s)

    Victor Frankenstein (1860s)

    The Wolfman (1891)

    The Last Voyage of the Demeter (1897)

    The Mummy (1999)

    Mummy (2017)

    Ready or Not (2019)

    The Invisible Man (2020)

    The Invitation (2022)

    Abigail (2024)

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    2024/05/26
    04:15 UTC

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    The ROLE of the monsters in a shared universe

    One thing that was never stated, or even hinted at in the Dark Universe-wannabe movies, is the role of the monsters in their shared universe. Let me explain:

    The point of a shared universe is to bring different characters - the monsters and others - together, or to fight against each other. In both way, it's inevitable to clearify whether one or all monster of them is/are supposed to be villainous, or supposed to be heroic/anti-heroic. Some, such as Frankenstein's Creation is an obviously tragic anti-hero, meanwhile Griffith, the Invisible man is a murderous psychopath.

    Does humanity supposed to feel doomed when Dracula comes to power? Or should the humanity cheer for him against some even bigger threat (what threat then, if so)?

    As I keep wondering about the Dark Universe, it's getting more and more obvious how very puzzled and... goal-less the whole idea of the Dark Universe was.

    Picture:

    Universal Monsters Artwork by SamRAW08 on DeviantArt

    Universal Monsters by SamRAW08 on DeviantArt

    https://preview.redd.it/8nrn349p3uwc1.png?width=800&format=png&auto=webp&s=52e6f8bd478b228b8197a84a474bfc1df3ce7668

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    2024/04/26
    14:40 UTC

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    Hey everyone! My good friend (Bruce K., host of Screenplay Archaeology) and I (Jake Camara, author of The Devil’s League) just launched a show all about Universal Monsters! Please give us a listen if you have the time of day. :)

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    2024/03/01
    23:20 UTC

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    WE WIN

    WE ARE BACK

    11 Comments
    2024/01/30
    15:06 UTC

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    Dark Universe game

    I want a Dark Universe crossover game.

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    2024/01/16
    17:21 UTC

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    Dark Universe reboot

    What about Dark Universe reboot?

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    2024/01/07
    21:47 UTC

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    New rock song celebrates the Universal Monsters

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    2023/11/26
    15:41 UTC

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    How Tom Cruise and Universal Failed The Mummy

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    2023/11/06
    23:59 UTC

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