Universal failed miserably with the start of its Dark Universe in 2017. Tom Cruise, Hollywood star and protagonist of the saga ‘Mission Impossible‘, I had to open that new universe of monsters with ‘The Mummy‘, his version of the genre classic with Sofia Boutella as the main antagonist. The project was an absolute disappointment in terms of criticism, although it saved the furniture a bit with its collection of more than 400 million. Years after that puncture, Universal tried its luck again with ‘The invisible man‘ by Elisabeth Moss hitting the nail on the head, and now, four years later, the producer of the horror film series advances very hopeful new details of ‘Wolf Man‘.
‘Wolf Man’ is still running at Universal and may be the salvation of the Dark Universe
Ken Kao, recent producer of Universal’s Dark Universe, has offered new details about ‘Wolf Man‘ in a new interview for ScreenRantconfirming that the film directed by Leigh Whannell is still underway and will have a totally different approach to what has been seen to date in this horror universe, since it will follow in the footsteps of the joker by Todd Phillips. In addition, the creative also reveals why he believes that ‘The Mummy‘Tom Cruise’ was a failure for the company: “I would say that the Dark Universe of The Mummy, in my humble opinion, seemed reactive to what was happening with all the superhero material: the MCU and DC universe“, he commented. “And we know that there has been a lot of talk about what happened with all that in the last year. I suppose that You could call it maybe more like the Joker approach“, he continued, revealing the first details of ‘Wolf Man‘.
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Tom Cruise’s ‘The Mummy’ would have failed because it was too similar to mainstream superhero cinema.
Apparently, The scheme that Universal is going to follow is very similar to that of DC Elseworlds, offering projects that are not connected to each other, thus functioning independently, to offer unique and different experiences in each feature film. “In my opinion, especially you have to make ‘small pieces’ like Blumhousewhere it’s really good, it makes a lot more sense to me, so it’s a good manual.’Wolf Man‘ is set to premiere in 2025 with Christopher Abbott, Julia Garner, Sam Jaeger and Matilda Firth as the protagonists of the project. Leigh Whannell, a filmmaker with extensive experience in horror, will direct the film project and also serve as screenwriter.
