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The Mummy is, for lack of a better phrase, not dead Now that the import ban on western movies has finally come down, the lucrative Chinese Box Office is saving several movies from oblivion Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets is reportedly doing very well there, but it probably won't be enough to[...]

Also, why not blame this on the The Emoji Movie, too? It's a fun and healthy way to express our anger at its existence. AMC Chief Adam Aron blamed this on flops like King Arthur: Legend of the Sword and Baywatch for not putting butts in theater seats. Hits like Wonder Woman helped things, but they didn't make up for the metric ton of crap movies that[...]

However, The Mummy (2017) was also received with a critical panning and disappointing box office profits Despite this, Universal seems intent on forcing this thing to stumble onwards, possibly due to sinking money on special effects and actors like Tom Cruise, Russell Crowe, and Johnny Depp. When IGN asked Alex Kurtzman about his status in the Dark Universe series of films,[...]

But would you look at that art!!! #gallery-2 { margin: auto; } #gallery-2 .gallery-item { float: left; margin-top: 10px; text-align: center; width: 50%; } #gallery-2 img { border: 2px solid #cfcfcf; } #gallery-2 .gallery-caption { margin-left: 0; } /* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes/media.php */ Looks like there will be seven steelbooks in all: The Wolf Man, Dracula, The Mummy, The Creature From the Black Lagoon, The Invisible Man, Frankenstein, and The Bride[...]

until next week, but it's already got an $18.9 million head start thanks to opening in some overseas markets early. Pirates of the Caribbean 5: Dead Men Tell No Tales earned an additional $5.2 million domestically this weekend, behind The Mummy's $5.8 million, but Pirates 5's global total nearly doubles The Mummy's, $677.8 million to $342.1[...]

The Mummy may have been DoA in the U.S., but globally 'It's Alive!" and about to cross the $300 Million mark The film is topping most global markets this weekend and one of the centerpiece scenes is the zero-gravity stunt / airplane crash Universal has now released a 360° video showcasing just how the stunt[...]

While most of the world was enjoying Cruise's attempt to breath life into Universal's planned (but probably cursed) Dark Universe franchise with The Mummy, the United States was going to see Wonder Woman again. As Bleeding Cool reported earlier today, Wonder Woman is estimated to have earned another $57.2 million this weekend, marking a less than 50%[...]

No review is "wrong" or "right", because they are just opinions. The Mummy Rotten Tomatoes: 17% MetaCritic: 34 Kaitlyn: 4.5 / 10 The Mummy is not a good movie at all, but it appears that my numbers are a little higher than everyone else The consensus over at Rotten Tomatoes, "lacking the campy fun of the franchise's most recent entries[...]

For those of you excited about the new film for The Mummy starring Tom Cruise, we're kinda curious who you are All kidding aside, there are a set of games set to be released for the film in the form of a VR game, a console game, and a mobile app, all related to the[...]

The Mummy is Universal's go at kicking off their Dark Universe series of films, meant to usher back in a cross-pollinated world of Phantom of the Opera, Wolfman, Dracula, the various Frankensteins, and of course The Mummy. The Mummy works out about as well as The Incredible Hulk movie Remember the one that came just before[...]

[rwp-review-recap id="0"] The Mummy wants to be a horror movie, an action movie, and kick off an entire universe at the time same — and accomplishes none of those things. Director: Alex Kurtzman Summary: An ancient princess is awakened from her crypt beneath the desert, bringing with her malevolence grown over millennia, and terrors that defy human comprehension. The[...]

Cruise always strikes me as someone who wants to make the best film possible and is willing to be beaten to hell for it. Catch The Mummy in theaters this Friday, June 9th. https://youtu.be/nZ0cjDTP-noVideo can't be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: The Mummy Sneak Peek – In Theaters Friday (https://youtu.be/nZ0cjDTP-no) [...]

With the new Tom Cruise version of the Mummy coming out this weekend, the folks at Cinema Sins took a look at the start of the last Mummy franchise that starred Brendan Fraser, Rachel Weisz and John Hannah… and find everything wrong with it The film went on to have two sequels and a spin-off[...]

Universal's new Dark Universe kicks off this Friday with the Tom Cruise lead film The Mummy The Dark Universe is a shared cinematic universe based around the classic Universal monster films and has four more reboots planned Now Universal has added two more monsters to the list In the works is Bride of Frankenstein with[...]

The Mummy, directed by Alex Kurtzman and starring Tom Cruise, Sofia Boutella, Russell Crowe, Annabelle Wallis, Jake Johnson, and Courtney B Vance, has seen its opening weekend projections downgraded from $40 million to $38 million to $35 million this week, according to a report from THR The troubles come on the heels of a $100.5 million domestic[...]

The Mummy comes out this weekend and it has to go up against Wonder Woman This is a major problem with the summer movie schedule; there is no time for any movie to make back its money unless it hits big right away If The Mummy doesn't hit this weekend it absolutely won't the weekend[...]

Universal Pictures is still pushing The Mummy with everything that they've got right now Now that it's looking like Wonder Woman is going to be a hit the fact that this is the competition for the latest DCEU movie means it could be in trouble That isn't stopping them from releasing yet another featurette this[...]

With two weeks to go until The Mummy's release date, it's time for more promo Universal Pictures must have a lot riding on this movie for the amount of promotional material we're seeing for it This time it comes from Empire and features a high-quality look at Sofia Boutella as the mummy. She looks pretty cool, and[...]

Universal Pictures has kicked the marketing for The Mummy into high gear with another new featurette This time it's the cast and crew talking about the "Dark Universe" and how the Universal Monsters have such an amazing legacy If nothing else the people involved with this seem to have a lot of genuine respect for[...]

Summary: An ancient princess is awakened from her crypt beneath the desert, bringing with her malevolence grown over millennia, and terrors that defy human comprehension. The Mummy will be released on June 9, 2017. On June 9, her powers will be unleashed Get #TheMummy tickets now: https://t.co/rO4XFEmfr7 pic.twitter.com/VW3t9aL0Oo — #TheMummy (@themummy) May 23, 2017 #TheMummy has returned[...]

Collider posted a new poster for the upcoming The Mummy which is the first movie in Universals Dark Universe Summary: An ancient princess is awakened from her crypt beneath the desert, bringing with her malevolence grown over millennia, and terrors that defy human comprehension. The Mummy will be released on Jun 9, 2017. Collider posted a[...]

They're not going to waste a lot of money in makeup, that's for sure. Which is not much of an update I suppose, but… obvious things are obvious I would hope, and let's just presume everyone is going to do the right thing here, shall we?  Ok then: Universal's The Mummy hits on June 9, and[...]

It's apparently The Mummy Day today according to Universal Pictures They are having a huge press event in downtown Los Angeles with the principle cast including Tom Cruise, Annanelle Wallis, Jake Johnson and Sofia Boutella all expected to attend the event They are also unveiling a 75-foot sarcophagus There was a live stream of the[...]

Summary: An ancient princess is awakened from her crypt beneath the desert, bringing with her malevolence grown over millennia, and terrors that defy human comprehension. The Mummy will be released on Jun 9, 2017. https://youtu.be/s4C1gnqdrewVideo can't be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: The Mummy – Official Trailer #3 [HD] (https://youtu.be/s4C1gnqdrew) [...]

There is a new featurette for The Mummy and it not only gives us our first look at the Mr Hyde side of Russell Crowe's Dr Jekyll The featurette also goes into the society that Jekyll runs called Prodigium which is dedicated to fighting and studying monsters This is basically setting up this universes version[...]

But the interview segments are the cast and crew all talking about how great Cruise is… which seems a bit much. The Mummy opens June 9th. https://youtu.be/iqP9VVvT-kkVideo can't be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: The Mummy – Stunts Featurette [HD] (https://youtu.be/iqP9VVvT-kk) I like Tom Cruise movies well enough[...]

We have a new featurette for The Mummy and it focuses on the stunt work for the movie Since this is a Tom Cruise production it means a lot of people being in awe of what stunt work Cruise is willing to He might be insane but it makes for decent movies usually Summary: An[...]

The Mummy is looking like an interesting project that could go completely off the rails There appears to be a lot of money behind the project without anyone behind the wheel but if nothing else we're getting some sweet eyeliner action in the ancient Egypt sections Someone needs to teach me how to make wings[...]

Now with The Mummy coming out we once again see that no one at Universal has a steady hand over the "monsterverse". In an interview with Collider producer Chris Morgan basically admitted that while they have ideas they are mostly flying blind with these new movies. "We kind of designed them all to be kind of standalone[...]

An ancient princess is awakened from her crypt beneath the desert, bringing with her malevolence grown over millennia, and terrors that defy human comprehension. https://youtu.be/GzorZUuZqEIVideo can't be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: The Mummy – Official Trailer #2 [HD] (https://youtu.be/GzorZUuZqEI) The Mummy comes out June 9, 2017. An ancient princess is awakened from her crypt beneath the[...]