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Nintendo Attractions Are Coming To Universal Parks
Their brand is distinctive in its output, and is contains some of the most beloved IPs, ever. That's why it is very exciting to hear that Universal and Nintendo have come to a deal to bring Mario and the gang into three different Universal Parks It was announced in this cute video, and while details are[...]
Writer Of Bride Of Frankenstein Talks About Her Place In The Universal Monster Universe
Out of all the shared universe announcements going on right now, I think I'm most excited for Universal's Monsters universe The horror franchise will bring together all of the classic monsters that Universal made popular all those decades ago. One such character will be Bride of Frankenstein, who is being revived for the universe The script[...]
Van Helsing Will Likely Be Part Of Universal's Monster Universe
Universal are currently putting together a shared horror universe based on all the old monsters in their repertoire, which I'm pretty jazzed for actually This is a studio getting behind horror in a massive way, with Tom Cruise and Russell Crowe set to star in the first film in the series, The Mummy, next year. We[...]
The Wolf Man Gets Expendables Writer For Universal Monster Franchise
This can get tiring granted, but one effort that does sounds neat is Universal's planned monster universe Taking all their classic monsters, The Mummy, The Invisible Man, Dracula and Frankenstein are set to feature in the shared world. One of the standalone films just got a new writer too The Wolf Man has already had one[...]
Jurassic World 2 Will Roar Into Production Early Next Year Says Report
Jurassic World 2 (which would be a bizarre name if Universal ran with it) has been on the cards for a while, but we now have something seemingly concrete about its imminent nature. According to Jurassic Outpost and ReelNewsHawaii, they've collaborated to confirm a production start date for the sequel They claim to have learned that the film[...]
Secret Life Of Pets Soaring At Box Office
Now Captain America still leads when you look at the global take, but the film is producing far better than the studio had hoped. That caused some to worry that Dory would stand in the way of Illumination / Universal's new animated feature The Secret Life of Pets. Nope… nothing to worry about here. The film is estimated[...]
Universal Gets Wicked In December 2019
Now, Universal has officially announced a feature adaptation for the hit Broadway musical scheduled for theaters December 20th, 2019 The Wizard of Oz prequel has long since been in development with director Stephen Daldry being attached back in 2012. Wicked has been seen by more than 50 million fans worldwide and broke the $1 Billion mark[...]
Jem And The Holograms Gets A Music Video / Trailer
In Universal Pictures' Jem and the Holograms, four aspiring musicians will take the world by storm when they see that the key to creating your own destiny lies in finding your own voice. Jem and the Holograms will be in theaters October 23rd. [youtube]https://youtu.be/AXdE3yy7Fdk[/youtube] The latest trailer for Jem And The Holograms is set up like a[...]
Fringe Showrunner To Script Remake Of Creature From The Black Lagoon
Universal has tapped former Fringe showrunner Jeff Pinkner to rewrite their Creature From The Black Lagoon The original concept was created in 1954 by Jack Arnold and focused around a group of scientist who embark upon a fossil-hunting expedition up the Amazon river They encounter a pre-historic half-human and half-fish creature that falls in love with one of the[...]
"We Wanted To Evolve The Character." – Seth MacFarlane Talks Ted 2
Universal has released a new featurette for Ted 2 with stars Seth MacFarlane, Mark Wahlberg and Amanda Seyfried talking about furthering the characters and gong new places in the sequel. Seth MacFarlane returns as writer, director and voice star of Ted 2, Universal and Media Rights Capital's follow-up to the highest-grossing original R-rated comedy of all[...]
What Is Holding Back A Hulk Solo Film?
What we'd been hearing is that though Marvel had the rights to make Hulk films and use the character, Universal retained the rights to distribute any solo Hulk film And according to Mark that is essentially true: Despite obtaining the cinematic rights to make Hulk movies, Marvel did not obtain distribution rights Universal held those rights,[...]
Universal To Adapt Kojak For The Big Screen
Universal Pictures has hired Philip Gawthorne to script a big screen adaptation of the classic TV series Kojak The 70's series about a bald homicide detective that liked Lollipops and the tag line "Who loves ya, baby." was played by Telly Savalas So to play Detective Theo Kojak in the remake, the studio has turned[...]
Kevin Feige Reacts To Jurassic World Topping The Avengers Box Office
So Universal's Jurassic World dethroned The Avengers as the top box office film of all time… so how does Marvel's Kevin Feige react to that? With class And probably a bit of excitement as Chris Pratt now gets ready to film Guardians Of The Galaxy 2. Congrats Mr Spielberg @UniversalPics @Legendary @LeDoctor @colintrevorrow and especially @prattprattpratt[...]
Jurassic World Comes Out The Gate Strong With $18.5 Million
At 7 PM last night, Universal threw open the gates to Jurassic World The latest film in the dinosaur franchise pulled in $18.5 million dollars on 3,229 screens The experts are now estimating that for the weekend we can expect the film to make between $115 and $135 million. To put that in perspective, Furious 7[...]
6 Minutes Of Ant-Man In IMAX For Jurassic World Audience
In cinemas beginning June 12th, Disney will be adding more than six minutes of footage of the upcoming Ant-Man movie from Marvel Studios ahead of Universal Pictures' Jurassic World and will play for the duration of that film's run in IMAX theatres. A sneak peek of the sneak peek can be found below. Ant-Man opens in IMAX[...]
InGen Technologies: Tomorrow, Today – Jurassic World Viral Video
As part of the promotion for the new Jurassic World film, Universal and Legendary have released this new viral video done as an infomercial for InGen Led by B.D Wong as Dr Henry Wu, we see the technology behind the genetic manipulation of dinosaur DNA… and totally get the "we're playing God and it will[...]
Mark Ruffalo Talks About Why No Solo Hulk Film
Seems that the original distribution deal to release the Ed Norton film is still in place and Marvel Studios would have to make a deal with Universal as the company still hold the distribution rights. The actor also said he's still under contract for four more movies He speculated that could mean Avengers: Infinity War Part[...]
Jurassic World TV Spot Shows Guests Taken By Pterosaurs
Universal aired a new Jurassic World TV spot during last night's The Walking Dead season finale. The film centers around a fully functional dinosaur theme park built on the island of Isla Nubar When attendance starts to drop, the corporation behind the park genetically engineers a Velociraptor hybrid that turns out to be far more intelligent than[...]
Matt Fraction On *That* Deal, And Appointment Of Lauren Sankovitch And Kit Cox
On his and Kelly Sue McConnick's mailing list, Matt Fraction wrote about the news that they have entered into a two year deal with Universal regarding their work for television. I was reminded of Kelly Sue DeConnick's comment that she took the Prometheus gig at Dark Horse, so she could be part of a writers room-style environment/summit, something that[...]
Second Furious 7 Trailer Ramps Up The Action
A new trailer for Furious 7 was released by Universal and it's full of action This 3 minute trailer introduces us to Ian Shaw (Jason Statham) the films bad guy who is hunting down Dominic Toretto (Vin Diesel) and his team after what they did to Ian's brother Owen in the previous film. Continuing the global exploits[...]
Horror Comes To Your Computer In Unfriended
Universal Pictures has released a trailer for its new horror film Unfriended The film stars Shelley Hennig, Moses Jacob Storm, Renee Olstead, and Will Peltz It tells the story of a girl and her friends who are being stalked by someone seeking vengeance for an on-line shamming of a vicious bully that led her to kill[...]