Universal's budding "Dark Universe" may never come to fruition and that shouldn't surprise anyone. Tom Cruise's Mummy film starring Sofia Boutela as the iconic villain was panned by critics upon release. While the movie ultimately surpassed budget, it was largely underwhelming in the long run and has put the future of their expanding universe in jeopardy. The film series would create feature films for famous monsters like Dracula, the Hunchback of Notre Dame, Frankenstein and a handful of others. It is also telling that both Alex Kurtzman and Chris Morgan left the Dark Universe to focus on Star Trek Discovery and the Fast and Furious spin-off starring the Rock respectively. The proposed rumor of hiring Jason Blum who has become a major name for the horror genre for his low budget and highly successful titles like the Insidious franchise, Purge, and Janurary's hit Get Out. While they could try and salvage the project and move forward, Universal would be better off listening to the fans and scrapping the universe all together. There is no reason to do a bunch of block buster style monster movie films in an attempt to create a marvel-esque horror franchise. Instead, focus on true horror, take these iconic villains and breathe new life into them with less of the glitz and glam. Time will tell where Universal will end up but if no one steps in to lead the projects soon it looks like it will be the end for the Dark Universe.
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