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THE BRIDE! | 10.03.2025 | Warner Bros. | Maggie Gyllenhaal directs | Christian, Jessie Buckley, Peter Sarsgaard, Annette Bening, and Penelope Cruz star

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dudalb Global Phenomenon

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5 minutes ago, NoobSaibot said:

Get over that first hurdle, Universal. THEN worry about your cinematic universe.

 

Agreed, but the choice of Condon indicates they might be going in a pure horror direction rather then the action/horror hybrid of "The Mummy".

Which IMHO is a smart move, because most of the other Universal Monsters will not lend themselves to the action approach as well as "The Mummy" does.

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ddddeeee Global Phenomenon

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The problem with the Penny Dreadful comparison is that the show never did...anything with all of those characters and only really succeeded when it focused on Vanessa instead.

 

They should get Korzeniowski to score one of these though.

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Production put on hold, will most likely be delayed

 

http://deadline.com/2017/10/bride-of-frankenstein-postponed-bill-condon-javier-bardem-angelina-jolie-1202182510/

 

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EXCLUSIVE:Universal Pictures is pressing pause on Bride of Frankenstein, the Bill Condon-directed remake of the 1935 horror classic. Pre-production had gotten underway in London for a February 1 production start, but the crew has just been told to go home for the time being. Javier Bardem has been in talks to play Frankenstein’s Monster, and Angelina Jolie has been in talks to play his reanimated, reluctant mate in the second film in Universal’s Dark Universe initiative to bring back its classic movie monsters. I’ve heard the film is going back to the lab to do some more work on the script and that is why they stopped the clock. It had been dated February 14, 2019.

Even though the studio carved out that release date long ago, it sounds like they are still trying to establish exactly what this film should be, with Bardem and Jolie waiting for more rewrites by David Koepp before committing. A little caution here seems well placed after the the film that launched Universal’s monster program, The Mummy, turned into a confusing pastiche of action scenes without a sense of authorship of what exactly it wanted to be. An action adventure in the vein of the Stephen Sommers Brendan Fraser-Rachel Weisz films, or a truly frightening film like the 1932 original was for its time? Even though it grossed $407 million worldwide, the scariest thing about The Mummy was its reviews. There are numerous filmmaker-driven monster movies that will follow, but the welfare of the franchise is contingent on getting the next one right.

 

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A press release would've been unnecessary if this was a minor issue because movie productions routinely get delayed by a few weeks. I doubt this is getting made any time soon.

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