Dracula And Frankenstein Reboots Could Be On Their Way From Blumhouse – TheThings

With The Invisible Man making over $98 million at the box office, Universal and Blumhouse will bring other classic movie monsters to the screen.

After the critical and commercial failure of 2017's The Mummy,the first of Universal's hoped-forcinematic universe of movie monstersbased on its back catalog,plans were quickly scrapped to continue with any other movies that were initially mooted as follow-ups, including the Dr.Jekyll and Mr. Hyde movie which was set to star Russell Crowe.

However, thanks to the success of The Invisible Man earlier this year, which was the latest in a long line of hits from Blumhouse Productions, Universal have decided to team up with the horror studioin a new attempt to resurrect one of the classic movieterrorsthat made their name back in the 1930s and 1940s, Count Dracula. There are also rumors that a new Frankenstein movie could follow, so for horror fans, it's an exciting time to be alive, be you a human being or a patchwork quilt of human body parts.

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Universal Studios was the first to bring Bram Stoker's fanged menaceto the screen, with 1931's Dracula, starring Bela Lugosias the monstrous Count, the vampire who preyed upon the blood of his unwitting victims. No amount of garlic could keep the bad Count away from cinema screens, as Universal resurrected him time and again, not only for horror effect but for comedy value too, when he teamed up with legendary comic sparring partners, Abbott and Costello.

Christopher Lee also donned the cape and fanged gnashers for a run of successful British horror movies, and we have also seen such actors as Gary Oldman, Luke Evans, and even Leslie Nielson (in a terrible vampire spoof comedy) take on the role.

With The Invisible Man making over $98 million at the box office so far, Universal and Blumhouse are partnering up to bring other classic movie monsters to the screen, beginning with the new Dracula movie.This first in a new batch of cinematic outings will be a standalone picture, rather than as part of an interconnectedMonsterverse that was originally intended after the launch of The Mummy.

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As discussed in a recent article at The Hollywood Reporter, this new Dracula movie will be given a contemporary setting, as was the case with the recently revived The Invisible Man. It will be directed by Karyn Kusama, an acclaimed director who has made forays into horror before, with the cult classic Jennifer's Body under her belt, alongside a few episodes of The Outsider, the latest attempt to bring one of Stephen King's works to the screen.

There are no details on the plot at the time of writing, and we don't have any information about casting. It hasn't even started shooting yet, so there is no news of a release date either. Still, let's hope the movie will be a good one. Dracula is one of the scarier monsters from cinema's past, butsince Francis Ford Coppola's Dracula,we haven't seen a decent iteration of the legendary vampire on the screen for quite some time. It has also been a long time since any other vampire has truly scared us on the screen. Although, it is hoped the upcoming adaptation of Stephen King's Salem's Lot will put an end to the recent string of failed efforts. This is including the Netflix flop, V Wars, which starred Ian Somerhalder.

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Another Universal favorite, the Frankenstein Monster, has been resurrected on screen many times before,starting with the 1931 adaptation of Mary Shelly's classic work, which starred Boris Karloff as the eponymous monster. Hammer Studios released several Frankenstein movies over three decades, and Kenneth Branagh had a go at bringing the patched-up creature to life in 1994. More recently, Paul McGuigan brought the monster to life in Victor Frankenstein, although that movie failed at the box office. After finishing work on Dracula, it seems that the head of Blumhouse, Jason Blum, could be the next person responsible for bringing a new version of the monster to the screen.

As featured in a recent article at Collider, Blum had this to say on the subject:

"Id love to do Frankenstein. Ive tasked our filmmakers with trying to figure out just straight Frankenstein. Again, I dont know if someone else is doing it, I dont know anything about it, but I would love to try and Im waiting for the great ideathe best ideas feel like, My gosh, its so obvious, why didnt that happen before? If we could come up with something as good for Frankenstein, Id love to try that."

Whether Blum does bring Frankenstein to life again remains to be seen. While he is clearly interested, there is no direct confirmation that the movie will happen. However, it would be a shame if he didn't, since despite the occasional misfire, Fantasy Island and Ouija being among them, Blumhouse has been responsible for some of the best horror movies in recent times, including Get Out and the recent Halloween reboot.

It might also be that Blumhouse brings other famous Universal monsters back to the screen, including The Wolf Man and perhaps even another reincarnation of The Mummy, but it might depend on how well Dracula does when he finally swoops onto our screens to drain us of our hard-earned cash.

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Lee Brown is a UK-based freelance writer, and has written movie-related articles for such websites as Flickering Myth, Blasting News, and So The Theory Goes. In his spare time, Lee continues to write, focussing on story writing, play writing, and poetry. Some of Lee's work has been published in printed and eBook formats, and he has had one play transmitted over local radio. He is an avid movie buff and TV binge-watcher, and probably spends more time than he should sat on the sofa!

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