For many years Universal has been trying to work out what to do with its classic monsters, but despite attempts such as The Wolfman and Van Helsing, nothing has really worked. Now they’re hoping to create something much bigger, as Alex Kurtzman (Star Trek, Transformers, The Amazing Spider-Man 2) and Chris Morgan (Fast & Furious franchise) have signed up to develop an entire cinematic universe involving characters such as Frankenstein, Dracula, The Mummy, The Invisible Man, The Wolf Man and more, according to Deadline.
As yet it’s not clear if Kurtzman and Chris Morgan will write the projects themselves, or if they’ll just be behind the scenes putting it all together. What is known though is that the filmmakers will start scouring for talent soon to help bring the monster universe to life.
The first movie in the interlinked series of movies is planned as the currently Untitled Mummy Reboot, which is already set for release on April 22, 2016. A Van Helsing reboot is also in development, which will likely be a part of this plan as well.
It’ll be interesting to see whether it works.