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The Dark Universe is a connected film universe that focuses on the classic Hollywood monsters.  The major monsters that have been shown to exist in the universe are the Mummy, Frankenstein, Dr Jekyll / Hyde, Creature of the Black Lagoon, The Invisible Man, Phantom of the Opera, The Wolfman, Hunchback of Notre Dame and Dracula.

In the same spirit of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Universal Pictures is creating a unified universe for its Monster properties.  The first film will be The Mummy if it is successful it will launch a series of films that will coexist in what is being called the Dark Universe.



Alex Kurtzman revealed to the site Fandom that he also wants to bring in the characters of Hunchback of NotreDame into the mix.  Kurtzman said:

“We know we’re going to do Frankenstein, Bride of Frankenstein, Dracula, Creature from the Black Lagoon, Phantom of the Opera, Hunchback of Notre Dame, Invisible Man,”

 “There are characters within those films that can grow and expand and maybe even spin off. I think that digging into deep mythologies about monsters around the world is fair game for us, as well and connecting the monsters that we know to some surprising monsters could also be really interesting.”

Kurtzman also mentioned more actors he would like to see brought into the universe which included Angelina Jolie, Charlize Theron, Michael Fassbender, and Jennifer Lawrence.

Dark Universe Website:
A Dark Universe website has been started with an initial promotion highlighting the history of many of Universal Pictures monsters.Welcome to a new world of gods and monsters!

Welcome to a new world of gods and monsters. #DarkUniversehttps://t.co/yMPyGVMcvHpic.twitter.com/Yg1KAxg4WX

— #DarkUniverse (@darkuniverse) May 22, 2017

Films:
Mummy - Release Date Jun 19, 2017