Universal’s Dark Universe died before it could even get off the ground, one of multiple attempts at building a cinematic universe after Marvel’s made it look so cool in the present day. But audiences ...

Earlier this week, we spoke with the lovely and obnoxiously talented David Koepp for an upcoming episode of our interview series Collider Connected. Koepp's new film as a writer/director, You Should ...

On May 22, 2017, Universal Pictures pointed to the heavens and said, “Witness the beginning of a Dark Universe.” By that fall, the Dark Universe had imploded. Though Tom Cruise’s The Mummy made a ...

When it comes to poking fun at failed cinematic universes, no one fell so hard and from so high as the Dark Universe. They had a logo; they announced all of these big movies with massive stars. There ...

One of the biggest casualties of Universal’s failed Dark Universe franchise was a new version of the horror classic Bride of Frankenstein. The film was set to be the second in the studio’s series of ...

Universal Pictures’ relaunch of its classic monster movie characters, starting with the Tom Cruise feature The Mummy on June 9, will be known as the Dark Universe franchise. In addition, the studio ...

Universal Pictures’ cinematic universe for its stable of classic movie monsters finally has an official name and the studio revealed that and more details during a fairly comprehensive announcement ...

Launched on May 22, 2025, within Epic Universe in Orlando, this themed park brings the horror of this monster world to life. Located in the eerie village of Darkmoor, guests enter through a crackling, ...

This past weekend's release of THE MUMMY was meant to usher us into a "new world of gods and monsters" called Dark Universe and inhabited by new versions of Universal's classic monsters and madmen: ...

Matt Goldberg has been an editor with Collider since 2007. As the site's Chief Film Critic, he has authored hundreds of reviews and covered major film festivals including the Toronto International ...