Leading up to the theatrical release of Universal Pictures Monster Movie Universe production The Mummy early next month, the latest word has the newly-founded cinematic universe being labeled as the Dark Universe.
In the footage featured above, Universal announces that the Dark Universe is the Monster Movie Universe, as backed by an original franchise theme composed by Danny Elfman and an all-new motion logo designed by the good folks over at Weta Digital.
Undoubtedly, the folks at Universal will have quite the task ahead of them if they hope for their Universal Monster Movie Universe to succeed against the likes of the already-established Marvel Cinematic Universe and DC Extended Universe.
Following recent news that has Javier Bardem playing Frankenstein’s Monster in Bride of Frankenstein – in addition to Russell Crowe as Dr. Henry Jekyll, Tom Cruise as world-traveler Nick Morton, Johnny Depp as the Invisible Man, and Sofia Boutella as The Mummy – things are definitely looking up for the Universal Monster Movie Universe, or the Dark Universe for short.