However, the next film out of the gate was expected to be Bride of Frankenstein, potentially with Angelina Jolie as the titular character, but the film was pulled off the schedule several months ago.
Things weren’t looking good for the return of Universal’s classic movie monster cinematic universe after The Mummy failed to impress either audiences or critics.
Several films were on the docket including a Johnny Depp-led Invisible Man and a Creature from the Black Lagoon film with Javier Bardem.
At the time, we were told the film was only being “postponed” and according to Omega Underground that actually was the case, as Bill Condon is tapping a lot of the crew responsible for his last film, Disney’s Beauty and the Beast, to help out with this new project.