The Dark Universe will be connected by The Mummy character Dr. Jekyll/Mr. Hyde (Russell Crowe).
The Mummy, of course, kicks off Universal’s new Dark Universe, where the studio is reviving several of its classic monsters from yesteryear including The Bride of Frankenstein (which will almost certainly include Javier Bardem as Frankenstein’s Monster), The Invisible Man (starring Johnny Depp), The Wolfman, The Creature From the Black Lagoon, The Hunchback of Notre Dame and The Phantom of the Opera.
Sofia Boutella says her titular character in The Mummy is the “definition of a feminist.”
Opening this week is The Mummy, starring Boutella, who unlike Saldana, Gillan and Gadot, is portraying a character originally conceived as a male.