This one is for all five people who are into the Dark Universe.
Universal may not have come out of the gates very hot with this year’s The Mummy, the start of their Dark Universe, but they seem to be pressing forward with the massive project nonetheless.
Next up on the slate is Bill Condon’s Bride of Frankenstein, set for Valentine’s Day 2019, potentially set to star Angelina Jolie. And they’re also hoping to bring Abraham Van Helsing back to the screen, reportedly eyeing Channing Tatum for the role.
This scoop comes courtesy of THR, who note that “the studio is polishing the script for Van Helsing, aimed for Channing Tatum.”
Last we heard, Eric Heisserer (Arrival) and Jon Spaihts (Passengers) were tackling the script. “I can say that my intent stepping in was to make it as scary as possible,” Heisserer recently noted.
As its organizing principle, Dark Universe films are connected by a mysterious multi-national organization known as Prodigium. Led by the enigmatic and brilliant Dr. Henry Jekyll, Prodigium’s mission is to track, study and—when necessary—destroy evil embodied in the form of monsters in our world.