DARK UNIVERSE Will Include Reboots Of PHANTOM OF THE OPERA And THE HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME
It's now been confirmed that Universal's Dark Universe will also feature new incarnations of classic horror properties, The Hunchback of Notre Dame and The Phantom of The Opera. More past the jump.
As we know, Universal's burgeoning Dark Universe will kick-off with The Mummy, and continue with The Bride of Frankenstein, The Invisible Man, The Creature from The Black Lagoon, and most likely The Wolfman. That's a pretty packed schedule as is, but The Mummy director Alex Kurtzman has now confirmed that even more monster reboots are planned.
During an interview with Fandom, Kurtzman revealed that Dracula, Phantom of the Opera and Hunchback of Notre Dame are also in the works. While we assumed the lord of the vampires would be revisited as some point, the other two are surprises. A modern retelling of Phantom could work quite well, but I'm not sure about The Hunchback!
The director also mentioned some of the actors he'd most like to see nab these roles:
“I’d love to bring Michael Fassbender in, I’d love to bring Jennifer Lawrence in, I’d love to see Charlize Theron in there, Angelina Jolie…”
Ambitious, but they already have quite a bit of star-power as is, and if The Mummy is a success there's no reason to think that this impressive roster of talent won't continue to grow.
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