UPGRADE Director Leigh Whannell Has Signed On To Helm Universal's INVISIBLE MAN Movie

UPGRADE Director Leigh Whannell Has Signed On To Helm Universal's INVISIBLE MAN Movie

The "Dark Universe" is now officially dead, but Universal does still plan on moving forward with reboots of its classic monster movies. First up is The Invisible Man from Upgrade director Leigh Whannell...

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By MarkCassidy - Jan 28, 2019 10:01 AM EST
Filed Under: Invisible Man
After The Mummy tanked, it seems the "Dark Universe" is officially no more, as Universal plans to "take an individualized approach to its classic monster movies."

According to Variety, the studio has enlisted Upgrade director Leigh Whannell to helm its reboot of The Invisible Man, which also has Blumhouse's Jason Blum on board as producer.

Johnny Depp was previously attached to play the lead role (presumably Griffin from H.G. Wells' classic novel), but it doesn't look like that's going to happen now - although this report does mention that he, along with Javier Bardem, Tom Cruise, and Russell Crowe, still have the option to appear in future projects once a filmmaker has signed on.

One thing that should make fright-fans happy is the news that Universal’s new monster movies will be "rooted in horror, with no restrictions on budget, tone, or rating."

What do you guys make of this news? Are you happy that the studio has taken this approach, or do you think they should have just left it alone altogether?
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XelCorp
XelCorp - 1/28/2019, 10:53 AM
Just pair up with James Wan again and bring back Saw properly already 👍🏾
mastakilla39
mastakilla39 - 1/28/2019, 3:23 PM
Upgrade was amazing and went under the radar last year. Kinda sad it underperformed.

Saw franchise needs to rest, all the sequels are terrible. 2 was OK then the rest of them got ridiculous like the final destination franchise. I hope he tackles horror action adventure films like Van Hellsing or Castlevania.
RolandD
RolandD - 1/28/2019, 10:57 AM
Horror characters in horror movies. What a concept?
RolandD
RolandD - 1/28/2019, 10:57 AM
Saw the thumbnail and immediately thought this was a DP
story.
GhostDog
GhostDog - 1/28/2019, 11:00 AM
Kevwebsz
Kevwebsz - 1/28/2019, 11:06 AM
@BlackBeltJones - kinda looks like ryan reynolds
knocturnalzen10
knocturnalzen10 - 1/28/2019, 11:11 AM
@BlackBeltJones - someone just used that in the other article lol kevin really lost it in that film
GhostDog
GhostDog - 1/28/2019, 11:12 AM
@Kevwebsz - I thought the same thing.

Even more here
MUTO123
MUTO123 - 1/28/2019, 11:00 AM
IronGenesis
IronGenesis - 1/28/2019, 11:02 AM
Just have courage to do something low budget with respect to its roots. No $200 Million Blockbuster World Ending CGI Fest.
MrCamw1
MrCamw1 - 1/28/2019, 11:04 AM
@IronGenesis - its Blumhouse, they normally dont even go past 20 mill so no worries there.
GhostDog
GhostDog - 1/28/2019, 11:03 AM
"Upgrade director Leigh Whannell"
MrCamw1
MrCamw1 - 1/28/2019, 11:03 AM
Not only is this Blumhouse, but theyre getting the director of Upgrade??? Sign me the hell up. Jist dont make a cinematic universe on it.
NicolausCopernicus
NicolausCopernicus - 1/28/2019, 11:03 AM
upgrade was really good! better robocop remake than the robocop remake
shame, though, I wanted to see this guy on board the dceu since he´s friends with james wan and walter hamada already
upgrade was really comic booky in style, and reallu good if you consider its a directorial debut
anyways, best wishes!
WaffeX
WaffeX - 1/28/2019, 12:06 PM
@NicolausCopernicus - Insidious: Chapter 3 was the first movie he directed
Toecutter
Toecutter - 1/28/2019, 11:03 AM
Why not just make them horror movies instead of action/adventure? It's ridiculous trying to build a universe of monsters and making them into discount Avengers.
SpideyPuffsMJ
SpideyPuffsMJ - 1/28/2019, 11:03 AM
Venom + Being Actually Good = Upgrade
KWilly
KWilly - 1/28/2019, 11:04 AM
Lol, this reminds of that Everybody Hates Chris episode where he does a book report on The Invisible Man (the sci-fi one). But he didn't know he had to do a report on a completely different story that was also called... Invisible Man.





These two stories have nothing to do with each other, lol.
SpideyPuffsMJ
SpideyPuffsMJ - 1/28/2019, 11:04 AM
Get rid of Depp. No room to take chances with the box office with this one after *cringes* 'The Mummy'.

Depp is quickly becoming Box Office poison.
NinnesMBC
NinnesMBC - 1/28/2019, 11:08 AM
I liked the book when I read it as little and the director seems like a good pick.
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