Alex Kurtzman Discusses THE MUMMY And The Challenges Of Building A Cinematic Universe

Alex Kurtzman Discusses THE MUMMY And The Challenges Of Building A Cinematic Universe

In a recent interview with Slash Film, Alex Kurtzman talks about the progress of his upcoming reboot of THE MUMMY, and the Universe Monsters Cinematic Universe as a whole.

By Darkknight2149 - Sep 26, 2015 06:09 PM EST
Filed Under: Mummy
Source: Slash Film
Despite previous reports that the Universal will uncharacteristically transform their classic monsters into super-heroic action stars, Universal Monsters fans gave a sigh of relief when they were assured by Alex Kurtzman, director of the 2017 reboot of 1932’s The Mummy, that the upcoming cinematic universe will be composed of horror films. In a recent interview with Slash Film, Kurtzman spoke even further on the topic of the cinematic universe and his reboot of The Mummy.

When asked if he is ready to direct the types of films he often writes:
 
"I've had the good fortune of being able to write and produce a lot of them now. I've spent time with directors who've been very gracious with me about really allowing me to sit by their side. I've watched them do their thing. I've learned a ton. I don't think you can ever really stop learning, especially from people who are that amazing, so I feel ready. I feel really ready to go and Universal's been incredible about supporting our whole monster endeavor, so I feel like I'm going to have amazing people around me in order to help us launch it. My partner in the universe [is] Chris Morgan, I couldn't be partnered with anybody better as far as someone who understands big movies and big franchises."
 
How he is applying his television experience to the cinematic universe:
 
"I started in television and have been in television for a long time now, you approach television from a much more serialized longview place. So you think about not just what is the one story I'm telling, but how do I take this story and tell it over many seasons? That's obviously started to be what's happening with movies but the challenge is, you have to deliver each movie. Each movie has to be satisfying. You can't be so serialized that if you didn't see the movie that came before, you're really lost. The benefit of being able to exist in a shared universe world is that you can take more time to develop your characters. You can put them in situations that don't necessarily resolve right away. That's really exciting. It means that you don't just have to have a beginning, a middle and an end in which everything is resolved. Obviously as a writer, that's a lot of fun because it gives you a lot of room to grow."
 
On if we will see other monsters in The Mummy reboot:
 
"We very well might."
 
On if Dracula Untold will be part of the shared universe:
 
"The Mummy isn't connected to Dracula but I think that is an ongoing conversation."
 
When asked if setting The Mummy in present day provides new opportunities:
 
"Absolutely, 100%. The minute it's modern day, the rules change. And yet, what's really exciting for me is how do you take this ancient creature and make an audience believe that they exist in modern day?"
 
When asked if his Spider-Man spin-off, Venom, could still happen:
 
"My focus is 100% on the monster universe right now. That's really where I'm spending my time."

 


SYNOPSIS:

A new epic action-adventure in a series produced and overseen by the creative team of Alex Kurtzman (Star Trek series) and Chris Morgan (Fast & Furious series), the UNTITLED UNIVERSAL MONSTER FRANCHISE FILM will follow THE MUMMY in their new initiative to revive and reimagine Universal’s classic monsters for a modern audience.

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TheRealMandarin
TheRealMandarin - 9/26/2015, 7:11 PM
Well its no SUPERHERO News but at least its SOME news
BlackIceJoe
BlackIceJoe - 9/26/2015, 7:16 PM
I just hope a new Creature from the Black Lagoon is a part of this, because the world needs more of Gill-Man.
Retribution13
Retribution13 - 9/26/2015, 8:42 PM
I just want there to FINALLY be a Creature from the Black Lagoon reboot.

A GOOD ONE (I know that is asking a lot) that is actually [frick]ing scary.

Again, asking for too much, I'm already setting myself up for disappointment.
BlackStar25
BlackStar25 - 9/26/2015, 10:19 PM
@0megaDaGr0dd
Ehhh....wrong! 20 people wrote that movie...My sources also say @Gusto wrote the Spidey Kid into the film as well. Why you ask?



I don't know... ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
BlackStar25
BlackStar25 - 9/26/2015, 10:22 PM
I wonder if the recent Dracula movie is part of this Universe.
Floke
Floke - 9/27/2015, 2:50 AM
And at the end of phase 1, they will join forces and stand together as a team in:

GhostDog
GhostDog - 9/27/2015, 6:00 AM
Alex Kurtzman???
Darkknight2149
Darkknight2149 - 9/27/2015, 11:03 AM
@TheRealMandarin

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@0megaDaGr0dd

Yes. Kurtzman was indeed one of the 93839292839283894872665749299.9999 people to write TASM 2. After that film and Universal’s failure, DRACULA UNTOLD, both Kurtzman and Universal are going to need to prove themselves with THE MUMMY.

@Jeight

This whole Universal Monsters thing is nothing new. There already was a cinematic universe that ran from the early 1930s to the 1960s. As for your comment on “the Freighteners,” they aren’t going to team up. For an idea of what the Universal Monsters crossovers look like, I’d suggest checking out FRANKENSTEIN MEETS THE WOLF MAN, HOUSE OF FRANKENSTEIN and HOUSE OF DRACULA.

@DrunkenNukem

Thank you for pointing that out! Here’s a pretzel.

https://foodimentaryguy.files.wordpress.com/2014/04/sp-pretzel-2-5oz_2_hr.jpg
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