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Alex Kurtzman Confirms DRACULA UNTOLD Is Not Canon In Universal's Monster Cinematic Universe |
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Monday, 05 December 2016 06:42 |
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With the intense first trailer for The Mummy debuting last night, the internet has been buzzing with the question of whether or not Dracula Untold fits in with the shared universe of classic monsters being planned by Universal Pictures. Due to its poor critical reception, along with murky comments from the cast and crew, the film's status as canon has been in doubt, but according to The Mummy's writer Alex Kurtzman, we can now officially write it off.
When asked by Collider if Dracula Untold would be a part of the shared monster universe, Kurtzman gave a rather definitive "No." It looks like The Mummy will be the new introduction to the world Universal is building, a concept that Kurtzman says started with the studio to begin with. "The thing people forget is that the Universal Monsters were the first mash-up; they were the first universe built. It started with, I think, Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man, and that was the first time Read more: |
