Universal has officially unveiled the “ Dark Universe , ” the name for its shared universe of ogre movie reboots now kick off with The Mummy next calendar month . It ’s also confirmed some major cast member and the next morbid launching in the franchise .
Announced in a press release today , Bride of Frankenstein , due out February 14 , 2019 , will be directed by Beauty and the Beast ’s Bill Condon as the next launching in the serial — take the situation of a antecedently planned , unrevealed title originally due for sack on April 13 , 2018 , which has now been removed from schedules . Casting for the titular Bride is afoot , with an promulgation due presently . The motion picture and its rebranding for the Dark Universe was also accompanied today by a teaser highlighting a new theme composed by the legendary Danny Elfman , which will seem in The Mummy and recur throughout succeeding movies in the dealership .
Aside from the Bride of Frankenstein declaration , Universal also further confirmed that the previously - rumoredJohnny DeppandJavier Bardemwill be come aboard the Dark Universe as the Invisible Man and Frankenstein ’s Monster , respectively , in future movie — join Russell Crowe , Tom Cruise , and Sofia Boutella as main stars in the spooktacular monsterverse .
Crowe in especial will roleplay an significant purpose as Dr. Jekyll / Mr. Hyde , who is re - imagined in The Mummy and future Dark Universe films as the head of a secret supernatural investigation group called the Prodigium , which will tie all the films together :
At its organizing principle , Dark Universe films are connected by a mysterious multi - national organization known as Prodigium . Led by the enigmatic and splendid Dr. Henry Jekyll , Prodigium ’s missionary post is to track , study and — when necessary — destroy evil embodied in the mannikin of monsters in our world . turn outside the breastplate of any government , and with praxis concealed by millennia of concealment , Prodigium protect the public from knowledge of the evil that be just beyond the flimsy membrane of civilised society … and will go to any length to contain it .
We ’ll bring you more on Universal ’s Dark Universe as we learn it .
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