UMCU gets writers


http://www.examiner.com/article/writers-lined-up-for-monster-cinematic -universe

Universal is putting together a team of prominent writers to collaborate on these highly anticipated films centering on the studio's classic movie monsters. So far, the scribes hired for this series include: Chris Morgan (Fast & Furious) and Alex Kurtzman (Transformers film franchise) along with the newly hired writers Aaron Guzikowski (Prisoners); Noah Hawley, creator of the Fargo TV series; and Ed Solomon who wrote Men in Black and more recently Now You See Me.

Although the writers are being assigned specific movies, they will all be involved in helping to write each other's movies as well. The team will operate similarly to Pixar's brain trust.

Guzikowski will reportedly serve as head writer on The Wolfman, a new version of the classic werewolf story, which the studio is hoping they can use to re-launch the iconic film franchise. The Wolfman plotline will also be woven into the other monster movies being planned. This isn't the first time Hollywood has tried to bring back the popular werewolf series, which began in the early 1940's and starred Lon Chaney Jr. as a man who wreaks havoc when he transforms into a wolf. As recently as 2010, Benicio Del Toro took on the role but the production underper formed at the box office.

The other famous monsters to get their own films in this cinematic universe are: Frankenstein, The Invisible Man, Dracula, Bride of Frankenstein and vampire hunter Van Helsing.

Although the exact chronology of these projects is not yet clear, we do know that the first film slated for release is The Mummy reboot, directed by Kutzman, which is due to hit theaters June 24, 2015. The second of these monster films is scheduled to debut April 21, 2017. Universal hasn't revealed the name but reports have suggested it will be The Wolfman.

To have essentially the same group of people work on all of these pictures, revolving around very different protagonists, is an interesting approach. Fans can only hope that the uniqueness of each character is preserved. After all, these are no generic, run of the mill monsters; each is special in their own way.

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Interesting news, thanks for that update.

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That news is three years old.

I believe the current news is that the whole shebang was cancelled after the failure of Tom Cruise's "The Mummy".

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That sucks.

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Not as badly as "The Mummy", hur hur hur!

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