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So, DU will be part of the Universal Monsters Universe or not?

posted 8 years ago by agusmaga93
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I thougt this was the first installment of the series, but now they're saying it's the upcomming Mummy reboot. What's the real deal?

[–] Exar-Sama 8 years ago

Confirmed to NOT be part of the Monsters Universe.

https://www.comicbookmovie.com/horror/alex-kurtzman-confirms-dracula-untold-is-not-canon-in-universals-monster-a147298

Looks like Van Helsing will likely bring in Dracula as a villain.

[–] misbegotten 8 years ago

If this movie had been a massive hit, it would have remained the first film in Universal's Monster Universe (as it was originally planned to be). But because it underwhelmed at the box office, Universal have swept it under the carpet and are doing their best to pretend it never happened (the same way that the under-performing Green Lantern movie has nothing to do with Warner Bros/DC's Expanded Universe). Failure (real or perceived) is not allowed in Hollywood.

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