Universal Monsters Archives

Disney Takes Steps for Magic Kingdom Expansion Beyond Big Thunder Mountain

AlexGherzo | Apr 4, 2024 | 0

The theme park wars may be starting, and it has the same energy as when Commissioner Gordon told Batman about escalation before handing him the Joker card. Universal Studios, which is now called Universal Orlando but is still really Universal Studios, is working on its Epic Universe, a massive expan...

Universal Announces New Epic Universe Theme Park

AlexGherzo | Jan 30, 2024 | 0

You can tell there’s blood in the water in Orlando because Universal Studios – excuse me, Universal Orlando Resort – is developing the next innovation in theme park experiences, and it’s clearly meant to rival Disney World. Today, Universal announced what it’s calling the Universal Epic ...

Guillermo del Toro’s Frankenstein Movie Cast and Roles Revealed

AlexGherzo | Oct 24, 2023 | 4

Guillermo del Toro is creating a monster, and he’s showing off some of his utensils. The celebrated filmmaker’s next movie under his overall Netflix deal is a Frankenstein movie based on art from the late Bernie Wrightson (which was sold to Netflix by his widow, Elizabeth S. Wrightson). The tit...

Halloween Horror Nights 2022 Announces First Haunted House

THATTUGGLIFE | May 18, 2022 | 0

Legends Collide as Universal announces its first haunted house for Halloween Horror Nights 2022! The HHN official Twitter account has been eerily quiet since its last post on April 29th, but yesterday it dropped a pretty big bombshell: for the first time EVER, Universal is putting its classic monste...

Universal Developing a Van Helsing Movie

AlexGherzo | Dec 1, 2020 | 0

Fiction’s premier vampire hunter (not counting Buffy) is making a comeback. Deadline reports that Universal is preparing an Abraham Van Helsing movie as part of their new Universal Monsters franchise. Well, not exactly; Deadline’s sources specifically say that the film will be “set in the worl...

Scarlett Johansson Will Star in Bride of Frankenstein Update

AlexGherzo | Oct 25, 2020 | 5

If you had a shred of hope that any part of the next attempt at reviving the Universal Monsters franchise would be fun, I have some bad news for you. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Scarlett Johansson will star in and produce Bride, an updated version of The Bride of Frankenstein, directed by S...