The Mummy, Tom Cruise’s reboot of the classic Universal monster, isn’t just going to be another Egyptian-themed adventure in the vein of Boris Karloff and Brendan Fraiser. It’s also intended to kick-start a Universal Monsters mega-franchise, a shared universe to rival Marvel and DC’s superhero efforts. A lot is already planned – The Invisible Man (starring Johnny Depp), Creature from the Black Lagoon (starring Scarlett Johansson), Jekyll and Hyde (starring Russell Crowe), Bride of Frankenstein (alleged to star Javier Bardem), The Wolf Man (with Dwayne Johnson rumored) and Van Helsing are all in production under the franchise banner – so the pressure is high on Alex Kurtzman’s film to get the ball ...
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