Paul Feig's 'Dark Army' joins Leigh Whannell’s 'Invisible Man' in signaling a new direction for the properties following the failure of the Dark Universe.
. Universal has famously struggled for nearly two decades to find a place for their movie monsters, Frankenstein, Dracula, the Wolf Man, the Creature, the Mummy, within the contemporary franchise market. Though Universal monster movies were Hollywood-shaping events in the '30s, '40s, and '50s, the studio has never been able to find a similar level of success with characters who arguably become overexposed due to their existence within the public domain.
In order to fully consider how Universal can do right by its monsters, it’s important to understand where they went wrong and how they can avoid the same missteps in the future. Though Universal found success with, further attempts at finding an audience for its monster movies were either critical or financial disappointments, sometimes both. was a financial success for the time at $300 million worldwide, but after negative reviews it failed to launch a proposed franchise.
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