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Tag: Universal Pictures

Modestly budgeted M3GAN, Knock at the Cabin, Cocaine Bear, & Renfield all represent a new sort of welcome Universal Monster Movie in theaters.
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M3GAN, Knock at the Cabin, Cocaine Bear, Renfield, & the New Universal Monster Movie

This weekend, Universal released the killer doll movie M3GAN and the first trailer for the vampire spoof Renfield. It feels very much like ...
By Darren MooneyJanuary 9, 2023
Puss in Boots: The Last Wish trailer Universal Pictures Antonio Banderas Salma Hayek release date September 23, 2022
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Puss in Boots: The Last Wish Trailer Reveals… a Movie About Mortality?

Universal Pictures has revealed the trailer for Puss in Boots: The Last Wish, an intensely belated sequel to the 2011 movie Puss in ...
By John FrisciaMarch 15, 2022
Nicolas Cage to Play Dracula in Renfield, a New Universal Monster Movie Nicholas Hoult
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Nicolas Cage to Play Dracula in Renfield, a New Universal Monster Movie

As is contractually obligated, any story about a Universal Monster movie must first mention the failed Dark Universe so we can all have ...
By Matthew RazakDecember 1, 2021
Christopher Nolan Universal $100M movie deal Oppenheimer nuclear atom bomb contract terms details are typical business as usual for Hollywood
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The Christopher Nolan Universal Deal Is Business as Usual

We need to talk about the internet’s strange relationship with Christopher Nolan again, in light of a reported deal he made with Universal. ...
By Darren MooneySeptember 21, 2021
f9 fast and furious 9 delay again
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F9 Delayed Again as Theaters Struggle to Reopen

It looks like you can’t drive a car through a building out the other side into another building, flip it over onto a ...
By Matthew RazakMarch 4, 2021
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Dracula Is Getting a Sci-Fi/Western Movie from Eternals’ Chloé Zhao

It looked to be a cold day in hell before anyone got excited for a Universal monster movie after the Dark Universe crashed, ...
By Matthew RazakFebruary 4, 2021
A new Van Helsing film at Universal Pictures from Producer James Wan and and Director Julius Avery is in development as a horror thriller.
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Van Helsing Reboot Film Coming from Universal, James Wan, Julius Avery

Universal Pictures is taking another crack at hunting vampires and creating more content out of its movie monsters with a new Van Helsing ...
By Matthew RazakDecember 2, 2020
Universal Monsters movie theaters Paramount Decrees law changes legality video on demand streaming AMC dispute COVID-19
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The Most Famous of the Universal Monsters Might Be Universal Itself

Universal Studios owns many of the most popular movie franchises. To name just a few, the studio is responsible for Back to the ...
By Adam AdlerMay 31, 2020
F9, Universal Pictures, Fast and Furious 10, A Quiet Place Part II, Coronavirus
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F9 Sees Nearly One-Year Delay Due to Coronavirus Concerns

Film in 2020 just took another hit thanks to the coronavirus, as Universal Pictures has announced a one-year delay for F9. Originally scheduled ...
By Michael CripeMarch 12, 2020
The Invisible Man Offers a New Dawn for the Dark Universe
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The Invisible Man Offers a New Dawn for the Dark Universe

The Dark Universe was doomed from the outset. Universal’s investment in a shared world of monsters was a reaction to the success that ...
By Darren MooneyFebruary 28, 2020
The Hunt, Universal Pictures
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Universal Pictures Cancels Release of The Hunt Following Mass Shootings

Universal Pictures and Blumhouse’s satirical thriller, The Hunt, is having its theatrical release pulled after last week’s mass shootings in El Paso, TX ...
By Michael CripeAugust 11, 2019
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Copyright Horror Stories

In celebration of Halloween, I have decided to share three spooky legal stories that are sure to keep you up at night. Read ...
By Adam AdlerOctober 25, 2018
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