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Universal Pictures' mummy series, which has been missing for nearly a decade, has returned, and "The New Mummy" has fully landed in major markets around the world this week. In addition to the power god Atango, the first female mummy of the series will also appear, and the popular actress Sophia Bautra, who has starred in "Ace Agent" and "Star Trek 3", plays the ancient Egyptian princess Ahmanet.
Due to the sacred and unique art of corpse storage in ancient Egyptian legends, it gave the final mummy an awesome mystery, resulting in it always being a popular object of curiosity. Nowadays, under the language of visual lens, mummies are given a variety of interpretations, often mixed in various horror films, and have become one of the classic screen monster images around the world.
Universal Pictures, which started out with small-budget B-movies, made a lot of mummy-themed movies in the 1930s and 1940s and led a wave of horror movie viewing. The new version of "The Mummy" launched by Universal is not only another restart of this series, but also the first test of the dark universe it strives to create in the future, carrying the hope of the entire monster movie plan.
<h1>Can brother Tang, who is not old in the sword, bring different changes to this enduring series</h1>
Universal's 1932 "The Mummy" is regarded as the earliest and most classic mummy film, which not only brings a very novel movie experience to people who have just entered the sound film era, but also shapes the classic screen horror image of the mummy through various new narrative methods. Subsequently, in the 1940s, Universal also launched a number of mummified films such as "The Mummy's Hand" and "The Mummy's Tomb", but the response was mediocre.
What really brought the series back into the public eye was The Mummy, released in 1999, a film directed by Stephen Sommers that incorporated adventure and comedy elements well, as well as special effects, which greatly improved the viewing. In the end, the film earned nearly $410 million at the global box office at a cost of $80 million, and won a good reputation.
Logically, the second part of the series, "The Return of the Mummy", was soon launched and continued the original lineup, the production scene was more ambitious, and the special effects technology was more advanced. Although the final cost is close to $100 million, the global record of $430 million is a good return.
It is a pity that the third "Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor" released in 2008 did not continue the inherent style of the first two parts, but also put in more oriental elements, not only a large number of Asian actors participated, but also the ancient Chinese terracotta warriors "resurrection" into the war, the mixture of Chinese and Western elements makes the film seem a bit unusual. In the end, the film was not satisfactory at the box office and word of mouth, and the subsequent development of the series also came to an end for the time being.
Now, the new version of "The Mummy" has set sail again with a new centaur, with Alex Kurzman, a former producer of the "Amazing Monster" series, as the director, and Christopher McQuarrie, who has directed films such as "Jack detective" and "Mission Impossible 5", as the screenwriter.
In the cast, the biggest name is undoubtedly Tom Cruise, from the trailer, the action scenes in the film are also many, Atang Brother is omnipotent, quite a bit of Ethan Hunter's shadow. One of the crash scenes, which required a zero-gravity simulation at an altitude of 25,000 feet, took two days to complete a total of 64 shots. It is said that after the shooting, many of the staff had severe vomiting, and only Brother Atang and Annabella Wallis, who played Jenny, did nothing, which shows that Brother Atang has long been comfortable with such difficult action scenes.
In addition, the film will also usher in the series's first female mummy, and the "Blade Woman" Sophia Bautra, who became popular with "Ace Agent", will play the ancient Egyptian princess Ahmanet. This time, she will descend on earth with resentment, trying to re-establish her dynasty with the power of darkness.
Of course, this was not the case in the original setting of the film, and the director revealed that it was because after watching the apocalypse shape in the Easter egg of "X-Men: Reverse Future" released in 2014, he felt that the originally conceived mummy shape was too similar to the apocalypse, so he took a different path and changed the mummy to a woman.
<h1>Universal is ambitious to create a dark universe and connect monsters to reshape new worlds</h1>
Just last month, Universal officially released the logo of its all-out monster movie universe "Dark Universe", which will appear in the opening credits of all Dark Universe movie series to replace Universal Pictures' original logo.
In this so-called dark universe, Universal will put the monster images in folklore and literature such as mummies, Frankensteins, and invisible people on the big screen, and effectively link them to create a new monster universe that can compete with the Marvel Universe, the DC Universe, and the Legendary Monster Universe.
The shooting experience of B-grade films in the last century has made Universal have a large number of monster copyrights in hand, and after omitting copyright fees, the main creative lineup has become a key consideration. Judging from the announced lineup, Alex Kurzman, Christopher McQuarrie and David Cap (Writers of Jurassic Park and Mission Impossible) will serve as the core creators of the Dark Universe.
In terms of casts, the first members of the Monster Family include Tom Cruise, Sophia Poultra (the mummy), Russell Crowe (Dr. Incarnate), Johnny Depp (The Invisible Man) and Javier Baden (Frankenstein). In addition, according to foreign media reports, Dawn Johnson and Angelina Jolie are also expected to join.
The release of "The New Mummy" is seen as the first film in the Dark Universe, and the Incarnation Doctor played by Russell Crowe and the Hiromi Department managed by him will be the key points connecting the entire Dark Universe, and it is expected to launch an independent film in the future. Universal is scheduled to launch one monster movie per year, the second is scheduled to be released on April 13, 2018, the name has not yet been determined, and the third is "The Bride of Frankenstein", which will be released on February 14, 2019.
However, the "New Mummy" that took the lead seems to have been defeated as soon as it was launched, and the media reputation after the rating of the film review website was lifted some time ago was not ideal. Rotten Tomatoes has a freshness rating of only 21%, a Metacritic score of 39, and foreign media predict that its first week of North America box office is between $35 million and $42 million, not even as good as "Wonder Woman", which has been released for a week. For its production cost of $125 million, if you want to recover the cost, I am afraid that you have to hope for the box office appeal of Atangge in the global market.
Anyway, I hope that this time "New Mummy" can make a good start to the dark universe, and I hope that Universal can make this series a super ace similar to "Fast and Furious", bringing a different monster world to fans.
Finally, with a thoughtful movie tip, there are no Easter eggs in this film, because the director said that we are not Marvel.
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