Universal Had 2 Great Opportunities To Launch The Failed Dark Universe Before Tom Cruise’s The Mummy

Tom Cruise’s The Mummy was meant to launch the Dark Universe for Universal Pictures, but the studio didn’t take two great opportunities to do so earlier. The studio was planning on creating its own monster universe, also known as Universal Classic Monsters, based on horror movies the production company released from the 1930s to the 1950s. Some of the most iconic titles from Universal’s Dark Universe included Dracula (starring Bela Lugosi), Frankenstein (starring Boris Karloff), The Mummy, The Invisible Man, and more, with Tom Cruise’s The Mummy rebooting the series after Brendan Fraser’s trilogy.