Dracula Untold is the beginning of a Marvelesque Universal monsters reboot

A producer of the upcomingDracula Untoldconfirmed that the film will kick off a Universal Monsters cinematic universe akin to the intertextual metamovie that Marvel has been steadily building sinceIron Man(via HeyUGuys).

The Universal Monsters series also reportedly includesThe Mummy, a reboot being helmed byStar Trek (2009) andFringe scribe Alex Kurtzman. The film will supposedly be set in the present day, but seeing as Dracula is an immortal vampire, it stands to reason that he could make a cameo.

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The original Universal Monsters films were made by Universal Studios from 1923 to 1960, and starredHollywood greats like Lon Chaney, Boris Karloff, and Bela Lugosi. Other classics that are up for possible reboots in the new cinematic universe areFrankenstein,The Wolf Man,Creature from the Black Lagoon, andThe Invisible Man.

Rather than retreading the familiar ground of Jonathan Harker and Dr. Van Helsing in the 19th century,Dracula Untoldgoes back to the 1400s and explores the origin story of Vlad III Tepes, also known as The Impaler, the Wallachian ruler whose blood-soaked reign would go on to inspire the story ofBram Stokers famousvampire.

Dracula Untold hits theaters on October 10.

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Dracula Untold is the beginning of a Marvelesque Universal monsters reboot

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