Every now and then, a story pops up that makes us remember the brief period of time when Hollywood was bracing for the launch of the next great cinematic universe, The Dark Universe, which combined all the Universal Monsters into one cohesive playground. But then “The Mummy” dropped a turd at the box office and plans were quickly dashed. However, over the past year, some of those projects have been coming back to life, reportedly including “The Bride of Frankenstein.”

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According to Variety, Universal has been working quite feverishly behind the scenes to get a new version of ‘Bride’ off the ground.

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With Universal pressing the brakes on “The Bride Of Frankenstein” at the eleventh hour (it was due to start shooting in February), many assumed that whole Dark Universe thing was over. One less cinematic universe to think about is a blessing. But alas, no one lets a potential franchise go.

The sticking point with Bill Condon‘s proposed movie seems to be casting.

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“I’ve got the same team together that made ‘Beauty and the Beast‘ and we’re building big sets and designing big set pieces, so it’s a pretty big movie…. We start on February 1st, 2018 so it’s the early days but just to be here in London, starting to see locations and to talk about sets that we’re building, it’s very exciting,” director Bill Condon told ComingSoon optimistically this week.

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Next week, Universal will launch their Dark Universe franchise, a new series of films reviving the classic movie monsters from their back catalog. The studio has really put themselves out there, formally announcing the project and lining up big-name stars like Tom Cruise (who leads “The Mummy“), Johnny Depp (The Invisible Man), Russell Crowe (Dr. Jekyll), and Javier Bardem (Frankenstein) for roles.

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Announced even before cameras start rolling on this summer’s “The Mummy,” it was already known that Universal was developing a big monster movie franchise, in a bid to get into the cinematic universe game of their rivals, while also reviving classic catalog characters. Now, the endeavor has an official name.

The studio has announced that henceforth, their monster movie doings shall fall under the blandly named, Dark Universe banner.

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