‘The Mummy’ Release Date Pushed Back
Universal’s plans to kick-start a new Universal Monsters franchise will have to wait just a little bit longer. The studio has delayedThe Mummyrelease date by a few months, making room for theSnow White and the HuntsmanprequelThe Huntsmanas previously reported.
Hit the jump for the latest details on theMummyreboot.
The studio announced thatThe Mummyrelease date is now set forJune 24, 2016, instead of August 14, 2025 as has been planned since last year.The Huntsmanhas picked up The Mummy’s old release date.
ThoughThe Mummycurrently has June 24 to itself, the 2016 calendar is quickly filling up. Family-friendly sequelsFinding DoryandHow to Train Your Dragon 3both open the week before, on June 17.
The weekend after — July 1 — is even more crowded, withAngry Birds,The BFG,Independence Day 2, andTarzanall currently expected to battle for moviegoers' dollars. No wonder studios these days feel the need to bookthrough 2019.
Alex Kurtzmanis set to directThe Mummy, replacingAndy Muschiettiwho walked away earlier this summer. The split was over creative differences, as Muschietti reportedly had a darker vision in mind than Universal did.
With Kurtzman, it seems the studio is getting the lighter version they want. The newMummyis described as an “action-adventure tentpole with horror elements” rather than a horror film. In addition, it’ll be set in the present day with all-new characters.
Here’s the studio’s official description of the film.
A legend that has endured since the dawn of man is reborn in THE MUMMY, Universal Pictures' all-new epic action-adventure. THE MUMMY is conceived with dramatic intensity by an imaginative creative team led by director/producer Alex Kurtzman and producers Roberto Orci, Chris Morgan (Fast & Furious series, Wanted) and Sean Daniel (The Mummy trilogy, The Best Man series). Jon Spaihts (Prometheus) wrote the screenplay, and Bobby Cohen executive produces.
