Welcome to a new world of gods and monsters. After Tomb of the Dragon Emperor failed to win over fans, Universal Pictures would bury their beloved franchise for another nine years before raising it from the dead yet again as studios all over Hollywood tried to capture some of the profits and popularity that the Marvel Cinematic Universe was seeing in an unprecedented run of box office domination.

Universal’s play? Create their own cinematic universe, featuring interconnected stories starring their iconic cast of monsters. The first chapter of this Dark Universe would be a remake of THE MUMMY starring Tom Cruise, the Last Movie Star. Would this odd concoction of star and series birth a new cinematic universe? Well, we all know what happened next.

Nick, Scott, and guest Jason Hammons dig deep into the history of the Dark Universe in a sprawling and definitive episode of FRANCHISOGRAPHY

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