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Jason Blum says Blumhouse’sInvisible Manreboot will be low - budget and the studio is open to using scripts primitively meant forthe Dark Universe . The " Dark Universe " was the title of respect that Universal give to their project shared universe of discourse of classic monster picture show remake , which 2017’sThe Mummywas project to kick - off . For better or worse , things did n’t run out andThe Mummydisappointed at the box office , while at the same time earning misfortunate inspection from critics and general hearing . The movie ’s failureleft the Dark Universe deadened in the waterbefore it really had a chance to in full get off the ground .
Then , last summer , Blum was quoted as sayinghe’d like to resurrect the Dark Universein some form or another . The mega - manufacturer was n’t kidding around either , and has since set Leigh Whannell - the author of Blumhouse’sInsidiousfilms and manager of their applaud sci - fi action - thrillerUpgrade- towrite and direct anInvisible Manrebootfor his studio apartment and Universal . By the sound of it , Whannell is starting over from scratch on the film , rather than using the senior screenplay that Ed Solomon ( Now You See Me ) indite for the Dark Universe adaptation starring Johnny Depp . consort to Blum , however , that might not be the case with Blumhouse ’s other monster movie remakes .
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In an consultation withColliderto promoteHappy Death Day 2U , Blum discussed the upcomingInvisible Manreboot and corroborate it will have a crushed budget on the degree with Blumhouse ’s other horror movies . He also spoke briefly about Whannell ’s sales talk and why he found it compelling :
“ It was like the Blumhouse version of The Invisible Man , it ’s a crushed - budget moving-picture show . It ’s not drug-addicted on special personal effects , CGI , stunts . It ’s crack character - driven , it ’s really compelling , it ’s [ vibrate ] , it ’s highly strung , it feels new . Those were all things that felt like they correspond with what our caller does . And it happened to be an Invisible Man story , so it checked both box . And we responded to it because I recollect Leigh is just an A+ conductor . ”
It ’s no surprise to hear that Whannell’sInvisible Manwill have a small budget ( no more than $ 10 million , concord to Blum ) . Starting with the originalParanormal Activityin 2009 , Blumhouse has carved out a niche for itself as thego - to source for inexpensive thrillers and/or repugnance movies . Because they be less , the films are in the main able to take boastful risk of exposure and stray further from the formulaic coming that studios prefer to use on their big - budget tentpoles and franchise movies . Blumhouse ’s films often become out better for it , as evidenced by the strong critical receptions to an increasing identification number of their motion picture in late age ( Split , Get Out , Halloween , etc . ) . Whannell is already well-fixed with draw from a small budget anyway , so there ’s all the less reason for Blum to change that strategy withInvisible Man , especially after the costly failure ofThe Mummyreboot .
Bringing the conversation back to the Dark Universe : Blum toldColliderthat he ’s already attend at some of the older book for the dealership and read he would be"open"to using them , assuming they can be reconfigured to fit with Blumhouse ’s low - budget example . It ’s known that Universal had Dark Universe screenplays forBride of FrankensteinandThe Wolfmanwell into development before the enfranchisement was abandoned , and there could be even more that were never reported on . At the same time , Blumhouse is also known for taking photographic film one at a time , even when it add up to their long - run properties . That ’s to say , they ’ll in all likelihood wait to see howInvisible Manfares before park - lighting any other revived Dark Universe task .
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Source : Collider
