‘The Mummy’ Pitch Meeting: “Why did she need help from the god of death?”

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Written By Chris Well

Universal’s short-lived Dark Universe—which was intended to connect together all the studio’s classic monsters a la the Marvel Cinematic Universe—began and ended with 2017’s The Mummy. The film starred Tom Cruise as a U.S. soldier who unearths the ancient tomb of a cursed Egyptian princess, played by Sofia Boutella. To set up the future films, Russell Crowe was on hand as Dr. Jekyll, who played the role of the Dark Universe’s Nick Fury.

As you might have heard, the film didn’t do that well. In the video below, Screen Rant’s Ryan George imagines how the studio pitch meeting went for The Mummy…

Step inside the pitch meeting that led to The Mummy!

Chris Well

Chris Well been a writer pretty much his entire life. (Well, since his childhood.) Over the years, he has worked in newspapers, magazines, radio, and books. He now is the chief of the website Monster Complex, celebrating monster stories in lit and pop culture. He also writes horror comedy fiction that embraces Universal Monsters, 1960s sitcoms, 1980s action movies, and the X-Files.

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