The Making of the Dark Universe was a Sh*t Show

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Making monsters is hard. Let’s talk about how difficult it was to make Universal’s Dark Universe, from abandoning Dracula Untold as a franchise starter, to 2017’s Mummy burying the shared universe before it could begin. 📺 | Watch or Listen! https://linktr.ee/itwasashtshow 💸 | Support us! https://www.patreon.com/itwasashtshow 🔗 | Follow us! https://linktr.ee/itwasashtshow 👕 | Buy our merch! https://www.teepublic.com/user/itwasashtshow In the entertainment world, there are millions of dollars on the line and troubled productions are bound to happen. Whether it's big egos, bigger budgets, or just plain bad luck, we are going behind-the-scenes on these disastrous, never ending, and sometimes dangerous productions. From the creators of WTF Happened To This Movie?, It Was A Sh*t Show is a video essay/documentary/podcast series looking at some of your favorite films and tv shows, and why they were such a nightmare to make. Chapters: 00:00 - Intro 00:33 - Universal’s Monster House 01:14 - The First Cinematic Universe 01:50 - Monster Comedy & Hammers 02:40 - Remaking the Classics 03:17 - The Mummy’s Successful Revival 04:17 - Van Helsing’s Messy Mashup 05:10 - Failure to Remake 06:33 - Rebooting into a Shared Universe 08:55 - Dracula Drama 11:05 - Dracula Untold released Oct 10, 2014 11:31 - The New Universe Starts with The Mummy 13:04 - Bride of Frankenstein’s Legacy 14:13 - Universal vs the Monster Men 16:00 - Tom Cruise Usurps Director Alex Kurtzman 18:45 - Last Ditch Marketing Effort 19:36 - The Mummy releases Jun 9, 2017 20:32 - Death of the Bride and the Dark Universe 22:02 - Blumhouse and The Invisible Man Remake 22:49 - Honoring a Legacy without a House Sources: Cinefantastique: https://bit.ly/4ihYk02 Collider: https://bit.ly/42V0AFY https://bit.ly/42TwyCr https://bit.ly/44g1K03 Deadline: https://bit.ly/4d03KvJ https://bit.ly/4cxJgtO Den of Geek: https://bit.ly/4k3jb8L Entertainment Weekly: https://bit.ly/4lGNNOX https://bit.ly/4jk7Oc7 Hollywood Reporter: https://bit.ly/43Ktzgz https://bit.ly/4ifbjQ8 http://bi