The mummy to launch a cinematic monster universe

Ever since Marvel had a hit with the Avengers, every studio wants an Avengers.
Universal recently announced Alex Kurtzman as the director of The upcoming Mummy reboot. Now, they’ve announced that the mummy will launch a cinematic monster universe.

In order to build this new universe, they have pushed the release date of The Mummy back to June 26, 2016.

Alex Kurtzman’s previous credits include Star Trek, Star Trek:into darkness, Transformers, The Amazing Spider-Man 2 and Fringe.