NECA‘s new line of Universal Monsters action figures based on the original classics is on the way, with Frankenstein’s monster, The Wolf Man, The Mummy and Dracula confirmed. Tonight is of course the opening of the San Diego Comic-Con, and NECA has on display the finished action figure of Bela Lugosi‘s Dracula! Also on display is the surprise addition of the extremely […]
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Edward Van Sloan. Peter Cushing. Anthony Hopkins. Hugh Jackman. Splinter. Yes, the latest actor to play the role of Abraham Van Helsing is Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles character Splinter, who has become the legendary vampire slayer for NECA’s ongoing toy line that mashes together the worlds of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and the Universal Monsters! […]
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NECA has been mashing together the Universal Monsters and the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles for a new toy line, and thus far they’ve revealed Raphael as Frankenstein, Leonardo as Ygor, Michelangelo as The Mummy, and April O’Neil as the Bride of Frankenstein. The next addition to the line, revealed this afternoon, is Splinter as Abraham Van Helsing! […]
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Less than a week after the Monsters Cafe shut down at Universal Orlando, we’ve learned that legends will collide at Universal’s Halloween Horror Nights this Halloween season! Universal Pictures’ most notorious horror icons, The Wolf Man, Dracula and The Mummy, come together for the first time ever in the all-new “Universal Monsters: Legends Collide” haunted […]
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My personal favorite hang out spot in Universal Orlando, the popular Monsters Cafe is shutting its doors for good, the Universal Studios theme park has officially announced today. For the past 20 years, the Monsters Cafe has been serving up food in a classic monsters-themed restaurant, loaded with props and memorabilia paying tribute to Universal’s […]
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Last October, NECA gave us a first look at a new toy line that mashes together the Universal Monsters and the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles for the first time since the 1990s, and thus far they’ve revealed Raphael as Frankenstein, Leonardo as Ygor, and Michelangelo as The Mummy. Today they’ve unveiled April O’Neil as the Bride of Frankenstein! Check out […]
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One of the next Universal Monsters movies that was announced a couple years back is Paul Feig‘s Dark Army, which Feig has compared to the work of Bride of Frankenstein and The Old Dark House filmmaker James Whale. The film will reportedly include classic Universal Monsters plus brand new monster characters, but is it even […]
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NECA‘s new line of Universal Monsters action figures is growing with an accessory set, the company has announced this week, made to complement their figure of Frankenstein. The 7″ scale accessory set includes an alternate “bandaged” head for NECA’s new figure of Frankenstein’s Monster, as well as a massive laboratory table to display him on! […]
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Universal Monsters has continued their partnership with Epic Games’ Fortnite by hosting the entire animated series of Rick Famuyiwa‘s We Will Be Monsters via its own dedicated virtual theater within Fortnite this past Friday. Don’t worry if you missed it, as all four episodes of the limited series are available right now and have been […]
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The latest actor to join the cast of upcoming Universal Monsters spinoff movie Renfield is James Moses Black (“24: Legacy,” Queenpins), Deadline reports this afternoon. No word yet on the character James Moses Black will be playing in the film. Universal Pictures has enlisted Nicolas Cage to play Count Dracula in the upcoming feature film Renfield, based […]
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Universal Pictures has enlisted Nicolas Cage to play Count Dracula in the upcoming feature film Renfield, based on an original pitch from “The Walking Dead” creator Robert Kirkman. Chris McKay (The Tomorrow War) is directing the movie, with Nicholas Hoult (Warm Bodies, Mad Max: Fury Road) on board to star as the central character, Dracula’s henchman. The film […]
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Casting continues to heat up on Renfield, the Dracula-themed monster movie that Chris McKay (The Tomorrow War, The LEGO Batman Movie) is directing for Universal Pictures. Deadline reports Shohreh Aghdashloo (The Exorcism of Emily Rose) as the latest to sink their teeth into the project, joining previously announced cast members Nicholas Hoult, Nicolas Cage, Awkwafina, Adrian Martinez, and Ben […]
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Remember the “Dark Universe“? It was only a handful of years back that Universal had decided to reboot their iconic monster properties with big budgets and big name actors including Tom Cruise, Johnny Depp, and Javier Bardem, but those plans of course came crashing down with the box office underperformance of the new universe’s starter […]
NECA is working on a new line of Universal Monsters action figures based on the original classics, with Frankenstein’s monster, The Wolfman, The Mummy and Dracula confirmed. They’re each getting full-color and classic black & white versions, and this week NECA has unwrapped the official image gallery for their black & white version of The Mummy. “For the 90th anniversary […]
Originally announced a couple years back, Universal Pictures has been developing a solo movie for Dracula’s henchman Renfield, based on an original pitch from “The Walking Dead” creator Robert Kirkman. Chris McKay (The Tomorrow War) is set to direct the movie, with Nicholas Hoult (Warm Bodies, Mad Max: Fury Road) on board to star as Renfield. We learned the very exciting news […]