Disney Irish
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If Mummy had done better we'd be having another conversation. But the writing was on the wall the moment they took out Untold from the universe, and then audiences nailed the coffin.OK. For me though I guess I wouldn’t consider it “dead” before the Mummy was released since they were all gung-ho about it leading up to that point. Even shooting publicity shots with Johnny Depp, Javier Bardem, etc. I think once the Mummy proved to be a dud they reconsidered their approach and pulled the plug.
Though a non-shared universe take on The Invisible Man is still on its way.
Yes, they were going to continue with standalone films. We'll see how far that gets. I just don't know if audiences are really all that interested in the Universal Monsters at this point.