LOS ANGELES, July 18: Universal Pictures has tapped Alex Kurtzman and Chris Morgan to oversee the relaunch of its classic monster movie franchises.
The studio is seeking to reboot and unify its many horror properties, reported Deadline.
These traditionally include ‘Frankenstein’, ‘Dracula’, ‘The Wolf Man’, ‘The Creature from the Black Lagoon’, ‘The Invisible Man’, ‘Bride of Frankenstein’ and ‘The Mummy’.
Kurtzman is best known as the writing and producing partner of Roberto Orci on properties including ‘Transformers’, ‘Star Trek’ and ‘The Amazing Spider-Man’. The pair recently announced their decision to work on separate projects.
Morgan wrote five of Universal’s popular ‘Fast and Furious’ films.
The first film will be ‘The Mummy’, which is planned for release on April 22, 2016. (PTI)
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