This article containsThe Mummyspoilers.
Or is that the underworld?
Its a bit ambiguous, yet oh so clear: The Dark Universe has begun!
Gifted with all the powers of Set, Cruises Nick Morton is now all but unstoppable.
So wait, how did we get here again, who is Set, and what happens next?!
Hence he was not exactly someone ancient Egyptians liked so much as feared.
Still he is not actually the Egyptian god of the afterlife or the underworldthat would be Anubis.
ButThe Mummyseems eager to conflate him with Satan, as Russell Crowes Henry Jekyll so cheerfully mentions.
The trick worked too.
Rather he stabbed himself and took on the powers of Set.
But what does that mean for the future?
But the Mummy never really was one of them.
And Id be willing to bet Dracula would be the big bad of the whole story.
But to get there, it is curious to see where they go next.
Just in time for Valentines Day.
After all, he won an Oscar for his screenplay inGods and Monsters(1998).
Obviously a project close to Condons heart, the director has reason to strive for something special.
The film also is off to a fine start with the casting of Javier Bardem as the Monster.
Presumably since this is Universal, hell even get to don the flattop.
That seems still plausible given the studios desire to get more distinguished and big-name movie stars.
However, if we could make a suggestion, Eva Green seems born to play the role.
Maybe theyre something else (maybe that Dwayne Johnson and Jason StathamFast and Furiousspinoff?
), or just maybe the studio is waiting to see howThe Mummyis received.
The studio certainly has its plans in place.
Itll be curious to see if any of these movies actually are quickened to life.
