It Was A Sh*t Show

YouTube Deep Dive: The Dark Universe

It Was A Sh*t Show

Show Notes

Making monsters is hard. Let’s talk about how difficult it was to make Universal’s Dark Universe, from abandoning Dracula Untold as a franchise starter, to 2017’s Mummy burying the shared universe before it could begin.

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Music: Alan Silvestri - Van Helsing OST The Book of Mormon - Two by Two Brian Tyler - The Mummy (2017) OST Jerry Goldsmith - The Mummy (1999) OST Ramin Djawadi - Dracula Untold OST Ryan Hudson - Sh*t Show Theme Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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