In the wake of The Mummy's poor reviews and lacklustre box office, there was lots of speculation about a possible retool of Universal's plans for its Dark Universe. However, it appears this new monster-centric cinematic universe may already have died as its top creators abandon ship.

Channing Tatum may go from Magic Mike to monster hunter, as Universal is reportedly eyeing the actor to headline a Van Helsing reboot in their Dark Universe

Universal's new reboot of The Mummy is not a good film, and as it also fails to make an impact at the box office, fingers are being pointed at what went wrong. And a bunch of those fingers are pointing at star Tom Cruise.

Now that The Mummy has let us take our first steps into Universal's Dark Universe, where do they go from here? I have a theory about that.

The Mummy is supposed to be the grand start to Universal's Dark Universe, but instead it has floundered at the US box office as it was pummelled by critics. So is this shared movie monster universe dead before it even began? Probably not.

Dark Universe producer Alex Kurtzman gave a quick rundown on what classic movies they're drawing into the shared universe. There are a couple of surprising additions that haven't previously been mentioned, as well as one notable omission.

Universal finally reveal the name of their shared classic monster universe - say hello to the Dark Universe! They've also released a featurette linking together the classic movies on which it's based.

Doug Liman's Justice League Dark AKA Dark Universe will be unconventional to say the least.