'The Mummy': Unwrap Tom Cruise's new monster movie
Check out Tom Cruise, Sofia Boutella and Russell Crowe in the first "Dark Universe" monster mash-up.
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"The Mummy" is the first in a series of new movies based on Universal's classic monsters, such as Frankenstein's monster, the Invisible Man and Dracula. The "Dark Universe" series is also set to resurrect the Creature from the Black Lagoon, the Hunchback of Notre Dame and the Phantom of the Opera.
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Russell Crowe appears as Dr Jekyll, the link between the Dark Universe movies.