Dracula Untold To Preview The Universal Monster Reboot

<p>Months ago&comma; <strong>Universal<&sol;strong> announced that they would be rebooting their classic monster franchises into a connected universe ala Marvel&&num;8217&semi;s Cinematic Universe&period; The first film for this reboot is going to be <strong>Alex Kurtzman&&num;8217&semi;s<&sol;strong> treatment of <strong><em>The Mummy<&sol;em><&sol;strong>&comma; but it looks like Dracula Untold will help get the party started early&period; <em><strong>Dracula Untold<&sol;strong> <&sol;em>has been ready for awhile and will debut on <strong>October 10th<&sol;strong>&comma; but it sounds like it has been reworked to offer up some connection with a last-minute tie-in Easter egg&period; It seems rather odd that this interpretation of Dracula seems highly unlikely given the unfavorable depiction&period; I can&&num;8217&semi;t say I&&num;8217&semi;m pleased if this is the new version of Dracula which hopefully it is not&period; There&&num;8217&semi;s isn&&num;8217&semi;t much detail revealed on the Easter egg&comma; but chances are it may tie-in to <em><strong>The Mummy<&sol;strong><&sol;em> if we&&num;8217&semi;re going for a chronological connection here&period; Here&&num;8217&semi;s the full synopsis on that film&colon;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote><p>A legend that has endured since the dawn of man is reborn in THE MUMMY&comma; Universal Pictures’ all-new epic action-adventure&period; THE MUMMY is conceived with dramatic intensity by an imaginative creative team led by director&sol;producer Alex Kurtzman and producers Roberto Orci&comma; Chris Morgan &lpar;Fast &amp&semi; Furious series&comma; Wanted&rpar; and Sean Daniel &lpar;The Mummy trilogy&comma; The Best Man series&rpar;&period; Jon Spaihts &lpar;Prometheus&rpar; wrote the screenplay&comma; and Bobby Cohen executive produces&period;<&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<p>No word yet on when <em><strong>The Mummy<&sol;strong><&sol;em> will hit theaters in the future&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Source&colon; <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;badassdigest&period;com&sol;2014&sol;10&sol;01&sol;dracula-untold-will-fit-into-universals-monsterverse&sol;">Badass Digest<&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;