7 Reasons Why Blumhouse Taking Over The Universal Monsters Is A GREAT Thing

The other hugely encouraging part of Universal's president of production, Peter Cramer's statement is that he reiterates that their goal is to focus on "a more individualized approach for their return to the screen".

Considering that Universal's last three attempts at rebooting these characters (Van Helsing, Dracula Untold, and The Mummy) all hinged on the properties working together as a shared universe, with The Mummy going so far as to essentially spend its entire runtime setting the stage for an MCU-like interconnected universe, and that all of them failed dramatically, it's safe to say the best choice is to ditch it.

It's also worth pointing out that even during the heyday of Universal Monster films, these characters spent their first several years on-screen completely unconnected to one another. It was only after they had been established separately that cross-overs like House of Frankenstein were even possible.

Audiences don't need for the upcoming Invisible Man movie to serve as a backdoor pilot for the next three installments in this franchise to become excited about seeing more of these films, they just need for The Invisible Man to be a great film in its own right. Based on Cramer's statements and the mantra of everyone from Jason Blum to Leigh Whannell himself, it seems that Universal and co. have finally learned this lesson.