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YouTube Deep Dive: The Dark Universe

May 28, 2025 · 24 min

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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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Collider: http://y2u.be/eMNvXdpjZ10

Fandom: http://y2u.be/3mzZcLJzKt4

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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

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