mattysemo247

I would toss Farrell and Diesel in the B camp. Other than the F&F franchise, pretty much everything else Diesel does fails.

OldBoy

Well, he is part of Guardians franchise. Done some credible voice over work (The Iron Giant), Pitch Black and Riddick franchise. Sure, he doesn't do Oscar caliber type stuff, but B list?, I dunno...

Farrell is doing great indie stuff and got acclaim for Lobster. Did Fantastic Beasts, Minority Report, I would keep him high on a list...

mattysemo247

Considering he has a single line that he delivers over and over as Groot, I don't think anyone would care if he plays the part or not. People love Groot the character, not Vin in that role (voice). I'll give him the Riddick movies though. Even though the second one was a flop ($58 million domestic gross with a $105 million budget) and the last one barely made back it's budget, he's pretty good in that role. Let's not even talk about XxX...

That being said, I'll check this out once it hits blu ray. Our family just got done watching the Fraser Mummy trilogy and they loved it. I'll admit, the first one still holds up pretty good and the second one isn't bad either. The third one though, holy shit was that bad.

RichC2

Diesel is an A-list (well-known) B-actor (stuck in a genre)

I don't think he had nearly as much pull with Guardians as he thinks he did.

whotony

This isn't really a reboot.

It's just another movie about a mummy.

Troy Stiffler

Kind of. It's creating a new universe of Universal monsters, right? Possibly alongside the recent Dracula origin movie (I think they're improvising right now). Summers' Mummy was also also a take on the Universal Mummy property.

Do I have all of this right?

Giantrobo

"Dracula Untold" will NOT be part of the new universe.

islandclaws

I think it was purely because Uni needs to get their Monsterverse off the ground with a strong success, and paying Tom Cruise tons of money to Tom Cruise it up and deliver an action/horror film is likely to generate solid results here and big business overseas. Putting in a B- or C-level actor would guarantee this to be another forgotten mid-level performer.

GoldenJCJ

I guess the question now is how they're going to create this horror universe. If they're eventually going to "Avengers" these movies I certainly can't see Cruise sharing screen time with several other horror protagonists.

devilshalo

Why would they need him until they get to that point of all the monsters getting together? They introduce Jekyll so that maybe Crowe can be the one to be the Nick Fury of this universe.

raven56706

Cruise with his typical line from almost every movie..."stay with me!"

Why So Blu?

I'm calling it now: Boutella's mummy character will curse Tom Cruise by the end of the film and he will become the new mummy. I say this, because if they're introducing all of the monsters then a team-up is inevitable.

james2025a

Well i am still trying to grasp at the angle they are playing in the trailer showing Cruise dying. That would certainly point to him being the new Mummy by the end of the film, however i was thinking that maybe they would be setting him up to be some kind of Van Helsing character that would be brought back to take on the whole Monster Squad. Guess we will have to wait and see.

At this stage i am not sure how i feel about this movie. Terrible director and a series that i had little interest in the first place, let alone being rebooted. I am also not a huge fan of Boutella, take away her sword legs in Kingsmen and she had little to the character. Also worries me that some of the effects in the trailers hark back to the recent Mummy trilogy (Giant dust/insect face swallowing the heroes as they run away).

RichC2

I've never actually seen Kurtzman direct, but recognize his name.

Giantrobo

It seems that death occurs early on. In the latest trailer it says

Troy Stiffler

That sounds more like Cruise than becoming The Mummy. But if he does become The Mummy, he can be hidden behind the toilet paper and doesn't necessarily need to commit to future movies.

If the plot follows either path, I think it'll be a good time!

robin2099

I think the new trailer looks cool. I'll be there opening weekend.

Josh-da-man

It was at one point, but they scrapped its inclusion and started over with The Mummy.

Troy Stiffler

New trailer. Whoever is behind it, Tom Cruise movies have some of the best stunt framing and choreography right now.

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The new trailer ends around 2:00.

Giantrobo

I didn't know Crowe was playing who he is playing. I never looked up the name of the character and figured he would just have a small role. This should be interesting.

Mike86

This looks okay but I'm not overly excited about it. I kind of wish it wasn't set in present time. Even if they didn't want it in the 30s or whatever like the original Universal films I feel like this would be cooler as a period piece maybe in the 70s or 80s.

Why So Blu?

I'd steer clear of that last trailer -- it's way too spoilerish.

TheMovieman

Generally I agree. On the plus side, given it's a Tom Cruise film, should mean some impressive stunt work (by both him and his team).

Good to know.

dex14

I'll probably see this in the theatre. But I would more than likely not be bothering if Cruise wasn't in it.

fumanstan

Yeah, I feel like i'll end up seeing this in theaters too because of Cruise.

The trailer above is a bit spoilery, but I don't think it's that bad. Plus I think this kind of movie is more on the spectacle more then some small plot/character details.