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No, the movie was written by a former journalist who, a decade earlier, covered the event himself.īefore landing a gig in Hollywood, The Mummy writer John Lloyd Balderston was a foreign correspondent for New York World, and he wrote extensively about the opening of Tutankhamun’s tomb in 1922. Most fans know that The Mummy (1932) was inspired by the real life opening of Tutankhamun’s tomb, but not in the sense that the screenwriter read about it in a book and went from there. The writer of The Mummy was present for the opening of Tutankhamun’s tomb Here are 15 fun facts about the original Universal Monsters franchise.ġ5. Looking back, the series as a whole is quite messy, but that only makes it more fun for hardcore fans to discuss, and stories from behind the scenes are utterly fascinating. From the 1930s into the early 1950s, they were pumping out monster sequel after monster sequel leading into crossover events like Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man and House of Dracula. Clearly they’re hoping to emulate the success of Marvel, but to be fair, Universal was doing the whole cinematic universe thing long before it was cool. The studio is currently planning remakes of many of its iconic horror films like The Mummy, The Wolf Man, The Invisible Man and The Creature From the Black Lagoon, all of which will take place in the same universe. Universal’s classic monsters are about to return in a big way.
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