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We could have received another popular cinematic universe if Universal had been successful in kickstarting the Dark Universe. Sadly, 2017’sThe Mummy, which was supposed to kickstart the universe involving the classic Universal monsters failed hard and the plans were scrapped. However, the failure was taken very positively byThe Mummydirector Alex Kurtzman.
Alex Kurtzman’sThe Mummy, starring Tom Cruise, was a reboot of the classic Mummy franchise and featured a unique take. It was very different from the iconic Brendan Fraser movies most audiences were familiar with. The critics and the audiences bashed the film for several weak points. Despite being such a massive mess, Kurtzman stated that the film taught him a lot.
What does Alex Kurtzman feel aboutThe Mummy?
The concept of shared cinematic universes has been highly popular in pop culture after the success of the Marvel Cinematic Universe and the MonsterVerse. Universal also planned to hop into the trend with their classic monster films. They even signed some of the major names from the industry likeTom Cruise, Johnny Depp, Russell Crowe, and Javier Bardem to start the failed universe.
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In The Playlist’sBingeworthypodcast, Alex Kurtzman shared that he believes our failures can teach far more than our successes. He added that even thoughThe Mummywas the biggest failure of his life, it also taught him numerous priceless lessons. He emphasized that he learned about several new aspects of directing because of the $409 million grosser (viaThe Numbers).
“There are about a million things I regret about it, but it also gave me so many gifts that are inexpressibly beautiful. I didn’t become a director until I made that movie, and it wasn’t because it was well directed – it was because it wasn’t. I would not have understood many of the things that I now understand about what it means to be a director had I not gone through that experience.”
FollowingThe Mummy, Alex Kurtzman did not direct a major feature film. Besides creating someStar Trekshows, he directed a Showtime series,The Man Who Fell to Earth. The latter generated a decent response onRotten Tomatoeswith an 87% critics score and a 78% audience rating.
The 50-year-old suggested that the Tom Cruise and Russell Crowe starrer transformed him as a person and as a filmmaker.
How didThe Mummychange Alex Kurtzman as a person?
According toScreenRant, Universal did not have a uniform and coherent plan, to begin with-“they went around in a lot of different directions about how they wanted to use their dark universe, all those old movies”.Alex Kurtzman described the experience as“brutal”but added that the mistakes he made during the film played a major role in making him a tougher person and a better filmmaker.
“And as brutal as it was, in many ways, and as many cooks in the kitchen as there were, I am very grateful for the opportunity to make those mistakes because it rebuilt me into a tougher person and it also rebuilt me into a clearer filmmaker.”
Kurtzman went on to address his experience in the film as a“real gift”because it also taught him to speak for himself-“I will literally not proceed when I feel that feeling. It’s not worth it to me.”
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ThePeople Like Usdirector said that most of the time, history shows us how people who have achieved amazing feats experienced major failures in their lives. This helps Alex Kurtzman to seeThe Mummyas more than a mere failure, which also helped his life and career.
The Mummy (2017)can be rented on Apple TV+.
Subham Mandal
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Subham Mandal is currently working as a content writer for FandomWire with an ardent interest in the world of pop culture. He has written more than 1000 articles on different spheres of modern pop culture and is currently pursuing a Bachelor of Arts degree in English. He’s also an experienced student journalist having demonstrated work experience with the Times of India. He aspires to be a column writer in the future.
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