Director/producer Paul Feig offers a Dark Army monster movie update, believing studios still think it to be too expensive to properly make. Feig has enjoyed a successful career both in front of and behind the camera over the past 35 years, having starred in cult hit Heavyweights and fan-favorite comedy series Sabrina, the Teenage Witch while also having created the beloved short-lived comedy series Freaks and Geeks. Feige is best known for his frequent collaborations with Melissa McCarthy, including the Oscar and Golden Globe-nominated Bridesmaids and the divisive Ghostbusters reboot.
Development on Dark Army was first announced in late 2019 when Feig partnered with Universal Pictures to write, direct and produce the film via his Feigco Productions banner, for which he signed a deal with the studio after Disney's acquisition of Fox. Plot details have remained under lock and key for the film in the three years since it was put in the works, with the only information known that it would utilize both classic Universal Monsters and original characters created by the filmmaker. While Feig has kept himself busy with Netflix's adaptation of The School for Good and Evil, he hasn't lost his sights on his monster movie passion project.
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While speaking with Collider for the HBO Max comedy series Minx, Paul Feig opened up about the long-gestating Dark Army monster movie. Feig says studios still find the project to be too expensive to put their trust behind it but remains hopeful he will get to make it one day. See what Feig shared below:
«That’s one driving me crazy. The problem with that is that some people read it and think it’s too expensive. I never saw it
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