Det var meningen at The Mummy skulle markere begyndelsen for et gigantisk "Dark Universe", hvor mørke fortællinger krydsede indover hinanden på MCU-agtig vis. Men The Mummy var en gigantisk fiasko, og formåede kun at tjene en brøkdel af sit budget hjem, og blev slagtet af anmeldere verden over.
Nu fortæller instruktøren bag den film, Alex Kurtzman, der i øvrigt ikke har instrueret en film siden, at filmen er "probably the buggest failure of my life". I den seneste udgave af Bingeworthy-podcastet siger han dette:
"I tend to subscribe to the point of view that you learn nothing from your successes, and you learn everything from your failures. And that was probably the biggest failure of my life, both personally and professionally. There's 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."
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