The Invisible Man: Re-imagining of monster classic gets a release date

The reboot of Universal’s Monster Universe is slowly but surely taking shape, with The Invisible Man getting a release date.

With all the reboots, remakes, and re-imaginings that are happening in the film industry, it’s easy to lose track, even more when projects spend a long time in pre-production limbo. Such is the case of the reboot of Universal’s Monster Universe, also known as Dark Universe, and the re-imagining of The Invisible Man.

The Invisible Man hasn’t been in development for too long, but it feels like it because Dark Universe has been stuck for a while. This new take on the sci-fi horror classic has already had its dose of rumors but we finally have an official piece of information: a release date.

According to Deadline, Universal has set March 13, 2020 as the release date for The Invisible Man. The movie is being produced by Blumhouse, with Leigh Whannell as writer and director (what? yes! one of the creators of the Saw franchise), and Elisabeth Moss as part of the cast. For a long while the rumored name for the lead role was Johnny Depp, but he is no longer involved with the project.

Deadline also shares that there are no clear details about the plot, and that the studios’ idea is to give the filmmakers a chance to take what they want from the original story and create their own. Whether it will be set in the present day or not is unclear, but with Whannell on board and Blumhouse producing, we can expect some interesting (and gory, maybe?) twists in the story.