Elizabeth Moss is the first major movie star that has been announced for the new Invisible Man film. Written and Directed by Leigh Whannell (Saw, Insidious) the film looks to be character driven and not so dependent on a large budget. This is a remake of the classic Universal film. Initially it was going to be part of Universal's interconnected "Dark Universe," which would have several of their monster properties connected with each other in some way, but with the failure of 2017's The Mummy, starring Tom Cruise, the studio decided to shelve that idea. Now this project is said to be part of a new strategy for Universal’s monster properties, where they bring in creative directors with distinctive visions to the classic characters, moving on from the interconnected Dark Universe idea.