Dracula's BFF Renfield Joins Dark Universe in Solo Film for Universal - Gizmodo

Early on, Universal had difficulty establishing their Dark Universe, consisting of films about Dracula, Wolfman, The Mummy, The Invisible Man, Frankenstein, and Jekyll/Hyde.

They tried to get things popping in 2014 with Dracula Untold, but that was a financial and critical failure.

Unfortunately, 2017's The Mummy starring Tom Cruise suffered a similar fate in an attempt to reboot things.