The Hollywood Reporter cited sources who called the upcoming musical a "passion project" for Carpenter, who reportedly came to Universal equipped with ideas - and a lookbook. (Can you imagine the movie's 'fits? The press tour?) If you've been following Carpenter well before she ever brewed "Espresso," this may not come as a surprise. Last year, for example, fans interpreted Carpenter and then-beau Barry Keoghan's Met Gala looks as a nod to Alice and the Mad Hatter.
They had made a bounty with horror films, something co-founder/ owner Carl Laemmle had to be convinced would even work, but those, too, would be put on hiatus when their new management rolled in. The horror movies became revolutionary, unafraid to be dark, clever and scary, but an industry-wide call for censorship was about to trim their claws and fangs.
"We go through room by room in the game, level by level. We look at every possible resource--from archives from the film, production stills, production blueprints--to make sure that every prop is in the same place," Universal's John Melchior said in the video.