Officially it’s cancelled but unofficially still ongoing. Dracula Untold ended on a very “Let the games begin ” Marvel-esque cliffhanger. Mummy ended with Nick only just becoming immortal. Universal Pictures had been trying to repeat the success of the MCU by having interconnected films (even with a “Shield”-like organization known as “Prodigium”), but unfortunately the movies kept failing. A-List celebrity Tom Cruise was the Dark Universe’s last hope, but even with him as the star, the movie failed hard with very negative reception. So after repeat very low box office bombs, an intentional Dark Universe was canned. However, Universal Pictures still holds the rights to make those classic monster films, so they continued to do so. The recent remakes (Invisible Man 2020, Renfield 2023, Last Voyage of the Demeter, etc.) are now more focused on being individual stories rather than building a connected universe. They’re no longer alluding to any other monster films and characters, but they also aren’t retconning and erasing them either. (Note: Dracula Untold was technically removed from the current Dark Universe, so Nicholas Cage’s Dracula does not retcon Luke Evans’ Dracula.) It’s now completely up to interpretation whether the current Dark Universe films are still connected or not. As you can see by this sub and the fandom wiki, there are many that still believe they are. Basically, an intentional Dark Cinematic Universe died with The Mummy in 2017. But the Dark Universe unofficially still lives on because UP will continue to make these movies, and while they won’t reference each other, they will not step over or erase each other. It’s a neutral area. Answer from strawbebb on reddit.com