Remember that Van Helsing film that came out back in 2004 and starred Hugh Jackman? Yeah, not many people do either, which is great because the film is getting a fresh start with hopefully a more memorable story. The new version will feature Tom Cruise as both co-producer and Van Helsing.
CraveOnline spoke with the other producer of the film, Alex Kurtzman who had the following to say about the reboot.
Well, I don’t want to give away too much, because we are actually at the very beginning of talking about what to do with it. But I do feel like the Van Helsing that Anthony Hopkins plays in [Bram Stoker’s] Dracula is sort of the parody version of it, and the Van Helsing that Hugh Jackman played was obviously in a different place as well. I think that these kinds of movies have evolved a lot since then. You know, The Dark Knight was a major, major corner-turning moment in the way that genre and superhero stories could be told. Really grounded in reality. Really grounded in really cool things. That’s what I’d like to do without sacrificing the fantasy element. We aspired to do that as well on Trek, you know, keep it “real.” That’s such a different franchise than Batman, but that’s really what we wanted to do. And we’d love to do that with Van Helsing.
So it seems that this version of Van Helsing might be a bit more mature and darker then the character we are used to seeing. Hell at this point, anything will be better then the last film, which had so many issues I don’t know where to begin. It’s also interesting to see how big of an impact The Dark Knight has had on other film makers.
It seems that Kurtzman will have his hands full when it comes to producing monster films, he and Roberto Orci are also slatted to do a new Mummy film for Universal, who recently announced they would be revamping all their classic horror films.
Recent Comments