Universal’s ‘Van Helsing’

[Fallen Angel]

http://variety.com/2015/film/news/v...-spaihts-eric-heisserer-universal-1201638593/

Scribes Jon Spaihts and Eric Heisserer have signed on to co-write Universal’s “Van Helsing” reboot as the studio continues to develop its classic monsters universe.

Alex Kurtzman and Chris Morgan will produce the film.


Universal’s new production endeavor will expand and unify a network of classic monsters; it is led by narrative architects Kurtzman and Morgan. The interconnected slate of monster films will begin with a reboot of “The Mummy” and how Van Helsing would work into the rest of the universe is still being mapped out.
Plot details are unknown at this time. The studio has already said its first film in the monster universe, “The Mummy,” with be set in present day, but there’s no word yet on when “Van Helsing” will take place. The character first appeared in Bram Stroker’s “Dracula” and dedicated his life to killing the monster. In 2004, Hugh Jackman starred in a film adaptation in which Van Helsing was made out to be a monster hunter, not only hunting Dracula but having run-ins with Frankenstein and the Wolf Man.
Similar to the Marvel and “Transformers” universes, Spaihts and Heisserer were among a handful of writers Uni assembled for its monster universe writers room, with Spaihts also penning “The Mummy.” Spaihts’ recent credits include “Doctor Strange” for Marvel and the Jennifer Lawrence-Chris Pratt sci-fi drama “Passengers,” while Heisserer most recently penned Denis Villeneuve’s “Story of Your Life”.

 

[Uptown Finest]

Isn't Tom Cruise suppose to play Van Helsing?

 

[Fallen Angel]

Isn't Tom Cruise suppose to play Van Helsing?

There's been nothing on that version in about 4 years man.

 

[sueb1863]

Is Hugh Jackman doing it again?

 

[Doctor Jones]

This should be combined with the other thread.

 

[I Am The Knight]

I thought Dracula Untold was the first movie in the Universal Monsters shared universe.

 

[NotSoLongAgo]

Those writers actually seem pretty legit. Hopefully this is good since it has a lot of potential. Maybe not since its bogged down by that cheap cinematic universe they're trying. I've really hated the aesthetic these movies have had recently, it looks really cheap and bland

 

[The Face]

I'm cautious about this movie; on the one hand reinterpreting Van Helsing as a modern Vampire hunter would be cool except we've seen it in Blade already. Making it a period Vampire hunter movie would be cool except we've also seen that done in Captain Kronos and the Stephen Sommers Van Helsing film.
But then again it's not about who does it first but who does it better, hopefully whatever era they decided to set the movie in the creators will bring somthing new yet familiar to the screen. I'm personally hoping they lean more towards the classiness of Captain Kronos.

 

[Fallen Angel]

I thought Dracula Untold was the first movie in the Universal Monsters shared universe.

Unofficially it still is but they'll decide after The Mummy reboot to see if it's worth attaching Luke Evans to the Monsters universe.

 

[Gabe99]

‘Van Helsing’ Co-Writer Eric Heisserer Teases His Explicitly Non-Superhero Take on the Character
"I don’t like the idea that we’re infusing our public and our pop culture with the idea that only super people can solve the world’s problems. I like the idea of the everyday hero stepping up to the plate and getting things fixed.”