Hugh Jackman und Kate Beckinsale in Van Helsing (2004) © Universal Pictures
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octal, The Mummy, Van Helsing, GI Joe – Cobra Secret Mission, Odd Thomas – Director Stephen Sommers’ films are not all of the same high quality, but they are almost entirely entertaining. Why hasn’t he made a new film in such a long time ?! Be straight Van-Helsing-Streak with Hugh Jackman and Kate Beckinsale is one of my great guilty pleasures of the 2000s, a film whose computer effects looked outdated when it came out in 2004 and haven’t aged well since then. Van Helsing It wasn’t a good film per se, but I always enjoy the Monster Parade, not least thanks to Jackman’s charismatic performance.
Universal pumped more than $ 160 million into the budget of Van Helsing and positioned it in May 2004 as the opening film of the summer box-office season, a usually coveted start date. Jackman was thanks to both of them X-Men-Filming a really hot number in Hollywood, Beckinsale recently proved herself to be a capable action actress in the role of the vampire amazon in Underworld, and Universal’s most famous of the classic movie monsters should do the rest and make the movie a must see for moviegoers. However, the bill only partially worked. With a gross profit of $ 300 million worldwide Van Helsing not a huge flop, but a definite disappointment that nipped any hope for a new franchise in the bud – similar to 13 years later The Mummy with Tom Cruise, who buried the Dark Universe after just one film.
But Universal still has the potential of the monster hunter Van Helsing believed and actually wanted to bring him back in the said Dark Universe. After those plans were discarded, and low-budget horror forge Blumhouse instead The invisible rebooted as a modern high-tech thriller with great success, Universal changed its strategy to produce individual, independent films about the monsters with smaller budgets instead of a coherent film universe. A new one has already been announced Dracula-Film by Karyn Kusama (Jennifer’s Body) and a The-Wolfman-Reboot in a modern setting with Ryan Gosling in the lead role and Leigh Whannell (The invisible) as a director. Blumhouse produces both films.
As part of this strategy will also Van Helsing Awakened to new film life at Universal, not in collaboration with Blumhouse, but with the horror pope James Wan | (Conjuring, Insidious) and his production company Atomic Monster. Wan that Van-Helsing-Reboot produce, directed by Julius Avery, who with his debut Operation: Overlord made a very good impression. Avery is also writing the latest version of the script after the first was written by Eric Pearson (Black Widow) was written. Avery’s signing gives reason to hope so Van Helsing could become an R-rated adult movie. The big box office hits of The invisible, Get Out and We should have convinced Universal that the R-Rating in the genre is by no means cash poison.
As soon as we learn more about Wan’s reboot, we’ll let you know. Who can you imagine as Jackman’s successor in the role of the monster hunter?
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