Universal’s Van Helsing Will Stabby Stab Stab Vampires Once Again – Gizmodo

Hugh Jackman (and wig) as Van Helsing in 2004's movie of the same name. Image: Universal Pictures

This character may not be undead, but theyre certainly getting another life. Universal Pictures has cast its eye on a new Van Helsing adaptation, directed by Julius Avery (Overlord) with Aquamans James Wan on board as a producer.

It was first reported by Deadline and confirmed by the Hollywood Reporter that Universal Pictures was adding Van Helsing, the story of the legendary vampire hunter who went stake-to-heart with Dracula in Bram Stokers iconic tale, to its slate of upcoming monster movies. This comes on the heels of Blumhouses The Invisible Man starring Elisabeth Moss, which reignited Universals monster franchise earlier this year after the failure of its own Dark Universe.

Van Helsing is the latest in a string of approved monster movies for Universal, which abandoned its interconnected universe in favor of smaller, standalone films that use the studios classic horror characters. Weve got Scarlett Johansson on board to possibly star in Bride of Frankenstein and Ryan Gosling is tapped to be the next Wolfman. In addition, theres Paul Feigs upcoming monster comedy Dark Army, a Monster Mash movie musical, and Lord and Millers modern-day, tongue-in-cheek thriller with ties to the monster world starring Channing Tatum. Funny enough, Tatum was previously poised to play Van Helsing back in 2017its unclear whether that could happen now, given how hes now attached to another Universal project.

As far as what we can expect from this version of Van Helsing, Deadline reports that it could be a darker, more violent interpretation of the character than what we got in 2004's movie starring Hugh Jackman. In my opinion, all they have to do is go full Logan and have Jackman reprise an older, grittier version of the characteras long as none of his co-stars have the same Transylvanian accent thatKate Beckinsale used. Come on, we need to be able to take this movie seriously.

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