Van Helsing

Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman to Produce Reboots of THE MUMMY and VAN HELSING; Tom Cruise to Star in VAN HELSING

by Matt Goldberg    Posted: May 1st, 2012 at 10:26 am

Star Trek screenwriters Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman recently signed an exclusive two-year producing deal with Universal Pictures.  The studio has now sent out a press release announcing that the duo will take on reboots of The Mummy and Van Helsing with Tom Cruise attached to co-produce and star in the latter.  Last month, we reported that Prometheus co-writer Jon Spaihts has been tapped to write the reboot of The Mummy.  As for Van Helsing, Cruise has been involved with the property since 2010, but at the time, the product went into stasis after Guillermo Del Toro declined to direct.  At the time, Cruise and Del Toro were set to team for At the Mountains of Madness, but Universal pulled the plug because they wouldn’t give Del Toro the budget and R-rating he wanted.

Hit the jump for the press release.  Orci and Kurtzman were recently hired to write the sequel to The Amazing Spider-Man.  It’s important to note that the successful producing/screenwriting duo are currently not attached to write the scripts for either The Mummy or Van Helsing although they’ll obviously have major input.

AT THE MOUNTAINS OF MADNESS Means No Tom Cruise-Produced VAN HELSING for Guillermo del Toro

by Jason Barr    Posted: July 31st, 2010 at 1:56 pm

When you’re an ultra-talented director who has an undeniable eye for stunning visuals and an Oscar nomination under your belt, signing onto one project normally means passing on numerous others.   Such is the case for Guillermo del Toro.   A few days ago, we told you that both del Toro and James Cameron have signed on to respectively direct/produce an adaptation of H.P. Lovecraft’s At the Mountains of Madness. With that deal in the can, and a summer 2011 3D shoot in mind, the question is raised: who/what did del Toro say “thanks, but no thanks” to?

Now, Vulture answers that question.  Hit the jump for the vampire slayer-laden info.

Guillermo Del Toro to Announce Next Project at Comic-Con!

by Steve 'Frosty' Weintraub    Posted: June 14th, 2010 at 1:36 pm

When Guillermo del Toro dropped out of directing The Hobbit, many people were understandable disappointed.  After all, getting GDT behind the camera for The Hobbit seemed like a match made in heaven, and it seemed like everyone in cyberspace was in universal agreement.  Which is rare.

Since he dropped out, many have been guessing what he might do next.  We reported a rumor he might do Van Helsing at Universal.  With the online chatter, del Toro even responded to the rumors, saying he’s only in talks for the project.  So the big question is…what is he going to direct next?  According to del Toro, we aren’t going to have to wait much longer to find out as he just announced he will tell everyone at Comic-Con next month!  Hit the jump for more.

Guillermo del Toro Takes on Van Helsing?

by Matt Goldberg    Posted: June 10th, 2010 at 11:13 am

Now that he’s left The Hobbit, everyone’s asking “What’s super-brilliant director Guillermo del Toro going to do next?”  Pajiba says that he’s taking on Dracula-hunter Van Helsing.  That’s kind of ballsy when you stop to consider that Stephen Sommers pretty much ruined that name with his atrocious 2004 film.  Thankfully, Universal’s new stab at the character won’t be a remake but a completely new film based off a treatment by del Toro.  The new take will also be an action-horror film (although the “horror” in Van Helsing was in no way scary), but when del Toro takes on that genre, you get an awesome movie like Blade II.

But just to be clear: Pajiba does not say that del Toro will direct the film. At this point, he’s only producing and writing the treatment.  Del Toro also has plenty of other projects to choose from: He’s producing an adaptation of the DC comics character Deadman, Frankenstein, The Drood, The Witches, an adaptation of Neil Gaiman’s Death: The High Cost of Living, and (fingers crossed) Hellboy 3.  But del Toro could direct traffic and I’d still watch.

AN AMERICAN WEREWOLF IN LONDON, ARMY OF DARKNES and VAN HELSING Blu-ray Reviews

by Andre Dellamorte    Posted: October 10th, 2009 at 10:01 am

Halloween brings out the ghosts, ghouls and reissues of Haloween favorites and “favorites.” Universal, one of the great studios for catalog Blu-ray releases has put out two cult-classics, and one film that might strain to be some day. My reviews of An America Werewolf in London, Army of Darkness and Van Helsing after the jump.

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