2004's "Van Helsing" is one of the failed works of Universal's many large-scale monster movies, in fact, looking at Several monster masterpieces of Universal after 2000, basically ended in failure, 2008's "Mummy 3", 2010 version of "Werewolf", 2014 version of "Dracula's First Year", and 2017 version of "The Mummy", each of which is basically an investment of hundreds of millions, but the reputation and box office are very poor, it can be said that Universal holds the copyright of these classic monsters, But it seems that the right way to make these classical classics into modern hits is always impossible.
In this way, professionally pounced on the street for 20 years, this year's small cost of "The Invisible Man" finally won a box office of 130 million US dollars and a good reputation with a budget of 7 million, which made a series of backlogged projects in the hands of Universal have a new advancement, after the new version of "Werewolf", the new version of "Frankenstein" and other projects have news, we finally ushered in the latest version of the new version of "Van Helsing" news.
Originally, when Universal launched the "New Mummy" starring Brother Atang in 2017, he learned marvel, DC and other plans to create his own "monster universe", and the role played by Brother Atang at that time was actually a Role of Van Helsing, he would become a key figure connecting The Roles of Frankenstein, The Invisible Man, Dr. Avatar and other roles, and at that time, there were rumors that Brother Tang would star in the new version of the "Van Helsing" movie, "The New Mummy" sold a pass, and perhaps the follow-up movie would reveal that he was actually a member of the Van Helsing family.
Of course, all this is old, and now, the new version of the "Van Helsing" movie has finally officially advanced. Foreign media reported that Universal officially selected director Julius Avery to direct the new version of "Van Helsing", and he will also rewrite the film script. Julius Avery's works are not many, the debut feature film "Children of guns" has a medium evaluation, and then directed the World War II zombie movie "Overlord" has received some good reviews, this movie should be seen by many people, the film was originally said to be similar to "Clover Paradox" and "Clover Road No. 10" is a spin-off film set in the "Clover Files" world view, but later came out and said that it was an independent chapter, and had nothing to do with the "Clover Universe", This movie that combines World War II and zombie factors has fulfilled the dreams of many gamers, but the film itself has not caused much of a sensation due to investment constraints.
Julius Avery is currently working on a film called Samaritan, featuring Stallone, which is said to be a darker superhero story. At least from the perspective of "Overlord", the director's style is still quite reliable.
At present, the story of this new version of the "Van Helsing" movie is still in the secret, but the role of Van Helsing is very familiar to everyone, he was originally a doctor who hunted down Dracula in the novel "Dracula", in the novel is an older and more knowledgeable scholar image, and the real reason why everyone is familiar with this role is because in countless game movies and spin-off novels adapted from "Dracula", Van Helsing or the descendants of the Van Helsing family are described as "vampire hunters" who specialize in hunting vampires. In particular, in 2004, Wolf Uncle Hugh Jackman starred in Van Helsing.
This hilarious monster blockbuster is one of the first special effects blockbusters that many monster fans, including me, saw when they were children, among which the smorgasbord of Frankenstein, Werewolf, and Dracula "gathered together" made me look at it with relish, plus a few beautiful vampires.
and Gothic Girl Kate Beckinsale,
This movie has become one of the kind of movies that, although vulgar, is talked about by everyone and is very good.
Will the new version of Van Helsing maintain the style of the 2004 Uncle Wolf version? It's hard to say, but Van Helsing is now the positioning of Monster Hunter, coupled with the director's personal style, I believe the film will also be a refreshing monster fighting movie.