Announced late in 2020, this new Van Helsing reboot would be produced by James Wan ( Aquaman, The Conjuring series) and would be written by Eric Pearson ( Thor: Ragnarok, Godzilla vs. However, that might change rather soon, as there seems to be another reboot in the pipeline. While Tom Cruise would star in his own monster-hunting adventure in 2017’s The Mummy, he never became Van Helsing, leaving fans with yet another missed chance to see the vampire hunter in action again. Needless to say, this reboot never came to be.
While that doesn’t sound all that bad – and, admittedly, a sequel to the 2004 movie would also have to be set in modern times – it still ignores the events at the end of the Hugh Jackman original. Universal Pictures announced that the project would be a modern reimagining of the original film, this time starring Tom Cruise as the movie’s protagonist.
In 2012, the first talks of a reboot of the Van Helsing franchise began appearing over the internet (simultaneously revealing the death of Van Helsing 2). Considering that Underworld, a series with a similar premise, has had six films released so far, we don’t see why we can’t continue the story of Hugh Jackman’s gothic vampire hunter for just one more sequel, Van Helsing 2. The movie ends on a high note, and the promise of a lycanthrope vampire hunter sounds every bit as awesome as humanly possible. The action gothic flick was met with disastrous reviews – and yet, it still managed to gross over $300 million worldwide, doubling its production budget.Īll things considered, it’s a mystery why we never got a sequel to Van Helsing. Unfortunately for fans of the picture, critics weren’t so pleased with the film’s visuals or the disappointing character development. The movie came at a time when dark retellings of classic fairy tales were all the rage, with Brothers Grimm being another prime example of the period. Released in 2004, Van Helsingwas an ambitious action flick that centred around a victorian vampire hunter that faces off against not just Dracula, but also a wolfman and even Frankenstein’s creature. But is it too late for Van Helsing 2, and could a sequel even work in 2022? It’s been a while since last we saw Hugh Jackman’s leather-clad vampire-hunting character take on a whole army of some of the most recognizable faces in the world of classic horror films.
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