Gservo
17th June 2002, 12:34 AM
X-Men star Hugh Jackman is in talks for the title role in Van Helsing, a supernatural movie from Universal Pictures, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Stephen Sommers (The Mummy) will write and direct the film and produce it with his partner Bob Ducsay, the trade paper reported.
Sommers' screenplay, set in the late 19th century, finds Bram Stoker's fabled monster hunter Van Helsing summoned to a distant Eastern European land to vanquish evil, the trade paper reported. The movie will feature classic Universal monsters such as Dracula, Frankenstein and the Wolf Man, as reimagined by Sommers.
Van Helsing is eyeing a Dec. 1 start date, with filming planned in Paris, Rome, Prague and soundstages in Los Angeles, the trade paper reported.
Sommers' screenplay, set in the late 19th century, finds Bram Stoker's fabled monster hunter Van Helsing summoned to a distant Eastern European land to vanquish evil, the trade paper reported. The movie will feature classic Universal monsters such as Dracula, Frankenstein and the Wolf Man, as reimagined by Sommers.
Van Helsing is eyeing a Dec. 1 start date, with filming planned in Paris, Rome, Prague and soundstages in Los Angeles, the trade paper reported.