SUBMITTED BY Typhon24
February 19, 2004 — From Film Review:
Loosely based on Bram Stokers vampire hunter, Van Helsing is set in the late 19th Century and follows the adventures of monster hunter Dr Van Helsing, played by Hugh Jackman, whose foes in this Universal picture include Dracula, Frankensteins monster and the Wolf Man!
For Van Helsings producer, Bob Ducsay, the films almost a natural extension of director Stephen Sommers Mummy films. Because Steve is with Universal, obviously what hes most known for is The Mummy films and [the] studio was built on these classic monsters. That was the origin of the idea. What Stephen was really looking for was an organic way to bring these three monsters together, and at the same time make the picture in a way that he would make it, which is to have an adventurous tone and kick-ass protagonist. Van Helsing just seemed like a good idea.
But director Sommers insists that he didnt want this to be The Mummy 3, just with different monsters. It has a very different tone to it. Its a very different story. I just love the characters. I went into this saying, There are no monsters, just people with really bad problems. Van Helsing has some bad problems, Princess Anne [Kate Beckinsale] has some bad problems, this guy Frankenstein, he has real bad problems. The Wolf Mans a wreck. But theyre all Humans. Frankenstein is a man well, hes seven men, but hes still Human. So its not like there are any aliens in the movie.
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