The report makes clear that Avery’s film is set in the world of the vampire hunter, rather than necessarily being a Van Helsing-fronted film. That world is, of course, adapted from Bram Stoker’s Dracula novel, in which Van Helsing leads a team in a campaign against Count Dracula.This film will follow The Invisible Man, Universal’s most recent monster movie reboot, and the first of the studio’s new direction for its monster portfolio following the abandonment of its interconnected Dark Universe plans. According to Deadline, the success of The Invisible Man means that the possibility of an R rating for this Van Helsing project is on the table. Avery’s Overlord was also notably dark and gory, and so a grisly approach to the subject may be possible.
A script is apparently already written by Eric Pearson (Thor: Ragnarok, Black Widow), and Avery is currently rewriting.
Van Helsing was, of course, previously explored by Universal in the 2004 movie starring Hugh Jackman and directed by Stephen Sommers. Matt Purslow is IGN's UK News and Entertainment Writer.
