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Universal Allegedly Wants Channing Tatum for ‘Van Helsing’
This one is for all five people who are into the Dark Universe.
Universal may not have come out of the gates very hot with this year’s The Mummy, the start of their Dark Universe, but they seem to be pressing forward with the massive project nonetheless.
Next up on the slate is Bill Condon’s Bride of Frankenstein, set for Valentine’s Day 2019, potentially set to star Angelina Jolie. And they’re also hoping to bring Abraham Van Helsing back to the screen, reportedly eyeing Channing Tatum for the role.
This scoop comes courtesy of THR, who note that “the studio is polishing the script for Van Helsing, aimed for Channing Tatum.”
Last we heard, Eric Heisserer (Arrival) and Jon Spaihts (Passengers) were tackling the script. “I can say that my intent stepping in was to make it as scary as possible,” Heisserer recently noted.
As its organizing principle, Dark Universe films are connected by a mysterious multi-national organization known as Prodigium. Led by the enigmatic and brilliant Dr. Henry Jekyll, Prodigium’s mission is to track, study and—when necessary—destroy evil embodied in the form of monsters in our world.
Filming is underway on The Invisible Man director Leigh Whannell’s Wolf Man for Universal and Blumhouse, which will be howling its way into theaters on January 17, 2025.
Deadline reports that Matilda Firth (Disenchanted) is the latest actor to sign on, joining Christopher Abbott (Poor Things), Julia Garner (The Royal Hotel), and Sam Jaeger.
The project will mark Whannell’s second monster movie and fourth directing collaboration with Blumhouse Productions (The Invisible Man, Upgrade, Insidious: Chapter 3).
Wolf Man stars Christopher Abbott as a man whose family is being terrorized by a lethal predator.
Writers include Whannell & Corbett Tuck as well as Lauren Schuker Blum & Rebecca Angelo.
Jason Blum is producing the film. Ryan Gosling, Ken Kao, Bea Sequeira, Mel Turner and Whannell are executive producers. Wolf Man is a Blumhouse and Motel Movies production.
In the wake of the failed Dark Universe, Leigh Whannell’s The Invisible Man has been the only real success story for the Universal Monsters brand, which has been struggling with recent box office flops including the comedic Renfield and period horror movie The Last Voyage of the Demeter. Giving him the keys to the castle once more seems like a wise idea, to say the least.
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