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‘Prometheus’ And ‘The Thing’ Writers Tackling ‘Van Helsing’ Reboot
No, we’re not talking about SyFy’s small screen adaptation.
Writers Jon Spaihts (Prometheus) and Eric Heisserer (The Thing) have been signed to co-write an updated version of Van Helsing, continuing Universal’s interest in their classic monsters films, according to Variety. Alex Kurtzman and Chris Moran will be producing.
Spaihts is also writing Universal’s new adaptation of The Mummy and the apparent plan is that all of these new takes on the classic monster movies will be in an interconnected universe, with each film having something to do with the others.
No release date or even general window has been given for this film.
The original 2004 film saw Hugh Jackman in the title role and was an action adventure film with dashes of horror thrown in. Ultimately, and I may be the only one here, I found it incredibly boring and snooze-worthy. No, I literally mean I fell asleep seeing this in theaters. I don’t think I’ve watched it without getting 40 winks in at some point.
In the wake of this week’s brand new trailer, Ishana Night Shyamalan’s upcoming horror movie The Watchers once again has a new release date. And as the headline of this article suggests, New Line Cinema has moved it back to its original release date. Say what?!
The Watchers had originally been set for theatrical release on June 7 before being recently bumped to June 14. But we’ve learned tonight that it’s been moved back into the June 7 slot.
That’s Hollywood for ya. In any event, watch this week’s new trailer below.
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The film follows Mina, a 28-year-old artist, who gets stranded in an expansive, untouched forest in western Ireland. When Mina finds shelter, she unknowingly becomes trapped alongside three strangers who are watched and stalked by mysterious creatures each night.
The Watchers stars Dakota Fanning (Once Upon a Time in Hollywood), Georgina Campbell (Barbarian), Oliver Finnegan (“Creeped Out”) and Olwen Fouere (The Northman).
The upcoming mystery-horror film is produced by M. Night Shyamalan, Ashwin Rajan and Nimitt Mankad. The executive producers are Jo Homewood and Stephen Dembitzer.
Joining writer/director Shyamalan behind-the-camera are director of photography Eli Arenson (“Lamb,” “Hospitality”), production designer Ferdia Murphy (“Lola,” “Finding You”), editor Job ter Burg (“Benedetta,” “Elle”) and costume design by Frank Gallacher (“Sebastian,” “Aftersun”). The music is by Abel Korzeniowski (“Till,” “The Nun”).
The Watchers is based on the novel by A.M. Shine.
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