K&O Producing That Van Helsing Reimagining You Didn't Want
Tue, May 1, 2012 
Tom Cruise was attached a reimagining of Van Helsing, not related to the Stephen Sommers piece of popcorn garbage from eight years ago. Guillermo del Toro was involved in a story/producing capacity and I'd bet his time working with Cruise on At the Mountains of Madness is what got him involved. But like many efforts, del Toro bolted.
Here to pick up the pieces two years on are Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman who just inked a two-year, first-look deal with Universal. That new Mummy film is also on their slate first up.
It's not all bad though. Cruise remains onboard. Long past the take-the-paycheck phase (He still gets paid top-dollar), he is so focused on making good products and pushing himself with different material and directors calling the shots this must be something interesting.
Reader Comments (4)
This all seems like pretty grim news, me thinks. If del Toro would stick around long enough on any project he could turn it into a piece of gold - even a Van Helsing re-attempt.
I quite enjoyed the film from 8yrs ago.
I don't necessarily think that Van Helsing is a bad property to develop. If I was personally doing it, I would use the lead actor from Awake and surround him with a name cast.
"Good products"? What, like Rock of Ages?