FILM 2047: VAN HELSING

FILM 2047: VAN HELSING

TRIVIA: The film was intended to start a series of "Van Helsing" adventure movies. However, the reviews were bad, and box-office returns were far below expectations. All plans for a sequel were dropped within several days of the film's opening.

Stephen Sommers deliberately chose to avoid the style of transformations from other werewolf films, where the character would usually grow hair as part of the change. Instead the decision was made to have the character rip his skin off to reveal the werewolf form underneath, going with the idea that the beast "comes from within".

The place where Van Helsing and Anna fight Dracula's three wives is the same place where Frankenstein (1931), Dracula (1931), and The Wolf Man (1941) were filmed. The set is called the Court of Miracles, and it's part of the studio tour at Universal Studios Hollywood.

Dr. Frankenstein's lab was equipped with antique medical equipment purchased on eBay.

Though there is no actual title card, the title can be seen on a wanted poster as soon as the film turns to color.

At the time the movie takes place Transylvania did not belong to Romania, but to Austria-Hungary Empire. It only became part of Romania in 1918.

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Michael Bay was at one point considered to direct the film, but opted to direct The Island (2005) instead.

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