Set in the late 19th century, monster hunter Dr. Abraham Van Helsing (Jackman) is summoned to a mysterious land in East Europe to vanquish evil forces... evil forces with names like Count Dracula (Roxburgh), the Wolf Man (Kemp), and Frankenstein's Monster (Hensley). Assisting him once he gets there is Anna (Beckinsale), the heir of a long-running family committed to hunting down and destroying Dracula. (Anaya, Colloca and Maran play Dracula's brides; Wenham plays a friar, Carl, who escorts Van Helsing through the dangerous wilderness) The movie gets its start as Dr. Van Helsing is hunting down a mysterious monster called Mr. Hyde who has some sort of tie to a chemist, Dr. Jekyll...  

PS : Je sais ce que vous allez me dire, mais bon, je me voyais vraiment mal poster ça en Taverne entre les histoires de fonds d'écran et de CD du moment...

"This is kind of the younger and more adventurous swashbuckling version of Van Helsing,' explains Jackman, 'who is, for want of a better word, a mercenary for the Catholic Church who is out there killing or dealing with possessed souls of all different shapes and sizes. Right at the beginning of the movie you meet Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, which introduces my character. So he's out there dealing with these rogue demons that have taken over bodies. And as it turns out, Dracula, whose existence has been known to the Church in Transylvania, is kind of starting to get out of control, and so they send Van Helsing, on a big mission to find him. Anna, Kate Beckinsale's character, is the youngest and final member of the family whose job it is to try and track Dracula for 400 years.'So that's how we meet up and Frankenstein becomes involved because? ooh, I don't know if I'm allowed to tell you that,' says Jackman, conscious of confidentiality agreements. 'This is the first time I've been asked about the plot. I'll get a lot slicker by the time I finish, I'll have a straight answer! Anyway, we all kind of meet up in this mish-mash of monsters and real people in Transylvania, and it's really amazing. Stephen has really done a great job. The way he's cast it is very interesting too...It's not like we're a star-studded cast, and I think that helps you get into the characters and get involved in the world. And it's cheaper,' he laughs. 'They couldn't afford Mel Gibson!"

Mais un des trucs qu'il sera interessant de connaître, c'est la durée du film, histoire de savoir si ils expedient pas trop le truc :?

PASADENA, California ? "X-Men" star Hugh Jackman may soon have another franchise on his hands ? one with teeth even sharper than Wolverine's claws."It's looking unbelievable," Jackman said of "Van Helsing," the flick he's been shooting in Prague since January. Taking a break from filming to promote next month's "X2: X-Men United," the 34-year-old Australian actor was all smiles at the mere mention of the film, in which he plays the classic 19th century vampire hunter from Bram Stoker's "Dracula.""I'm just really happy with it," he proclaimed. "We're three months into shooting it. We've got a little bit to go. I've got to fly back into Prague next week and shoot [there], and then we come to L.A."Headed up by writer/director Stephen Somers ("The Mummy"), "Van Helsing" reportedly begins with Jackman's character hot on the trail of Mr. Hyde ? as in "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde." Dr. Abraham Van Helsing is then called to Eastern Europe to do battle with Dracula, the Wolf Man and Frankenstein's monster.Kate Beckinsale ("Pearl Harbor"), who recently shot the more contemporary vampire/werewolf flick "Underworld" in Budapest (see "Kate Beckinsale's Next Film Mixes Vampires, Matrix, Leather Pants"), co-stars as Anna, heiress to a family who has made the destruction of Count Dracula their mission."I'll tell you, man, it is huge ? the sets, the costumes," Jackman said. "I just saw a little trailer of it cut together. We showed it to the whole crew [and] everyone was so jazzed. It looks amazing."Jackman, whose convincing turn as the beloved Marvel Comics hero Wolverine in 2000's "X-Men" led to starring roles in "Swordfish," "Someone Like You" and "Kate and Leopold," likens his Van Helsing role to another popular adventurer."I feel like I'm in 'Indiana Jones,' " he said. "That was my favorite movie as a kid, and I really feel like I've walked into one of those movies. [It's got] swashbuckling, but it's got a darkness to it, but it's still funny. And the look of it ? I think it has a style to it that I've never really seen before. And I think the story is very intricate."  "Van Helsing" is scheduled for release in May 2004.

I think it has a style to it that I've never really seen before.