Des news de Van Helsing en provenance de la Comic Con !

Pour ceux qui ne savent pas ce que c'est, vous pouvez toujours faire un petit tour en News SdA, on en a beaucoup parlé ces jours-ci...

SDCC: Van Helsing: One of the other biggies was Stephen Sommers monster epic which had the biggest panel of the con along with some darn sweet footage. No dialogue was seen and the music was Bram Stoker's Dracula for a lot of it, but otherwise it was a fast cut non-FX clip with some pretty revealing stuff. Plenty of Hugh Jackman in Van Helsing garb swinging down flying foxes or jumping around in only a loincloth Tarzan-style, Kate Beckinsale in riding pants and a red shirt being seduced by Dracula and kicking some ass, Richard Roxburgh as Drac though looking quite different (Roxburgh's normal look but with black hair and a few long bangs), and brief hints of David Wenham as Carl. There was also looks at Frankenstein, Will Kemp as Wolf Man (no makeup sadly), and glimpses of scenes such as the astonishing looking ballroom dance scene in Drac's castle which looks like a live-action version of "The Masque of the Red Death". Cinematography is beautiful on this and the action seems pretty cool too. Jackman, Beckinsale, Roxburgh, Sommers, Kemp and a few others were on hand for the panel afterwards - Jackman was keen on the idea of a sequel it seems although to the crowd his belting out of Grease's "Summer Lovin'" song was went over well.
VAN HELSING This is the last one... Hugh Jackman (Van Helsing) came out with Kate Beckinsale, Richard Roxburgh (Dracula), Stephen Sommers (Director), 2 brides of Dracula (model lookin' hotties), Will Kemp (Wolf Man), Shuler Hensley (Frankenstein's Monster) and Kevin Jay O'Connor (Igor) joined him up on stage. Anyhow, Sommers, who comes off as a really cool guy, introduced some footage. What was screened looked very impressive. I was kind of expecting the campy color scheme of the Mummy films, but I was totally wrong. The cinematography is sharp and dark, without a hint of a golden filter. The atmosphere is thick, the action is intense... The only monster we see is Frankenstein's Monster. He's chalk white and has a lumpy rounder head. Pretty great make-up, at least in the few quick glimpses we got. Not too much action was shown... A lot of period stuff... dancing, horse work, etc. Everyone looks great. Van Helsing himself looks just like the teaser artwork we've seen already. I myself can't wait to see how similar The Wolf Man is to the teaser artwork, which is incredibly badass.
Donc, pour résumer en deux mots, ce qui a été montré est très impressionnant, et le ton n'a rien à avoir avec l'ambiance " aseptisée " de la Momie. Et pour les esprits chagrins, ces témoignages proviennent de spectateurs lambdas qui n'ont pas d'intérêt particulier à ce que le film soit bon ou mauvais, pas de représentants de studios ou autre...
