Stake Through the Heart
Ready to stake its claim this October 19th for more booty is the summer disappointment Van Helsing. This $190-million production grossed a good but not great $116 million this summer, which likely curtails any hoped-for franchise but will ensure that the Stephen Sommers-directed pic finds a healthy life on DVD.
Universal Studios Home Video will release the CGI-fueled monster mash in separate anamorphic widescreen and full screen versions, each with Dolby Digital 5.1 surround tracks plus two audio commentaries with Sommers and producer Bob Ducsay, and actors Hugh Jackman, Kate Beckinsale, Richard Roxburgh and Shuler Hensley, the “Creating the Characters and the Monsters,” “Van Helsing’s Monster Map,” “New World Technology vs. Old World Monsters,” “You Are in the Movie” and “Anatomy of a Scene: The Masquerade Ball” featurettes, a “The Filmmaker’s Diary” chronicle, deleted scenes, outtakes, the “Designing Van Helsing” 360-degree IPix set tour, time-lapse set comparisons, a “Love Bites” parody and theatrical trailers. And PC enhanced content includes more expansive and interactive set tours and more to be announced.
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