As recently as a couple of months ago, Universal Studios announced that they were gearing up to reboot their line of classic Universal Monsters for a new generation. While some may have been surprised, others were found either rolling their eyes or smiling nice and wide, as this news reminded them of one movie and one movie only: the Hugh Jackman starring Van Helsing, which turned ten this very year. Apparently ten years must be the statute of limitations for withholding the secrets to failed franchises, as we've just found out there was supposed to be room for one more monster at the table; the Gill-man! Artist Doug Brode recently posted a series of storyboards from the 2004 Stephen Sommers film that depict a scene that was scrapped from the production before cameras even rolled. For a little more background, here's what IMDb has on record about the scene. At some...
- 9/27/2014
- cinemablend.com
Universal Studios tried to revive their classic monsters with 2004's Van Helsing, which starred Hugh Jackman ("The Wolverine") and Kate Beckinsale ("Underworld"). It featured a bunch of monsters: vampires, werewolves and Frankenstein's monster. But there was another monster that was supposed to appear in the film - the Creature from the Black Lagoon (also known as Gill-man) . Sadly, the scene didn't make it into the film, but you can view the storyboards below that storyboard artist Doug Brode ("Looper") worked on. For those of you not familiar, Gill-man was featured in the 1954 film the Creature from the Black Lagoon and its two sequels, Revenge of the Creature (1955) and The Creature Walks Among Us (1956). Universal has made several attempts to reboot the franchise but they've been unsuccessful so far. Though, hope was renewed in July of this year when Universal hired Alex Kurtzman ("Star Trek Into Darkness") and Chris...
- 9/24/2014
- ComicBookMovie.com
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