Van Helsing: Directed by Stephen Sommers. With Hugh Jackman, Kate Beckinsale, Richard Roxburgh, David Wenham. The famed monster hunter is sent to Transylvania to stop Count Dracula, who is using Dr. Frankenstein's research and a werewolf for nefarious purposes.

Gabriel Van Helsing (Hugh Jackman) has been ordered by the Vatican to search out and destroy Count Vladislaus Dracula (Richard Roxburgh), an assignment that doesn't make Van Helsing very happy. He is tired of killing monsters for the Church, only to be branded by the public as a murderer with a price on his head.

Van Helsing : [Van Helsing's eyes look more and more savage. He grimaces and doubles over, releasing Carl from his grasp.

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He is best known for his long-running role as Wolverine in the X-Men film series, as well as for his lead roles in the romantic-comedy fantasy Kate & Leopold (2001), the action-horror film Van Helsing...

Van Helsing: The London Assignment: Directed by Sharon Bridgeman. With Hugh Jackman, Robbie Coltrane, David Wenham, Grey Griffin. In this animated prequel to Van Helsing (2004), Van Helsing travels to Victorian London to catch the mysterious, inhuman serial killer, Mr. Hyde.

During filming, Hugh Jackman accidentally broke an extra's hand. Stephen Sommers wanted Kate Beckinsale for the role of Anna, but feared it was too similar in tone to the vampire/werewolf film Underworld (2003) which she was shooting at the time, and he didn't ask her.

Richard Roxburgh is an Australian actor, writer and producer who is known for portraying Dracula in the 2004 cult classic monster movie Van Helsing starring Hugh Jackman, Hugh Stamp in Mission: Impossible 2 and for his collaborations with Baz Luhrmann, particularly Moulin Rouge.

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Hugh Jackman's portrayal of Gabriel Van Helsing is fantastic, as is Roxburgh's part as Count Dracula. Van Helsing's search to find Dracula and complete his mission is not only bold daring, but full of great creature moments and awesome action.