Or that is the hopes of the 48 year old actor. Cruise is planning on producing and staring in the film but one person is hindering the project, director Guillermo del Toro. We reported a few days ago that the director (Hellboy, Pan's Labyrinth) has signed on to direct At The Mountains of Madness, which is an adaptation of the HP Lovecraft tale...

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According to NY Magazine when del Toro signed the dotted line for the new picture it meant dropping out of Cruise's Van Helsing film. The rumor of the film is not to remake the 2004 Hugh Jackman style Helsing, but to base it on the same fictional character from Bram Stoker's Dracula. Obviously Cruise has played a vamp before in Interview with a Vampire but can he fill the shoes of monster hunter Van Helsing? Time will tell as a new director is being searched for.

Source: NY Magazine