Van Helsing: The London Assignment (2004) (V)

Director:

Sharon Bridgeman

Writers:

Garfield Reeves-Stevens (written by)
Judith Reeves-Stevens (written by)

Release Date:

11 May 2004 (USA)

Genre:

Animation | Short | Action | Adventure | Fantasy | Horror

Plot:

In this animated prequel to the Van Helsing movie, Van Helsing travels to London to deal with the mischievous Dr. Jekyll. |

Plot Keywords:

Prequel | London Bridge | Holy Water | Murder | Monster

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

Hugh Jackman	...	Gabriel Van Helsing (voice)
Robbie Coltrane	...	Mr. Hyde (voice)
David Wenham	...	Carl (voice)
Grey DeLisle	...	First Victim (voice)
Dwight Schultz	...	Dr. Jekyll (voice)
John DiMaggio	...	Coachman (voice)
Scott Mosenson	...	Palace Guard (voice)
Alun Armstrong	...	Cardinal Jinette (voice)
Roger Jackson	...	Drunken Gentleman (voice) (as Roger L. Jackson)
Julia Fletcher	...	Lady In Waiting (voice)
Tress MacNeille	...	Queen Victoria (voice)
Tara Strong	...	Young Victoria (voice)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
James Arnold Taylor	...	Additional Voices (voice) (uncredited)

Directed by
Sharon Bridgeman

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Garfield Reeves-Stevens		written by
Judith Reeves-Stevens		written by

Produced by
Bob Ducsay	....	executive producer
John Kafka	....	producer
Stephen Sommers	....	executive producer

Original Music by
John Van Tongeren

Film Editing by
Ken Solomon

Casting by
Jack Fletcher

Art Department
Terry Hudson	....	prop designer
Rick Morales	....	storyboard artist
Jeff Starling	....	visual development artist
Adam Van Wyk	....	storyboard artist
Paul 'Eel' Anderson	....	set dresser (uncredited)

Sound Department
Richard Coleman	....	sound recordist
Roberta Doheny	....	sound re-recording mixer
Robert Edmondson	....	sound re-recording mixer
Michael Ferdie	....	supervising sound editor (as 'Howling Mad' Mike Ferdie)
Eric Lewis	....	assistant dialogue recording engineer
Gary Marullo	....	foley artist
Dean Minnerly	....	foley artist
Robb Navrides	....	dialogue editor
Robb Navrides	....	sound editor
Albert Romero	....	foley mixer
Craig T. Rosevear	....	foley cue
Harry Woolway	....	sound editor

Animation Department
Emil Simeonov	....	character designer

Editorial Department
Tim Gilmer	....	post-production coordinator

Music Department
John Finklea	....	music editor
Aaron Martin	....	music scoring coordinator
Ben Schor	....	assistant music editor
Michael Stern	....	scoring mixer

Other crew
Jack Fletcher	....	voice director

Production Companies

• Universal Cartoon Studios
• Universal Home Video
• Universal Pictures

Distributors

• Universal Home Video (USA) (video)
• Universal Pictures Nordic (Sweden)
• Universal Pictures (2004) (Germany) (DVD)

Also Known As:

Runtime:

30 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Australia:M | Singapore:PG | USA:PG-13 (Violence) | UK:12 | USA:Not Rated

Company:

Universal Cartoon Studios

Goofs:

Plot holes: This film is considered a prequel to live action film Van Helsing (2004). The characters of Carl and Van Helsing appear to have a working relationship already established in this story despite the fact that they are "first introduced" to each other in the live action film.

Quotes:

Carl:I may not have much experience in the field, but this is NOT going well!

Movie Connections:

Featured in "Troldspejlet: Episode #32.3" (2004)

Decent Animation.

Van Helsing – The London Assignment (2004)

Universal – DVD – D: Sharon Bridgeman – 3 / 4

An evil murderer is stalking the streets of London killing women and stealing their very life essence. Mr. Hyde is doing the handiwork for his doctor alter ego Jekyll who is using the lifeforce to make his beloved Queen Victoria young again. The Vatican sends out its' secret weapon Gabriel Van Helsing to handle the beast and save the man. I wasn't too fond of the Van Helsing film but I did enjoy this animated prequel more. The animation is decent the singular plot of Mr. Hyde is better than the convoluted and constipated form of the sequel.