Transylvania (TV series)

Transylvania was an aborted spin-off

Spin-off

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 television series of the film

Film

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 Van Helsing

Van Helsing (film)

Van Helsing is a 2004 American action/horror film about vigilante vampire hunter Gabriel Van Helsing, written, produced, and directed by Stephen Sommers. The film stars Hugh Jackman and Kate Beckinsale...

set in the region of the same name

Transylvania

Transylvania is a historical region in the central part of Romania. Bounded on the east and south by the Carpathian mountain range, historical Transylvania extended in the west to the Apuseni Mountains; however, the term frequently encompasses not only Transylvania proper, but also the historical...

. NBC

NBC

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 was going to use the film's village sets, setting it in the same 19th century time period as the film, but instead focus on the adventures of a Texas

Texas

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 cowboy

Cowboy

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, who becomes sheriff in a Transylvanian village, where he must keep the peace between two warring families with some "monstrous genes". Its connection to the film story-wise was planned as non-existent.

Due to poor US box-office, critical panning and a large budget for each episode, the series was cancelled with before it was ever added to a network schedule. Van Helsings writer/director Stephen Sommers

Stephen Sommers

Stephen Sommers is an American screenwriter and film director, best known for The Mummy and its sequel, The Mummy Returns. He's also known for directing the action/horror film Van Helsing and G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra....

 wrote the pilot

Television pilot

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and supervised six episode scripts.