Tom Cruise as Van Helsing? Judging from the ‘Rock of Ages’ trailer, he’s certainly got the hair (or at least a good wig guy). According to a press release from Universal Studios announcing a new deal with ‘Star Trek’ screenwriting duo Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci, Cruise is attached to play the famed vampire hunter in a new film from the decade-old studio. For the pair, this is the second high-profile feature they’ve become attached to in recent days. Sony announced that Kurtzman and Orci would take another pass at the sequel to ‘The Amazing Spider-man’. They’re also co-writers on ‘Star Trek 2’, giving them a wide variety of blockbuster franchises. (Kurtzman and Orci are also responsible for ‘Transformers’, ‘Mission: Impossible III’ and ‘Star Trek’). The two-year deal with Universal is an interesting one; after all, back in February, Orci tweeted that K/O Paper Products (the Kurtzman/Orci production company banner) was leaving its home a DreamWorks and was “excited to be an independent production company in the coming year.”
