Bad news for vampires: Van Helsing‘s hunt will continue on Syfy, which has ordered a 13-episode fourth season of the Canadian import, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Season 4 will air in 2019.
Jonathan Walker will take over showrunning duties from Neil LaBute, who was recently announced as the showrunner for Netflix‘s The I-Land. LaBute will still be involved with Van Helsing, even penning three scripts for the new season.
“Having been in the writing room on Van Helsing since season one I’m excited to take the reins as showrunner from Neil LaBute,” Walker said in a statement. “Season four will delve deeper into the iconic lore of the vampires and their ultimate goals for this world. New villains will rise along with unexpected heroes joining the fight. We have a fantastic build planned for this season and I’m thrilled to share it with our dedicated fans.” Van Helsing‘s third season finale airs Friday, Dec. 28 at 10/9c.
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I’m a little surprised SyFy renewed Van Helsing.
I’ve been watching Van Helsing since it premiered, as is my love for vampire anything, but the past two seasons have been greatly impacted by the lead’s repeated absence. Interestingly, the episodes that feature the supporting characters have been better than the Vanessa-centric bottle episodes – including the time-wasting dull ep where she hung from a meat-hook for an hour and spoke to ghosts from her past. Terrible, terrible ep.
That episode was dull, yeah. Although I did like seeing those OG characters again.
I like everything about Van Helsing, except for Sam. Kill him off. I liked the episode in the past with the elder. I like how they are separating out the cast on episodes, it works better. Have enjoyed this season better, except for Vanessa just killing that guy in the trailer like every second. Seriously, they replayed that scene over and over and over. We get it. More interesting to focus on other characters.
I’m glad that SyFy renewed Van Helsing. I definitely wanted to see more of this mythology to unfold, the episodes where Vanessa was transported to ancient China was the best episode they’ve had so far, I wish they’d do a lot more of that. The actor who plays Sam is very good although his character is getting pretty annoying and I do not know what his endgame is.