Dracula | Blumhouse

[antsman41]

Mads or bust.

 

[Doctor Jones]

Mads or bust.

They'll blow their entire budget on him.

 

[Fincher]

Does Mads cost that much? He's not much of a leading man, and Blumhouse made Black Christmas with Imogen Poots.

 

[antsman41]

He has to be on par or just beyond what Moss’ cost was...

 

[Boom]

They'll blow their entire budget on him.

Worth it.

 

[Vaibow]

I really want them to take some risks with this. Have Dracula be some power hungry Zuckerberg style tech billionaire or something.

Each generation he's reinvented himself and in the 2000's he's adapted to this era's leaders in technology.
I'd go with Timothee Chalamet.

And if I'm going WAY out the box and reinventing the mytho's I'd have crack at Henry Golding.

great shout, golding legit looks ready to bite you there.


I have a feel Cavill will start to be touted for these kinda rolls... bad, but sexy... if that makes sense.

 

[eon001]

great shout, golding legit looks ready to bite you there.


I have a feel Cavill will start to be touted for these kinda rolls... bad, but sexy... if that makes sense.

Oh snap. Great choice. I really want them to go for a younger "sexier" Dracula.

Cavill also has a sense of charm and danger about him too. I hope he's not too pricey, but he might actually be worth it.

The older Mads Mikkelsen type just feels dated and predictable.

 

[Enriquespy]

Dracula ain't a young lad.

(IMO, just saying).

 

[DarkKnight88]

All these choices seem predictable actually.

I do like the Adam Driver suggestion though. Maybe just to hear him call himself a “Ghoul”.

 

[Fincher]

All these choices seem predictable actually.

Jennifer Connelly for Dracula.

There, didn't see that one coming, did you?

 

[Boom]

Moustached Adam Driver.

 

[Fincher]

I could see Adam Driver as The Wolfman, maybe, but I can't say I'm seeing Dracula.

 

[OtherwiseKnownAs]

I totally see it.

 

[Black Narcissus]

Jennifer Connelly for Dracula.

There, didn't see that one coming, did you?

Emily Blunt or Eva Green for Dracula.

 

[elgaz]

I'm erring towards a more 'mature' choice, having watched him in The Stranger recently (which was great) I think Richard Armitage could be a suitably charming and menacing Dracula.

 

[OtherwiseKnownAs]

I'm erring towards a more 'mature' choice, having watched him in The Stranger recently (which was great) I think Richard Armitage could be a suitably charming and menacing Dracula.

Well, it’d be quite the role reversal for him.

 

[James.B]

Sebastian Stan Wants 'Dracula' So Badly He's Already Asking Karyn Kusama About Playing The Part

 

[Eddie Dean]

No thanks!

 

[Peyton Westlake]

Well a new approach with Dracula in modern times could work out if handled right.
Just like the Invisible man was handled.
However, Dracula presents a somewhat different challenge.
He is ,in essence supernatural, so how would you go about bringing that to a modern setting?
Invisible man was a success because, at least you could explain the suit technology & it makes us believe it somewhat. AT least explainable.
But a supernatural being who is undead & requires feeding on blood........how do you go about doing that for modern times?

 

[Peyton Westlake]

I hope Blumhouse treads very lightly if they adapt Dracula.
Again, not to repeat myself, but they did a good job with Invisible man because it can be explained in a modern setting.
Dracula, the supernatural undead being he is...I really dont know what concept you can come up with to moderninze it.
I mean Im not in favor of modern settings for the core monsters.
I mean because they failed with the mummy, ( a whole other topic in itself, I mean having a mummy who is attractive & you wouldn't kick out of bed, instead of a ghoulish creature for starters) doesnt mean a gothic setting cant work.
IT JUST HAS TO BE DONE CORRECTLY & it doesnt have to be copied from Dracula origins & other existing movies or lore either.
Think of Dracula creeping down a foggy, gaslit street in Victorian England at night?
Kind of sets the mood from the get go.

 

[Kane52630]

Sebastian Stan Wants 'Dracula' So Badly He's Already Asking Karyn Kusama About Playing The Part

I wouldn't mind it, he was great in Destroyer.

 

[OutOfBoose]

I hope Blumhouse treads very lightly if they adapt Dracula.
Again, not to repeat myself, but they did a good job with Invisible man because it can be explained in a modern setting.
Dracula, the supernatural undead being he is...I really dont know what concept you can come up with to moderninze it.
I mean Im not in favor of modern settings for the core monsters.
I mean because they failed with the mummy, ( a whole other topic in itself, I mean having a mummy who is attractive & you wouldn't kick out of bed, instead of a ghoulish creature for starters) doesnt mean a gothic setting cant work.
IT JUST HAS TO BE DONE CORRECTLY & it doesnt have to be copied from Dracula origins & other existing movies or lore either.
Think of Dracula creeping down a foggy, gaslit street in Victorian England at night?
Kind of sets the mood from the get go.

Dracula using a smartphone is more exciting.

 

[divan]

All these choices seem predictable actually.

Dracula's been done so many times in so many different ways that finding a unique version of him within the boundaries of the limited "vaguely not-too-foreign-looking dude" base from the novel is easier said than done.

Well a new approach with Dracula in modern times could work out if handled right.
Just like the Invisible man was handled.
However, Dracula presents a somewhat different challenge.
He is ,in essence supernatural, so how would you go about bringing that to a modern setting?
Invisible man was a success because, at least you could explain the suit technology & it makes us believe it somewhat. AT least explainable.
But a supernatural being who is undead & requires feeding on blood........how do you go about doing that for modern times?

I think you just can't bring him compeltely into the forefront of the modern world like many adaptations do. Let him work from the shadows exploiting some of the weaknesses of the modern day world to tempt people into joining his cult and put an emphasis on not only his age, but why such a savage way of living may be attractive if only for the power it seemengly (but falsely) gives, but also let him be a tad out of touch with modern technology and social norms, just enough to make it clear he's more interested in history and age than he is in progress.

 

[Luigi]

Sebastian Stan Wants 'Dracula' So Badly He's Already Asking Karyn Kusama About Playing The Part

Not a bad pick. Not bad at all.

 

[divan]

Also, design-wise, if you want an example of Gothic setting that feels modern and and isn't too stylized: Batman Begins' Gotham. Perfect balance of modernity and decay.