Dracula Year Zero Rises at Universal

[Bad Superman]

From the Coming Soon.net:

http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=15338

Dracula Year Zero Rises at Universal

Source: Variety July 11, 2006


Universal Pictures has acquired the spec script Dracula Year Zero by new screenwriters Matt Sazama and Burk Sharpless and set it up with Michael De Luca to produce via his De Luca Productions, says Variety.

The story explores the origin of Dracula, weaving vampire mythology with the true history of Prince Vlad the Impaler, depicting Dracula as a flawed hero in a tragic love story set in a dark age of magic and war.

Alissa Phillips of De Luca Productions, who brought the project in, will serve as co-producer. Donna Langley, president of production, and Jeffrey Kirschenbaum will oversee the project.

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I'm sorry, but, isn't that what Coppola did with his Bram Stoker's Dracula back in '92???

What happened to the Dracula 2 project (Jan de Bont's Blue Tulip Productions teaming with Atchity Entertainment) ?

 

[Carter]

Dracula's been done to death

 

[amazingfantasy15]

Do we really need yet another Dracula movie?

 

[Warhammer]

Oh God.

 

[Wilhelm-Scream]

Dracula Shmacula

 

[ROBOCOP CPU001]

it might turn out well.

 

[Bad Superman]

it might turn out well.

I hope it does. I'm a vampire fan. My concern is that the premise is very similar to Coppola's.

 

[ROBOCOP CPU001]

I hope it does. I'm a vampire fan. My concern is that the premise is very similar to Coppola's.

Problem is..hes a very hard charactor to translate onto film in my opinion..theres more to him than just being a Vampire..coppola tried to show this.

i say wait.

 

[Bad Superman]

Problem is..hes a very hard charactor to translate onto film in my opinion..theres more to him than just being a Vampire..coppola tried to show this.

i say wait.

True. What are your candidates for the role?

I loved Oldman's Dracula.

 

[ROBOCOP CPU001]

True. What are your candidates for the role?

I loved Oldman's Dracula.

you know..i can not think of one person in the role?

 

[Kevin Roegele]

From the Coming Soon.net:

http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=15338

Dracula Year Zero Rises at Universal

Source: Variety July 11, 2006


Universal Pictures has acquired the spec script Dracula Year Zero by new screenwriters Matt Sazama and Burk Sharpless and set it up with Michael De Luca to produce via his De Luca Productions, says Variety.

The story explores the origin of Dracula, weaving vampire mythology with the true history of Prince Vlad the Impaler, depicting Dracula as a flawed hero in a tragic love story set in a dark age of magic and war.

Alissa Phillips of De Luca Productions, who brought the project in, will serve as co-producer. Donna Langley, president of production, and Jeffrey Kirschenbaum will oversee the project.

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I'm sorry, but, isn't that what Coppola did with his Bram Stoker's Dracula back in '92???

What happened to the Dracula 2 project (Jan de Bont's Blue Tulip Productions teaming with Atchity Entertainment) ?

Dracula AGAIN?!

 

[Bad Superman]

you know..i can not think of one person in the role?

I thought of Michael Wincott but he's a bit old (48), that is if they want to make a franchise out of Dracula. If it's a one shot deal, I think he can pull it off.

Dracula AGAIN?!

Yep. Believe it or not.

 

[ROBOCOP CPU001]

no..Dracula Begins.

 

[ROBOCOP CPU001]

I thought of Michael Wincott but he's a bit old (48), that is if they want to make a franchise out of Dracula. If it's a one shot deal, I think he can pull it off.

to old perhaps?

 

[Bad Superman]

Yeah

 

[ROBOCOP CPU001]

i say go with an unknown..

Dracula should be played by an unknown.

 

[Bad Superman]

i say go with an unknown..

Dracula should be played by an unknown.

Absolutely.

 

[Kevin Roegele]

to old perhaps?

Dracula IS old.

 

[Truthteller]

Dracula's been done to death

Dracula Shmacula

Dracula's been left out in the sun too long. He's cooked!

Somebody stick a fork in him. He's (well) done! And by fork I mean stake!

I mean really. Nobody's afraid of Dracula anymore. He's been done, redone, copied, parodied, lampooned, satarized, etc. They even made a movie about the making of one of his movies. Shadow of the Vampire. Now THAT was a pretty good one!

 

[Kable24]

I'll pass on this one.

 

[CrimsonMist]

For Christ's sake! Flawed tragic hero? C'mon! THE MAN FED A BABY TO VAMPIRE WOMEN!! THEN HE LET LOOSE HIS WOLVES ON THE MOTHER!! How evil and un tragic can you get?

Can't they just do a straight adaptation of the novel?

 

[Majik1387]

And have an interesting and true-to-the-book story? Why on Earth would they want that?

 

[Venom]

This isn't the same as the proposed direct sequel to the Dracula novel, is it? Because that idea sounded promising, and it'd be a shame for it to degenerate into this.

 

[Asteroid-Man]

I honestly think I will enjoy it. At first when I read the title i was like "this is stupid" but after reading the plot... I dunno, know I wanna see it!

 

[Nivek]

The characters been in close to 1,000 different bad translations, what's one more going to hurt? Maybe it will be one of the handfull thats actually good?

*Remembers Universals recent take in Van Helsing* Okay... Maybe not...