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io9Karyn Kusama’s Dracula Movie Just Got Staked
Plus, Lionsgate might be trying to reboot The Blair Witch Project ... again.
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io9MoviesThe Nerd’s Watch: Best Sci-Fi, Fantasy, and Horror Streaming in June
Though movie theaters are starting to allow patrons these days, the safer option remains streaming. Those who choose to stay home and stream are constantly rewarded with so much new content it’s mind-boggling. At the start of each month, most streamers—Netflix, Hulu, Amazon, Disney+, and HBO Max—do a little shuffle, adding new movies and taking … Continued
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io9MoviesGame of Thrones‘ Nathalie Emmanuel Will Star in Dracula-Inspired Horror Movie The Bride
If it feels like Dracula-inspired movies are coming out of the woodwork lately, it’s because that’s exactly true, with projects currently in various stages of production from Karyn Kusama, Chris McKay, and Chloé Zhao. Now you can add Jessica M. Thompson (The Light of the Moon) to that list of directors. As Deadline reports, Thompson will … Continued
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io9MoviesDracula’s BFF Renfield Joins Dark Universe in Solo Film for Universal
Early on, Universal had difficulty establishing their Dark Universe, consisting of films about Dracula, Wolfman, The Mummy, The Invisible Man, Frankenstein, and Jekyll/Hyde. They tried to get things popping in 2014 with Dracula Untold, but that was a financial and critical failure. Unfortunately, 2017’s The Mummy starring Tom Cruise suffered a similar fate in an … Continued
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io9MoviesUniversal’s Latest Dracula Spinoff Has Found a New Director
We’ve already got a modern day Dracula movie in the works. A future Dracula movie, too. Hell, Van Helsing’s getting one. So really, one might ask, why not a standalone movie for Dracula’s dominated henchman? Deadline reports that Universal has tapped The Lego Batman Movie’s Chris McKay to direct Renfield, based on a script from … Continued
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io9MoviesKaryn Kusama Says Her Dracula Adaptation Will Capture Some of the Mystery of the Original Novel
Despite being the originator of the most popular vampire story of the past 100 or so years, Bram Stoker’s Dracula is incredibly restrained with its vampire nastiness. Dracula, in the novel, is a specter, a mystery, an intriguing incitement to delve deeper into dark horrors that unfold slowly. Karyn Kusama, who is taking on a … Continued
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