New Dracula series on its way
Jonathan Rhys Meyers is to play the titular vamp in NBC and Sky Living’s 10-episode Dracula adaptation
In the year that sees The Twilight Saga finally draw to a close, you might say that NBCUniversal and Sky Living’s hop onto the vamp bandwagon is a bit, er, dilatory. That said, interest in Bram Stoker’s 1897 Dracula has never really waned, so now probably seems as good a time as any to produce a new TV adaptation.
Jonathan Rhys Meyers (The Tudors) will be playing the lead role, and the series will reportedly kick off with Drac's arrival in 1890s London rather than Jonathan Harker’s journey to the Count's distant castle. In this incarnation, Dracula is posing as an American entrepreneur seeking to bring modern technology to Victorian England, all the while planning to wreak revenge on the descendants of his former enemies. Sounds like a good few departures have been taken from the novel, then.
Dracula comes based on a script by comic book writer Cole Haddon (The Strange Case of Mr Hyde), that’s been described as “…dark, twisted and intelligent” by Sky’s Head of Drama. The series is co-produced by NBCUniversal and Sky Living, and due to go into production later this year.
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hmmmmmm another adaptation of my most favourite book in the world? How will someone f*ck it up this time?? ;-) I shall reserve final judgement for the viewing tho :)
It would be good to have something with vampires in. I haven't seen anything for a while!! If only we could see something with zombies in next. Please Hollywood, we need more zombies, vampires and superheroes. Absolutely, no original ideas either, too risky. Remake classics, we know they work!!
Sploosh!
While I like the idea of a new Dracula series the "posing as an American entrepreneur' bit bothers me. I expect it to be different from the novel but not THAT different.
My first reaction was "oh no not another sexy vampire thing". My second thought was "well, at least they are going for the original Dracula". My third thought was "I really loved that Supernatural episode where the vampires were preying on Twilight obsessed teenagers and turning them into crackwhores by getting them addicted to blood". Which is pretty dark I know, but I really hate the whole fluffy vampire idea. Vampires are at best (like in Being Human) alcoholics who turn into serial killers when drunk. Not forever young six packed freaks who want to love someone forever.
Is Sky's Head of Drama Merc Lapidus? Maybe they're better going for a dancing dog?
First he sank his teeth into British history...now he's back to rip the soul out of a classic novel.
*bows*