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Trailer And First Look At NBC’s “Dracula”
13 May 2013 11:35 AM, PDT | FamousMonsters of Filmland | See recent Famous Monsters of Filmland news »
Over the weekend, NBC picked up the Dracula series. Along with all of its other forthcoming pilots, a trailer for the series has aired, along with some images from the series, giving us our first look at the revamped character, with Jonathan Rhys Meyers in the leading role.
Golden Globe winner Jonathan Rhys Meyers (“The Tudors”) stars in this provocative new drama as one of the world’s most iconic characters.
It’s the late 19th century, and the mysterious Dracula has arrived in London, posing as an American entrepreneur who wants to bring modern science to Victorian society. He’s especially interested in the new technology of electricity, which promises to brighten the night – useful for someone who avoids the sun. But he has another reason for his travels: he hopes to take revenge on those who cursed him with immortality centuries earlier. Everything seems to be going according to plan… »
- Andy Greene
NBC Moving Grimm Back to Friday Night and Pairing it with Dracula; Hannibal's Fate Still Uncertain
13 May 2013 10:06 AM, PDT | DreadCentral.com | See recent Dread Central news »
In a move that will make a lot of "Grimm" fans happy, for the 2013-14 season NBC will be returning the show to Friday nights and pairing it with new series "Dracula." Unfortunately, the fate of "Hannibal" is still up in the air.
Below you'll find more details along with key art, a few photos, and the official synopsis and trailer for "Dracula."
Robert Greenblatt, Chairman, NBC Entertainment, said, "On Fridays, anchored by ‘Grimm’ at 9 p.m., we will have a more fun genre night with the limited-series ‘Dracula,’ starring Jonathan Rhys Meyers at 10 p.m. In the spring, ‘Crossbones’ — with John Malkovich as the infamous pirate Blackbeard — replaces ‘Dracula.’"
"Revolution" is moving to Wednesday nights, and after football and the Olympics are over, NBC will be launching "Believe" from J.J. Abrams (Sunday at 9 p.m.), which tells the story of an unlikely relationship that develops between a young girl »
- The Woman In Black
Blu-Ray Review: Hammer’s Dracula
21 March 2013 9:41 AM, PDT | Obsessed with Film | See recent Obsessed with Film news »
Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
Hammer’s massive global restoration project has yielded some impressive offerings but their latest project may be their most important. Terence Fisher’s 1958 classic Dracula is now fully restored in High Definition and is available on Blu-ray and DVD for the first time.
The plot is simple. Jonathan Harker takes employment with Count Dracula, in the guise of a librarian for his vast library. Harker is actually a vampire hunter on a mission to kill Dracula. However, when he is bested and becomes one of the walking dead himself, Dracula targets those closest to him. Dr. Van Helsing is tasked to defeat Dracula once and for all. This sets in motion a battle against time to find the lair of the evil Count before it is too late.
This three disc set by Lionsgate includes two versions on the Blu-ray disc of the feature: the 2007 British »
- Darragh O'Connor
Blu-ray Review - Dracula (1958)
18 March 2013 12:34 PM, PDT | Flickeringmyth | See recent Flickeringmyth news »
Dracula (a.k.a. Horror of Dracula), 1958.
Directed by Terence Fisher.
Starring Christopher Lee, Peter Cushing, Michael Gough, Melissa Stribling, John Van Eyssen and Carol Marsh.
Synopsis:
After the death of his friend Jonathan Harker at the hands Dracula, Dr. Van Helsing pursues the evil Count to London, where the vampire intends to make Harker's fiancée Lucy Holmwood his bride.
This is it. This is when vampires got sexy. This is when the British could finally tell the tale of Count Dracula the way it was meant to be told. American and German film-makers had portrayed the Count as a calculating aristocrat and as a spindly, rattish freak; now Hammer wanted the world to see the side of Dracula that Bram Stoker only dared hint at – the tall, dark, sexual predator.
There are a great many new aspects to Hammer’s treatment of Stoker’s original novel. Surprisingly enough, they all seem to work. »
- Flickering Myth
Dracula (1958) Blu-Ray Review
14 March 2013 4:30 AM, PDT | The Hollywood News | See recent The Hollywood News news »
Director: Terence Fisher
Starring: Peter Cushing, Christopher Lee, Michael Gough, Melissa Stribling, Carol Marsh, John Van Eyssen
Certificate: 15
Extras: New 30 min. featurette about the film’s creation and history, “Resurrecting Dracula”, New 20 min. featurette about the film’s restoration, “The Demon Lover: Christopher Frayling on Dracula”, “Censoring Dracula”. New 10 min. featurette on the original cuts, plus more listed below.
This Hammer Horror Dracula (1958) is particularly special for this Blu-ray release but not only because it has been fully restored in High Definition but they’ve added the 2007 BFI restoration, alongside the 2012 Hammer restoration and the original censored scenes from the Japanese reels that include Dracula’s sunlight disintegration and his seductionof Mina.
The story of Count Dracula is undoubtedly famous across the world and from the pages of Bram Stoker’s original novel, there have been numerous adaptations. But no-one had done it with such a new twist and impact »
- Dan Bullock
Tom Ellis 'Downton Abbey' Season 4 rumors squashed by 'Gothica' casting
21 February 2013 5:24 PM, PST | Zap2It - From Inside the Box | See recent Zap2It - From Inside the Box news »
The rumors that British actor Tom Ellis may be joining "Downton Abbey" as a love interest for newly widowed Lady Mary can officially be put to rest now that Ellis has landed a role in the ABC horror pilot "Gothica."
Ellis -- whose credits include "The Fades" and "Merlin" -- will play Victor Frankenstein in the contemporary series that weaves together the legends of horror icons Dracula, Jekyll and Hyde, Frankenstein and Dorian Gray.
Additionally, Chris Egan ("Letters to Juliet") has been cast as Dorian Gray.
Egan and Ellis join the previously cast Raza Jaffrey ("Smash") who will play a police detective named Harker (in an obvious nod to Dracula's nemesis Jonathan Harker).
"Gothica" sounds a bit like the horror answer to ABC's fairy tale hit "Once Upon a Time," but also may be uncomfortably similar to Showtime's upcoming period series "Penny Dreadful." Only time will tell »
- editorial@zap2it.com
‘Bram Stoker’s Dracula’- a sensual, gothic love triangle adapted from classic tale
17 February 2013 11:52 AM, PST | SoundOnSight | See recent SoundOnSight news »
Directed by Francis Ford Coppola
Written by James V. Hart
1992, USA
There was a time where horror films were not all about torture porn, found-footage or demonic possessions – this was a time when the genre was less indulgent in killing people. Francis Ford Coppola is known for his epic productions, such as The Godfather (1972) and Apocalypse Now (1979), but after the intense criticism from The Godfather III (1990), his next project is to direct an adaptation of Bram Stoker’s classic horror novel, Dracula.
In 19th Century London, newly-qualified solicitor Jonathan Harker (Keanu Reeves) travels to Transylvania to settle the accounts of Count Dracula (Gary Oldman). After seeing Harker’s fiancee Mina (Winona Ryder) is the reincarnation of his late wife, Dracula travels to London to pursue her, leaving a trail of bloodshed.
Giving its strong and varied cast – Anthony Hopkins as Van Helsing, as well as Richard E. Grant, »
- Katie Wong
NBC’s ‘Dracula’ Show Casts Series Antagonists Van Helsing & Jonathan Harker
15 February 2013 2:57 PM, PST | ScreenRant.com | See recent Screen Rant news »
Over six months ago it was announced that Jonathan Rhys-Meyers (The Tudors, Mission: Impossible III) was set to lead Dracula, a 10-episode series set up at NBC that would put a new spin on the classic Bram Stoker tale.
Now two more cast members have joined the series, including the iconic vampire’s arch nemeses. Thomas Kretschmann (King Kong, Wanted) has been cast as the vampire hunter Van Helsing and Oliver Jackson-Cohen (The Raven, Going the Distance) has been cast as Jonathan Harker.
This is a project that skipped the pilot stage and just got a straight-up series order, but it’s hard to tell whether it’s looking past a single season or will act more as an extended miniseries. The shorter season seems to behoove both the networks and creators as they get a chance to tell their story without ...
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- Ethan Anderton
Jonathan Harker and Van Helsing Cast in Dracula
13 February 2013 1:00 PM, PST | ScifiMafia | See recent ScifiMafia news »
Last week we announced the casting of what you could say was all those sympathetic to Jonathan Rhys Meyers‘ role as Dracula in NBC’s new series. Today we have news of a couple of those in opposition. First is the famous vampire hunter himself, Van Helsing, as played by Thomas Kretschmann (Wanted), and secondly Oliver Jackson-Cohen (Mr. Selfridge) has been cast as Mina Murray’s fiance Jonathan Harker.
They join a cast of lovely ladies including Victoria Smurfit as Lady Jayne, Jessica De Gouw as Mina Murray and Katie McGrath who plays Lucy Westenra. Dracula’s (Meyers) right hand man is R.M. Renfield played by Nonso Anozie.
Synopsis:
It’s the late 19th century, and the mysterious Dracula has arrived in London, posing as an American entrepreneur who wants to bring modern science to Victorian society. He’s especially interested in the new technology of electricity, which promises »
- Jess Orso
NBC's 'Dracula' Has Found Its Van Helsing
12 February 2013 11:46 AM, PST | Huffington Post | See recent Huffington Post news »
NBC's "Dracula" has found its Van Helsing in Thomas Kretschmann, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
The "Wanted" alum will play opposite Jonathan Rhys Meyers' titular character. THR reports that in NBC's take on the Dracula legend, Kretschmann's Abraham Van Helsing is a professor whose secret obsession with power could pose a danger not only to Dracula, but to Londoners at large.
The 10-episode drama series has also added Oliver Jackson-Cohen to its cast as Jonathan Harker, "a tenacious and slightly gauche journalist desperate to climb the ranks of aristocracy."
NBC's upcoming series is set in London, where Dracula is pretending to be American entrepreneur Alan Grayson and secretly hopes to get revenge on those who ruined his life centuries earlier. When he sees Mina Murray (Jessica De Gouw), who appears to be the reincarnation of his dead wife, he falls for her and things could change.
In more casting »
- Jaimie Etkin
'Mr Selfridge' star Oliver Jackson-Cohen joins 'Dracula'
12 February 2013 3:06 AM, PST | Digital Spy | See recent Digital Spy - TV news news »
Mr Selfridge star Oliver Jackson-Cohen has become the latest actor to join Dracula.
Jonathan Rhys Meyers will play the iconic vampire in NBC/Sky Living's co-produced drama.
Jackson-Cohen will play the character of Jonathan Harker - here portrayed as a journalist desperate to become an aristocrat, Deadline reports.
He joins Merlin's Katie McGrath (Lucy Westenra), Arrow's Jessica de Gouw (Mina Murray) and Game of Thrones actor Nonso Anozie (Renfield).
Thomas Kretschmann (Wanted, The River) most recently signed up to Dracula and will play a dark, vengeful version of vampire hunter Van Helsing.
Jackson-Cohen, 26, currently stars opposite Jeremy Piven in ITV's Mr Selfridge, and previously appeared on Lark Rise to Candleford and in the films Faster (2010) and The Raven (2012).
Carnivàle creator Dan Knauf will serve as showrunner on Dracula - the ten-part drama will shoot in Budapest and air on NBC in the Us and Sky Living in the UK. »
NBC Adds Van Helsing, Jonathan to 'Dracula' Series
11 February 2013 4:30 PM, PST | FEARnet | See recent FEARnet news »
NBC's Dracula series has rounded out its cast, with actors added to play Abraham Van Helsing and Jonathan Harker.
Thomas Kretschmann (who played Dracula in Dario Argento's recent 3D retelling of the popular vampire tale) will play Abraham Van Helsing. In this version, Van Helsing is a professor whose "obsession with revenge and power may make him a more dangerous threat to the public than Dracula himself."
Oliver Jackson-Cohen (The Raven) will play Jonathan Harker, a journalist determined to climb the social ranks.
NBC's Dracula sees the infamous vampire in Victorian England, posing as an American businessman who is seekeng revenge on those who ruined his life, but gets distracted when he believes he has found his dead wife reincarnated in Mina Murray.
Already cast in the series is Jonathan Rhys Meyers as Dracula; Jessica DeGouw as Mina; Katie McGrath as Lucy; and Nonso Anozie as Renfield. Dracula is »
- Alyse Wax
'Dracula' casts Thomas Kretschmann as Van Helsing
11 February 2013 4:24 PM, PST | Zap2It - From Inside the Box | See recent Zap2It - From Inside the Box news »
NBC's "Dracula" has found its Van Helsing -- and it's someone who's familiar with the story.
Thomas Kretschmann, who starred on ABC's "The River" last season, will play Abraham Van Helsing in the series, which stars Jonathan Rhys Meyers as the title character. Oliver Jackson-Cohen ("Mr. Selfridge") has also joined the cast as Jonathan Harker.
"Dracula" is set in 1890s London and has the undead count posing as an American while he plots revenge on those who made him what he is. In this telling, Van Helsing is also dangerously obsessed with vengeance. Harker, meanwhile, is a journalist and social climber who will do whatever he can to gain access to the upper reaches of society.
Kretschmann played Dracula in a Dario Argento movie last year.
Other casting news:
- Nate Corddry ("United States of Tara") has joined the cast of CBS' comedy "Mom," co-created by Chuck Lorre and starring »
- editorial@zap2it.com
NBC’s Dracula TV Series Casts Its Van Helsing and Harker
11 February 2013 3:32 PM, PST | DailyDead | See recent DailyDead news »
The main cast of NBC’s Dracula TV series is complete with the hiring of actors to take on the roles of Van Helsing and Jonathan Harker. Dracula has already been given a 10-episode straight-to-series order, with Carnivale’s Dan Knauf serving as the showrunner and head writer for the series.
“It centers on Dracula (Jonathan Rhys Meyers), who arrives in London posing as American entrepreneur Alan Grayson, who maintains that he wants to bring modern science to Victorian society. In reality, he hopes to wreak revenge on the people who ruined his life centuries earlier, but he falls hopelessly in love with a woman who seems to be a reincarnation of his dead wife.”
As you can tell from the synopsis above, this is not a straight adaptation of Bram Stoker’s novel and we’ve included details on most of the characters below. According to Deadline, Thomas Kretschmann (Wanted, »
- Jonathan James
NBC's Dracula Finds its Van Helsing and More!
11 February 2013 3:00 PM, PST | DreadCentral.com | See recent Dread Central news »
Two more have lined up to offer their blood to the new NBC miniseries based upon everyone's favorite O.G. vampire "Dracula," and we've got the scoop along with a necklace made of garlic to help keep the bloodsuckers at bay.
Deadline is reporting that Thomas Kretschmann will play famous vampire hunter Abraham Van Helsing, and Oliver Jackson-Cohen will play Jonathan Harker, a tenacious and slightly gauche journalist desperate to climb the ranks of aristocracy (and stay there) in the upcoming NBC/Sky Living HD 10-episode drama series "Dracula," which stars Jonathan Rhys Meyers as the Count.
They join the previously announced Katie McGrath, Jessica De Gouw, Victoria Smurfit, and Nonso Anozie.
The series from Daniel Knauf ("Carnivale") re-introduces Dracula (Meyers) as he arrives in London posing as American entrepreneur Alan Grayson, who maintains that he wants to bring modern science to Victorian society. In reality he hopes to wreak »
- Uncle Creepy
Thomas Kretschmann & Oliver Jackson-Cohen Join NBC’s ‘Dracula’ Series
11 February 2013 2:00 PM, PST | Deadline TV | See recent Deadline TV news »
Dracula has found his Van Helsing. Thomas Kretschmann (Wanted), who will play the famous vampire hunter, and Oliver Jackson-Cohen (Mr. Selfridge) have been cast in the upcoming NBC/Sky Living HD 10-episode drama series Dracula starring Jonathan Rhys Meyers. Related: Pilot Season: The Year Of Dracula The series re-introduces Dracula (Meyers) as he arrives in London posing as American entrepreneur Alan Grayson, who maintains that he wants to bring modern science to Victorian society. In reality he hopes to wreak revenge on the people who ruined his life centuries earlier, but he falls hopelessly in love with Mina Murray (Jessica De Gouw), who appears to be the reincarnation of his dead wife. Kretschmann, repped by Apa and attorney David Fox, will play Abraham Van Helsing who, in this version of the story, is a brilliant professor with a seemingly cool exterior whose obsession with revenge and power may make him »
- NELLIE ANDREEVA
Scoop: NBC's Dracula Casts King Kong Actor as Its Van Helsing – With a Twist
11 February 2013 2:00 PM, PST | TVLine.com | See recent TVLine.com news »
Thomas Kretschmann (King Kong) has joined NBC’s Dracula as the legendary Abraham Van Helsing — but the character’s not the heroic hunter other vamp dramas have made him out to be.
In the forthcoming period drama, TVLine has learned, Kretschmann’s Van Helsing is a brilliant professor obsessed with revenge and power. He may be a greater threat to the public than the titular count (played by The Tudors‘ Jonathan Rhys Meyers).
British actor Oliver Jackson-Cohen also has been cast as Jonathan Harker, a handsome and tenacious journalist desperate to become an artstocrat.
The 10-episode series, based on Bram Stoker’s novel of the same name, finds Dracula preparing to unleash hell on the Victorian society responsible for ruining his life. But he’s thrown when he falls for a woman who’s a dead ringer for his beloved, long-deceased wife.
Kretschmann’s TV credits include The River, FlashForward and 24. Coincidentally, he played the bloodsucking title role in the 2012 movie Dracula 3D.
Jackson-Cohen plays Roddy on the ITV series Mr. Selfridge; he also appeared in the film Going the Distance and as Prince William (opposite Girls‘ Allison Williams) in Funnyordie.com’s Will & Kate: Before Happily Ever After.
Dracula‘s cast also includes Katie McGrath (Merlin), Nonso Anonzie (Game of Thrones) and Jessica De Gouw (Arrow).
NBC has not yet announced a premiere date.
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- Kimberly Roots
NBC’s Dracula TV Series Casts Its Lucy and Renfield
30 January 2013 9:58 AM, PST | DailyDead | See recent DailyDead news »
The cast of NBC’s Dracula TV series is starting to come together, and we have news on who’s playing Lucy and Renfield. Deadline reports that Katie McGrath (Merlin – pictured below) and Nonso Anozie (The Grey – pictured below) have both joined the project. Although most horror fans should be familiar with the characters, this version will be different from the Bram Stoker novel:
“It centers on Dracula (Jonathan Rhys Meyers), who arrives in London posing as American entrepreneur Alan Grayson, who maintains that he wants to bring modern science to Victorian society. In reality, he hopes to wreak revenge on the people who ruined his life centuries earlier, but he falls hopelessly in love with a woman who seems to be a reincarnation of his dead wife.”
It was previously announced that Jessica De Gouw (Arrow) is playing Mina, who is described as “striking medical student who is engaged »
- Jonathan James
Arrow’s Jessica De Gouw is Dracula’s Mina
18 January 2013 1:21 PM, PST | Beyond Hollywood | See recent Beyond Hollywood news »
Aussie actress Jessica De Gouw, last seen mesmerizing comic book superhero Arrow on the CW’s “Arrow”, will next be seen mesmerizing bloodsucker Dracula in a new NBC TV series called, yes, “Dracula”. De Gouw has been cast on the show next to star Jonathan Rhys Meyers, who will be playing the titular fanged one. The 10-episode series (a mega mini-series, if you will) will be set in 1890s London, and will star Rhys Meyers as Dracula, “who arrives in London posing as American entrepreneur Allen Grayson, who maintains that he wants to bring modern science to Victorian society. In reality, he hopes to wreak revenge on the people who ruined his life centuries earlier, but he falls hopelessly in love with a woman who seems to be a reincarnation of his dead wife.” De Gouw will play Mina Murray, described as “a striking medical student who is engaged to »
- Nix
NBC’s Dracula TV Series Cast Its Mina
18 January 2013 12:19 PM, PST | DailyDead | See recent DailyDead news »
With the success of The Walking Dead, True Blood, and American Horror Story, NBC is really pushing for a successful genre series. They already tried with Mockingbird Lane and a Hannibal series is on the way, but it’s not stopping there. A new Dracula TV series is in the works and we now know who will be playing the lead female role.
According to Deadline, Jessica De Gouw (Arrow) is playing Mina, although her character is a bit different than you’ll remember from the Bram Stoker novel. In this version Mina Murray is a “striking medical student who is engaged to Jonathan Harker but upon meeting Grayson both are instantly mesmerized by the other’s uncanny resemblance to someone from their past.”
As previously reported, Carnivale’s Dan Knauf has been hired as the showrunner and head writer for the series. Dracula has already been given a 10-episode »
- Jonathan James
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