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A Dracula sequel!

posted 15 years ago by eugene1001us
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Funny that I'm replying to my own comments. But now that there has been an announcement about a published "sequel" to the original novel which will be entitled "Dracula: The Un-Dead", written by Bram Stoker's great-grandnephew and blood descendant, Dacre Stoker, and award-winning Dracula documentarian and historian Ian Holt, all bets for a remake are off. The sequel is scheduled for release by Halloween 2009.

This is the latest news: It was confirmed already last year by Variety that The Un-Dead was being made, this rumor that comes today is simply announcing the director, Ernest Dickerson (Bulletproof, Blind Faith), and cast: Javier Bardem will play Dracula, Monica Bellucci will play Lucy, and John Hurt will play Professor Van Helsing. Does this seem a little too good to be true? (To me it does as Monica Bellucci already appeared in "Bram Stoker's Dracula", as one of his brides. Sounds more like a case of wishful thinking than anything else). And why Lucy? Why not Mina? In fact the only casting I personally like here is that of John Hurt as Van Helsing! But that's just my personal opinion. Perhaps this belongs in a different thread.

In this sequel set 25 years after the original Bram Stoker novel, it features all the surviving protagonists, including Jonathan and Mina Harker and Professor Van Helsing, along with Inspector Cotford, a character cut from the original manuscript. The Stoker family has officially recognized the screenplay, the first adaptation to receive such approval since the original 1931 film. With everything that is known out, I'll end with a question: is there anyone who's excited for another Dracula movie and thinks this sounds like it could turn out good?

At least for now.

[–] combatreview 15 years ago

>>>But now that there has been an announcement about a published "sequel" to the original novel which will be entitled "Dracula: The Un-Dead"

Curiously enough, that title has been used before. Freda Warrington, then known for a number of vampire novels, was commissioned to write a sequel to Dracula which saw publication in 1997, in time for the centenary. That was also entitled 'Dracula: The Un-Dead'. The title is, in any case, just a twist on the original, which is declared in its opening papers to be: "Dracula; or, The Un-Dead".

Am I the only one who thinks that spelling 'un-dead' with a hyphen like that makes it slightly scarier?

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[–] Johnny_Shannow 15 years ago

Actually Freda Warrington's book is called 'Dracula the Undead' without any hyphen.

[–] Johnny_Shannow 15 years ago

Having read this new sequel by Dacre Stoker and Ian Holt, I was really dissapointed, it takes many liberties with stoker's original book and turns Dracula into a hero, terrible.

[–] juan6966 15 years ago

A sequel to the original doesn't sound like a very good idea to me at all. I guess it could be done if it was really thought out well and didn't try to retread the original but it would have to be very original and it's own stand alone story if it's to be any good, the count has been done away with and bringing him back after the fact only cheapens the original story no matter how clever they try to be about it. Maybe if the story were set far after the events of the original depicting the vampires of london who were the victims of the count when he came to visit, I don't know? Just something that isn't too obvious that tarnishes the name.

[–] The_Dying_Flutchman 15 years ago

I bet the film version will be at least as good as "Undead Roller Bladers from the 8th Dimension".

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