Kickstart Entertainment (Wanted) have acquired the cinematic rights to the 48-page comic book entitled Dear Dracula. It’s a 2008 Image/Shadowline comic written by Joshua Williamson, illustrated by Vicente Navarrete and released through Silverline.

Dear Dracula tells the story a young horror fan who writes to the world’s most famous vampire on Halloween, just as any other kid would write to Santa Claus at Christmas. To the boy’s surprise, Dracula not only replies to his letter, but takes him on “an exploration of what it means to be a vampire.” It sounds pretty damn good to me: I always love seeing movies that put a new spin on something.