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‘Dracula Year Zero’ Will Be Resurrected By Universal

Sandy Schaefer — Sat, 11 Feb 2012 18:29:38 +0000

With news that Russell Crowe is in early talks for the Dracula re-imagining Harker still hot off the press, we have an update on another reworking of Bram Stoker’s iconic vampire tale. The title in question is Dracula Year Zero, a project that reportedly ties together aspects of the traditional Dracula mythology with historical elements from the actual life of Prince Vlad the Impaler – in order to produce a more sympathetic portrayal of the semi-immortal bloodsucker.

Alex Proyas was originally onboard to direct Year Zero, but left the project after its was temporarily “killed,” due to budget issues. As bad luck would have it, the same exact fate has now befallen the film Proyas moved onto after Year Zero collapsed (the Paradise Lost adaptation).

Deadline reports that Universal is now negotiating ...

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Sam Worthington Confirmed for ‘Dracula: Year Zero’

Ben Kendrick — Fri, 20 Aug 2010 03:30:56 +0000

Sam Worthington has led numerous armies into battle, traveling to countless foreign lands, in order to conquer the box office: post-apocalyptic America, ancient Greece, and the jungles of Pandora.

Today, we’re getting confirmation that the go-to action hero is preparing to lead a new revolt – in Transylvania. Worthington is officially on-board to play the titular blood-sucker prince in Dracula: Year Zero.

Australian magazine Encore dropped the news earlier this morning in a post that has since been removed (though a mirror is still available).

According to the original report:

During his presentation at the AIMC, Universal managing director Mike Baard said Universal plays “an active role in developing new Australian stories for Australian audiences” and said the studio would partner with Alex Proyas on the large scale Dracula: Year Zero, which will be ...

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Sam Worthington to Play Dracula? [Updated]

Ross Miller — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 15:29:42 +0000

UPDATE: Sam Worthington has been confirmed as Proyas’ Dracula

Max Schreck, Béla Lugosi, Christopher Lee, Gary Oldman, Jack Palance and… Leslie Nielsen – those are just some of the actors who have all portrayed Dracula at some point throughout this last Century of movie making. And today we get word that leading-man-of-the-minute, Sam Worthington, is going to be joining that list.

Latino Review has the exclusive on the story that Sam Worthington is in line to play Dracula in Universal’s Dracula: Year Zero. There’s no official word on Worthington being in talks but Latino Review‘s trusted source “Pinche Taco” says the Aussie actor is supposed to be playing him. I guess it’s no surprise that Worthington is in the running, as much like Ryan Reynolds or Robert Pattinson, you should pretty much expect that their names ...

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Producer Mike De Luca Talks Drive Angry & Dracula Year Zero

Rob Frappier — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 11:24:27 +0000

One look at his IMDB page will show you that producer Mike De Luca is a busy guy. Some of the movies he is involved with include the Nicolas Cage films Ghost Rider 2 and Drive Angry, as well as the Alex Proyer-directed Dracula Year Zero. Recently, Steve Weintraub from Collider had the chance to talk to De Luca about all three of these upcoming features. We covered Steve’s conversation with De Luca about Ghost Rider 2 last week, and today he posted the segment where De Luca opened up about the latter two films.

In the interview, De Luca promises that Drive Angry will be “hyper-pulpy” and definitely a “Hard R.” He also goes into great detail on the unique plot of Dracula Year Zero. I have excerpted some of the best quotes, but I highly ...

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Alex Proyas Next Film Probably ‘Dracula Year Zero’

Sabrina Cognata — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 15:49:28 +0000

According to SciFiWire.com, Alex Proyas said that his next film may be Dracula Year Zero. This news is based on the fact that the script is completed, and an original take on Bram Stoker’s Dracula.

SciFiwire reports:

“We’re still trying to resolve budget and casting and all the stuff that you need to get through before a project becomes real,” Proyas (Knowing) said in an exclusive interview on Monday. “But the script is at a very good place and I think has a very unique take on the Dracula story.”

The film is set to revive the original tale of vampire lore, which is already quite popular due to the Twilight series of books and now films. The script is supposedly a very modern take on the dated Bram Stoker novel. The last time I heard something was a ...

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Alex Proyas’ Thoughts on ‘The Crow’ & ‘Dracula: Year Zero’

Carl Lee — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 21:02:22 +0000

Concerning The Crow, someone had to finally ask what Alex Proyas thinks of a remake. With Stephen Norrington already signed to write and direct the reboot, which apparently isn’t going to be “gloriously gothic or stylized,” someone had to ask the original director what he thought.

JoBlo.com sat down with Proyas for a Knowing interview and ask about the recent announcement. He had this to say:

“I think it’s kind of premature, really… It’s seems like ‘The Crow’ is only like 15 years old maybe. It’s seems, early. (laughs) I always thought that remakes, you shouldn’t be given license to remake something for at least 25 years. I don’t know. It just seems kind of odd to me. Just re-release the original movie.”

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Weekend Movie News Wrap Up: August 10, 2008

Niall Browne — Sun, 10 Aug 2008 16:22:41 +0000

Welcome to another fun filled installment of Screen Rant‘s Weekend Movie News Wrap Up.

This week:

We see who is penning Flash Gordon, we learn some details about Alex Proyas’ Dracula Year Zero, discover what David Goyer is working on, Channing Tatum lines up something for after GI Joe and The Conversation goes to television.

1. The Flash Gordon Remake/ adaptation has now grabbed Matt Sazama and Burk Sharpless to pen the script. The Neil Moritiz produced, Breck Eisner (Sahara) directed film is in production at Columbia.

I just hope the film is more like the 1980′s movie and less like the Si-Fi channel show.

Source: Hollywood Reporter

2. Speaking of Matt Sazama and Burk Sharpless, their script for Dracula Year Zero is to be directed by Robot and Dark City director Alex Proyas. Proyas recently gave some details about the Dracula prequel/origin story:

“You could see it as a prequel ...

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