Dracula Movie in Development at Blumhouse With Karyn Kusama Directing – Variety

Jason Blums Blumhouse Productions, which generated a horror hit with The Invisible Man, has launched development of an untitled Dracula movie.

Karyn Kusama, whose credits include Destroyer, The Invitation and Jennifers Body, is attached to direct the Dracula project. Matt Manfredi and Phil Hay, who teamed with Kusama on Destroyer and The Invitation, are writing the script.

The project is not set at a studio. Blumhouse has a first-look deal at Universal and partnered with the studio on The Invisible Man.

The Count Dracula character was created by Bram Stoker in his 1897 novel Dracula as the vampire moved from Transylvania to England and battled with Professor Abraham Van Helsing. The character was memorably portrayed by Bela Lugosi in Universals Dracula in 1931. Luke Evans played the vampire in 2014s Dracula Untold, which grossed $217 million worldwide for Universal.

Universal has already been moving towards duplicating the success of The Invisible Man, which stars Elisabeth Moss and has topped $100 million worldwide on a $7 million budget. It announced last week that it was teaming with Aquaman director James Wan on a horror/thriller inspired by Universals monster legacy.

The Invisible Man is a modern-day version of the studios 1933 movie of the same name, which starred Claude Rains. Other Universal monsters of that era include Frankenstein, the Mummy, the Wolf Man and Creature from the Black Lagoon.

After breaking out as a producer on the original Paranormal Activity, Blums name has become synonymous with all things horror as the filmmaker launched franchises including Insidious, Sinister, Ouija and Purge. Blum has received nominations for the Academy Award for best picture for producing Whiplash, Get Out, and BlacKkKlansman.

Kusama is repped by ICM Partners and attorney Patti Felker. Hay and Manfredi are repped by UTA and attorney Alan Grodin.

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