DRACULA reboot will be true to the novel, ‘not the same kind of romantic hero’ in past films – Tampa Dispatch

Blumhouse found incredible success with The Invisible Man and is set to reboot Dracula, directed by Karyn Kusama (The Invitation). Now the iconic vampire tale will get a new look, seemingly to adhere to Bram Stokers classic novel.

Its a fairly faithfuladaptation of Bram Stokers novel, Kusama begins.

I think something that gets overlooked in the adaptations of Dracula in the past is the idea of multiple voices,Kusama explained during an interview with Kingcast. In fact, the book is filled with different points of view. And the one point of view we dont get access to, and all most adaptations give access to, is Dracula himself.

So I would just say in some respect, this is going to be an adaptation called Dracula, but its perhaps not the same kind of romantic hero that weve seen in past interpretations of Dracula.

Slash Films notes that The film that comes closest is Francis Ford Coppolas stylishBram Stokers Dracula, but even that changes things up by making old Drac a tragic, romantic figure. In fact, pretty much everyDraculamovie turns the vampire count into a sexy, gothic romance type of character, but thats not the case in Bram Stokers novel.

In fact, Stokers book keeps Dracula mostly in the background. Save for the opening chapters, where Jonathan Harker is stuck in Draculas castle, Dracula only appears fleetingly in the novel, and when he shows up, hes not romantic hes pure evil. It sounds like Kusama is sticking true to that, and that will certainly make herDracula stand apart from the pack.

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