Dracula: Sherlock Creators Explain Reinvention of Bram Stoker Classic – CBR – Comic Book Resources

Sherlockcreators Mark Gatiss and Steven Moffatexplained their new take on Bram Stoker's novelDracula, with additional commentary from the director and lead actors.

Ordered for not onlyBBC One but also Netflixin a collaborative three-episode project, Gatiss and Moffat'sDracula offers a new adaptation of the beloved gothic horror novel that opened the door for a tidal wave of vampire fiction still going to this very day. In a promotional video uploaded to Netflix's official YouTube channel, the show's creators went into detail about some of the creative decisions they made.

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"There's something irresistible about having a go at such an iconic character," Mark Gatiss said, "and as with Sherlock Holmes in Baker Street you know, briefly having the keys of the castle to play around with, it's irresistible and exciting."

"I think Dracula -- it's not so much that one would say this is a Dracula for now -- it's that Dracula is properly timeless," Steven Moffat added."If you look at the book he's not in it that much. He's in the first few chapters, and then he is in the background."

"The thing that we thought we could try was to make Dracula the main character," Gatiss continued.

Other major figures in the show got a word in as well, such asdirector Jonny Cambell and lead actors John Heffernan and Claes Bang.

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"It's very rare that these opportunities come along to direct a classic like Dracula," Campbell said. "I knew I was going to be in safe hands with Steven and Mark, who are two massive uber-fans of horror in general and Dracula in particular. If they were doing it, I wanted to be involved."

Draculaconsists of three ninety-minute episodes and is available for streaming on Netflix. The series begins with the titular blood-sucking count in Transylvania circa 1897 as he plots his dominance of Victorian England.

Executive produced by Mark Gatiss, Steven Moffat, Sue Vertue and Ben Irving, Dracula stars John Heffernan, Dolly Wells, Joanna Scanlan, Sacha Dhawan, Jonathan Aris, Morfydd Clark, Nathan Stewart-Jarrett and Claes Bang as Count Dracula. The miniseries debuted on BBC One Jan. 1 andis now available to stream on Netflix.

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