What Killed Karyn Kusama’s Dracula Film? – Vanity Fair

Looks like Dracula isn't getting out of his coffin anytime soon. Deadline reports that Blumhouse and Miramax's forthcoming Dracula film Mina Harker has been scrapped, three weeks before cameras were set to roll. The movie was set to be directed by Karyn Kusama and star Hamilton original cast member and #FreeRayshawn Emmy winner Jasmine Cephas Jones.

Set in contemporary Los Angeles, the movie was supposed to follow Jones' Mina Harkerthe main female character in Dracula, Bram Stoker's 1887 gothic horror noveland her relationship with a modern version of Stoker's protagonist named Vladimir. However, sources say the film is no longer going forward because of creative differences between Miramax and Kusama. The crew for Mina Harker was informed that production would cease a few hours before Deadline broke the news on Tuesday afternoon.

Along with directing, Kusama was going to produce the film with Jason Blum, Phil Hay, and Matt Manfredi, and Miramaxs Bill Block. Hay and Manfredi, frequent Kusama collaborators, were set to write the script based on Stoker's novel.

Kusama recently received acclaim as executive producer and pilot director on Showtimes hit series Yellowjackets. Previously, she directed the Golden Globenominated L.A. noir Destroyer, starring Nicole Kidman. Jones recently starred as Ashley in Starz's series Blindspotting, which is currently in production on season two in Oakland, California.

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