Nicolas Cage Is Dracula! Stop the Presses! Nicolas Cage Is Dracula!

Nicolas Cage might be some type of vampire in actual life, so the very fact that he’s in regards to the play probably the most well-known one ever makes excellent sense. The Oscar-winning star of Face/Off and Mandy and lots of, many different unusual movies is about to play Dracula within the upcoming movie Renfield. Which means, no, Dracula isn’t the principle character, however sure, he’s gonna kill it.

The Hollywood Reporter broke the information of Cage’s involvement within the undertaking, which is being directed by Tomorrow War and Lego Batman Movie helmer Chris McKay. Nicholas Hoult (X-Men First Class, Mad Max: Fury Road) is enjoying the title character in a movie described by the commerce as “as a modern-day adventure story that is comedic in tone.” Previously we’d heard that “this take on the project is described as a comedic, lighthearted approach in the vein of Taika Waititi’s vampire mockumentary What We Do in the Shadows, in which Renfield realizes he is in a bad, co-dependent relationship.”

Which is ideal as a result of while you consider Renfield, Dracula’s henchman, you instantly consider how the character of Guillermo follows Nandor on FX’s What We Do within the Shadows. This is a giant finances journey horror movie, although, so that you’d think about that type of mentor-mentee relationship with a bunch extra motion and swashbuckling. And, now: Nicolas Cage virtually definitely hamming it up in a approach solely Nicolas Cage can. The script was written by Ryan Ridley (Rick and Morty) from an overview by Walking Dead creator Robert Kirkman—a pairing that positively suggests a mix of extra critical horror with good silliness.

Though Cage hasn’t appeared in a giant finances studio film in over a decade (not since the sequel to Ghost Rider, although he often provides his voice to movies like The Croods and Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse), in that point he’s been getting a few of the finest opinions of his profession for smaller movies like Pig and Mandy. In between there are all the time a handful of stinkers like Prisoners of the Ghostland and Jiu Jitsu—but even when the scripts are borderline incomprehensible, Cage brings an undeniably enjoyable charisma to each position. (Worth noting: a lot earlier in his profession, he additionally starred in 1989 cult horror comedy Vampire’s Kiss.) Put him right into a Universal Monsters film as the best vampire ever? Well, that feels like a lethal mixture.

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