Dracula is a forthcoming British-American limited series, television drama that is expected to air on Sky Living and NBC produced by London-based shingle Carnival Films. Dracula will premiere on October 25, 2013, and will air on Fridays 10/9c after new episodes of Grimm.
The series was created by Cole Haddon, and is a reimagining of the classic Dracula novel by Bram Stoker. Daniel Knauf, creator of the HBO series Carnivàle, will serve as showrunner/head writer, working with Haddon. Steve Shill directed the pilot.
The network announced the series in January 2012 with a straight-to-series commitment, and the series was later green-lit for 10 episodes in July 2012. Production of the series started in February 2013 in Budapest.
Premise
Dracula comes to London, posing as an American entrepreneur who wants to bring modern science to the Victorian society. In reality, Dracula seeks revenge on those who betrayed him centuries earlier. As Dracula's plans move toward fruition, he falls hopelessly in love with a woman who may be a reincarnation of his deceased wife
Cast[edit source
Jonathan Rhys Meyers as Dracula / Alexander Grayson / Vlad Tepes
Jessica De Gouw as Mina Murray
Oliver Jackson-Cohen as Jonathan Harker, a gauche journalist who's desperate to climb the ranks of aristocracy.
Katie McGrath as Lucy Westenra
Nonso Anozie as R.M. Renfield, Dracula's loyal confidante and keeper of secrets.Victoria Smurfit as Lady Jane, a fashionable woman who is immediately enticed by the King of Vampires.
Thomas Kretschmann as Abraham Van Helsing
Kretschmann previously played Dracula in the 2012 Italian horror film, Dracula 3D.
Michael Nardone as Hermann Kruger
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The series was created by Cole Haddon, and is a reimagining of the classic Dracula novel by Bram Stoker. Daniel Knauf, creator of the HBO series Carnivàle, will serve as showrunner/head writer, working with Haddon. Steve Shill directed the pilot.
The network announced the series in January 2012 with a straight-to-series commitment, and the series was later green-lit for 10 episodes in July 2012. Production of the series started in February 2013 in Budapest.
Premise
Dracula comes to London, posing as an American entrepreneur who wants to bring modern science to the Victorian society. In reality, Dracula seeks revenge on those who betrayed him centuries earlier. As Dracula's plans move toward fruition, he falls hopelessly in love with a woman who may be a reincarnation of his deceased wife
Cast[edit source
Jonathan Rhys Meyers as Dracula / Alexander Grayson / Vlad Tepes
Jessica De Gouw as Mina Murray
Oliver Jackson-Cohen as Jonathan Harker, a gauche journalist who's desperate to climb the ranks of aristocracy.
Katie McGrath as Lucy Westenra
Nonso Anozie as R.M. Renfield, Dracula's loyal confidante and keeper of secrets.Victoria Smurfit as Lady Jane, a fashionable woman who is immediately enticed by the King of Vampires.
Thomas Kretschmann as Abraham Van Helsing
Kretschmann previously played Dracula in the 2012 Italian horror film, Dracula 3D.
Michael Nardone as Hermann Kruger
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