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05 February 2021 Share with: The 38-year-old filmmaker is to helm a Universal Pictures horror inspired by the big screen vampire - who first featured in Bram Stoker's 1897 novel - in a project that is described as an original, futuristic sci-fi Western. Details are being kept under wraps but it is said that the movie will explore the theme of being on the fringes of society. Chloe will write, direct and produce the flick through her Highwayman production company. She said: "I've always been fascinated by vampires and the concept of the Other they embody. I'm very excited to work with Donna (L...

Los Angeles: Filmmaker Chloe Zhao will be directing a new take on Universal monster character Dracula.

Chloé Zhao Boards SF ‘Dracula’ Film PRoject Things are looking interesting with where director Chloe Zhao may be going, according to Deadline, as she works through the post-production side of  Eternals for Marvel Studios. The director, who just got two Golden Globe nominations for directing and screenwriting for  Nomadland, is developing a  Vampire Hunter D, anyone? Zhao is on board to write, direct, and produce the project with Universal through her Highwayman production company. “Chloé’s singular lens shines a light on stories of the overlooked and misunderstood,” said Peter ...

05 February 2021 Share with: Chloe Zhao has signed up with Universal Pictures to write, direct, and produce a new take on vampire classic, Dracula. "I've always been fascinated by vampires and the concept of the Other they embody," Zhao shared in a statement published by The Hollywood Reporter. "I'm very excited to work with... the team at Universal to reimagine such a beloved character," she went on. Derived from an 1897 novel by Bram Stoker, Dracula has been a recurrent monster throughout cinema history, with Bela Lugosi famously portraying the blood-sucking Count in a 1931 horror film for ...

ETERNALS Director Developing New “Sci-Fi Western” Take on DRACULA Universal has snagged Chloé Zhao (Eternals, Nomadland) to write, direct, and also produce a new sci-fi Western take on Bram Stoker's Dracula. By Mike Sprague Eternals, Nomadland) to write, direct, and also produce a new take on Bram Stoker’s Dracula. But the new film won’t be a straightforward adaptation. Zhao’s new take will a sci-fi Western? Universal president, Peter Cramer, says: “ Chloé’s singular lens shines a light on stories of the overloo...