Universal Studios built their pantheon of monsters based on literary classics or popular legends and myths. Returning to the source material, the new horror film “Dracula Untold” will look behind writer Bram Stoker’s “Dracula” and reveal the origin of the infamous Prince Vlad Tepes, who was posthumously dubbed ‘Vlad the Impaler’ for the way he impaled his enemies. His reputation for excessive cruelty spread abroad across the whole of Europe. Now, Universal’s upcoming film will follow the man who became Dracula (Luke Evans.) Check out the international poster and tell us what you think!
“Dracula Untold” will open in theaters on October 17th. The film stars Luke Evans, Charlie Cox, Sarah Gadon, Dominic Cooper, Samantha Barks, Zach McGowan, Art Parkinson, Paul Kaye, William Houston, Ronan Vibert, Diarmaid Murtagh, Noah Huntley, Tom Benedict Knight, Dilan Gwyn, Lasco Atkins, Joana Metrass, Ferdinand Kingsley, Joseph Long, Nick Donald, Arkie Reece, Charlene Gleeson, Thor Kristjansson, Paul Bullion, Glen Barry, Bomber Hurley-Smith, Dominic Borrelli, Laurence Doherty, Ash Cook, Tyrone Kearns, Richard Buick, Hunter Stratton Boland, Richard Hansen, Ross Moneypenny, Shane McCaffrey, Jesse Morris, Paul Casar, Matthew Åkerfeldt, Frank Cannon, Anthony Briers, J.J. Murphy, Bobby Marno, Rachel Kennedy, Charlie Berkeley, Ruth Baxter, Neville Steenson, Cole Currin, Jeffrey Nelson, James Edlin, Peter Heenan, Mel Lyle, Darren Speers Crothers, Gordon Bell and Chris Cherry. Matt Sazama and Burk Sharpless wrote the screenplay based on characters created by Bram Stoker. Gary Shore makes his directorial debut.
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