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Set Sail With André Øvredal’s Dracula Movie ‘The Last Voyage of the Demeter’

Javier Botet (IT, The Conjuring), who has played some of horror’s most disturbing creatures and characters, will star as the famous bloodsucker, Dracula, in director André Øvredal’s (The Autopsy of Jane Doe, Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark) The Last Voyage of the Demeter. Already in production, The Last Voyage of the Demeter also stars David Dastmalchian (The Suicide Squad), Liam Cunningham (“Game of Thrones”), Aisling Franciosi (The Nightingale), and Corey Hawkins (“The Walking Dead”) according to THR. The script was penned by Zak Olkewicz (Bullet Train), based on the original script by Bragi Schut. Javier Botet stars as the infamous vampire, Dracula, with Cunningham playing the ship’s stately captain. Dastmalchian plays Wojchek, Demeter’s first mate. Franciosi stars as Anna, a stowaway aboard the ship, while Briones is playing the ship’s cook. Kapicic and Nikolaeff play two of the ship’s crew members. The film is “based on a single chapter, the Captain’s Log, from Bram Stoker’s classic 1897 novel

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André Øverdal To Helm Dracula Tale ‘The Last Voyage of the Demeter’

Bragi Schut‘s script, The Last Voyage of the Demeter, has been passed around for years. There have been multiple directors attached however, the film never comes to life, but that may be about to change. THR reported today that The Autopsy of Jane Doe and Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark director André Øverdal is currently in talks to helm the film for Amblin. Demeter was the name of the ship that brought Dracula from Transylvania to London in Bram Stoker’s classic Dracula. In the 1897 novel, the Demeter washes up on the English shore, “tattered and broken, with one mad survivor.” The script, written in 2002 by Schut (Season of the Witch) tells the tale of that journey and the crew that was slaughtered one by one by its mysterious passenger. Bradley Fischer, Arnold Messer, and Mike Medavoy are set to produce the film.

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Set Sail With André Øvredal’s Dracula Movie ‘The Last Voyage of the Demeter’

Javier Botet (IT, The Conjuring), who has played some of horror’s most disturbing creatures and characters, will star as the famous bloodsucker, Dracula, in director André Øvredal’s (The Autopsy of Jane Doe, Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark) The Last Voyage of the Demeter. Already in production, The Last Voyage of the Demeter also stars David Dastmalchian (The Suicide Squad), Liam Cunningham (“Game of Thrones”), Aisling Franciosi (The Nightingale), and Corey Hawkins (“The Walking Dead”) according to THR. The script was penned by Zak Olkewicz (Bullet Train), based on the original script by Bragi Schut. Javier Botet stars as the infamous vampire, Dracula, with Cunningham playing the ship’s stately captain. Dastmalchian plays Wojchek, Demeter’s first mate. Franciosi stars as Anna, a stowaway aboard the ship, while Briones is playing the ship’s cook. Kapicic and Nikolaeff play two of the ship’s crew members. The film is “based on a single chapter, the Captain’s Log, from Bram Stoker’s classic 1897 novel

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André Øverdal To Helm Dracula Tale ‘The Last Voyage of the Demeter’

Bragi Schut‘s script, The Last Voyage of the Demeter, has been passed around for years. There have been multiple directors attached however, the film never comes to life, but that may be about to change. THR reported today that The Autopsy of Jane Doe and Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark director André Øverdal is currently in talks to helm the film for Amblin. Demeter was the name of the ship that brought Dracula from Transylvania to London in Bram Stoker’s classic Dracula. In the 1897 novel, the Demeter washes up on the English shore, “tattered and broken, with one mad survivor.” The script, written in 2002 by Schut (Season of the Witch) tells the tale of that journey and the crew that was slaughtered one by one by its mysterious passenger. Bradley Fischer, Arnold Messer, and Mike Medavoy are set to produce the film.

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