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Claes Bang Sinks His Teeth Into The Role Of Dracula – Netflix & BBC Announce Director & Cast

BBC and Netflix have teamed up for a new upcoming “Dracula” series. Today we have an update along with casting news and who will be directing. The Girl in the Spider’s Web actor Claes Bang will be playing the legendary title character. Variety reports that he joins Jonathan Aris, Jonathan Aris, Sacha Dhawan, Nathan Stewart-Jarrett, Catherine Schell, Youssef Kerkour and Clive Russell along with already announced cast members John Heffernan, Dolly Wells, Morfydd Clark, Joanna Scanlan, and Lujza Richter. Variety also states that “Production is now underway, with Jonny Campbell (“Westworld”) directing the opening installment. Damon Thomas(“Killing Eve”) and Paul McGuigan (“Film Stars Don’t Die in Liverpool”) will helm Episodes 2 and 3, respectively.” Written and created by Steven Moffat and Mark Gatiss, the series was inspired by Bram Stoker’s classic novel and will re-introduce the world to Dracula, the vampire who made evil sexy. “In Transylvania in 1897, the blood drinking Count is drawing his plans against Victorian London.”

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Apr 29, 2019
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New “Dracula” Series Stakes Its Vampire

Steven Moffet and Mark Gatiss are teaming up once again for a new adaptation of Bram Stoker’s Dracula. You may be wondering who will be playing the lead role. That would be Girl in the Spider’s Web (review) actor Claes Bang. Set in Victorian-era London, the miniseries will also star Gatiss, Dolly Wells, Luiza Richter, and John Heffernan. This is not the first “Dracula” series we’ve seen. The first premiered back in 2013 but was short lived. With Moffet and Gatiss having a long track record of successful series, having worked together on both “Doctor Who” and “Sherlock”, odds are we’ll be in for a good show this time around. Set to begin filming this Spring, the series is a co-production of Netflix and the BBC with the show airing in the U.S. on Netflix and on the BBC in the U.K.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Feb 15, 2019
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Sink Your Teeth Into A New “Dracula” Series From The Duo Behind “Sherlock”

Fans of the ultimate bloodsucker will be excited to learn that the BBC and Netflix are making an unholy alliance to raise “Dracula” from the grave. Here’s the kicker, the new series adaptation of Bram Stoker’s classic tale is from the team behind “Sherlock”, Mark Gatiss and Steven Moffat. Set in 1897, the series will center on the blood-drinking count from Transylvania who sets his sights on Victorian London. There have always been stories about great evil. What’s special about Dracula is that Bram Stoker gave evil its own hero.” Moffat and Gatiss stated. Vertue added “There’s nothing like fresh blood.” Sue Vertue’s Hartswood Films producing the project, according to Variety.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Oct 15, 2018

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Claes Bang Sinks His Teeth Into The Role Of Dracula – Netflix & BBC Announce Director & Cast

BBC and Netflix have teamed up for a new upcoming “Dracula” series. Today we have an update along with casting news and who will be directing. The Girl in the Spider’s Web actor Claes Bang will be playing the legendary title character. Variety reports that he joins Jonathan Aris, Jonathan Aris, Sacha Dhawan, Nathan Stewart-Jarrett, Catherine Schell, Youssef Kerkour and Clive Russell along with already announced cast members John Heffernan, Dolly Wells, Morfydd Clark, Joanna Scanlan, and Lujza Richter. Variety also states that “Production is now underway, with Jonny Campbell (“Westworld”) directing the opening installment. Damon Thomas(“Killing Eve”) and Paul McGuigan (“Film Stars Don’t Die in Liverpool”) will helm Episodes 2 and 3, respectively.” Written and created by Steven Moffat and Mark Gatiss, the series was inspired by Bram Stoker’s classic novel and will re-introduce the world to Dracula, the vampire who made evil sexy. “In Transylvania in 1897, the blood drinking Count is drawing his plans against Victorian London.”

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Apr 29, 2019
Horror Fuel

New “Dracula” Series Stakes Its Vampire

Steven Moffet and Mark Gatiss are teaming up once again for a new adaptation of Bram Stoker’s Dracula. You may be wondering who will be playing the lead role. That would be Girl in the Spider’s Web (review) actor Claes Bang. Set in Victorian-era London, the miniseries will also star Gatiss, Dolly Wells, Luiza Richter, and John Heffernan. This is not the first “Dracula” series we’ve seen. The first premiered back in 2013 but was short lived. With Moffet and Gatiss having a long track record of successful series, having worked together on both “Doctor Who” and “Sherlock”, odds are we’ll be in for a good show this time around. Set to begin filming this Spring, the series is a co-production of Netflix and the BBC with the show airing in the U.S. on Netflix and on the BBC in the U.K.

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Feb 15, 2019
Horror Fuel

Sink Your Teeth Into A New “Dracula” Series From The Duo Behind “Sherlock”

Fans of the ultimate bloodsucker will be excited to learn that the BBC and Netflix are making an unholy alliance to raise “Dracula” from the grave. Here’s the kicker, the new series adaptation of Bram Stoker’s classic tale is from the team behind “Sherlock”, Mark Gatiss and Steven Moffat. Set in 1897, the series will center on the blood-drinking count from Transylvania who sets his sights on Victorian London. There have always been stories about great evil. What’s special about Dracula is that Bram Stoker gave evil its own hero.” Moffat and Gatiss stated. Vertue added “There’s nothing like fresh blood.” Sue Vertue’s Hartswood Films producing the project, according to Variety.

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Oct 15, 2018