Viewers’ favorite Nicolas Cage will play the iconic character – Dracula, in Chris McKay’s new film – Renfield . Nicholas Hoult will play the title role alongside him. The film will hit theaters in April this year.
Just weeks before it hits theaters, the final Renfield trailer from Universal Pictures has been released. The star of the X-Men series, Nicholas Hoult, will play the title role – the main henchman (sidekick) of Dracula. While the first trailer and Hoult’s take on the character generated a lot of excitement, the biggest stir is of course the great actor himself, who is none other than fan favorite Nicolas Cage, as Dracula .
While it seems unlikely that this new film will usher in another Dark Universe, director Chris McKay revealed in an interview with Collider that he considers the film to be a direct sequel to Tod Browning’s 1931 masterpiece, Dracula .
I kept telling the marketing department that this is what we should say – that this is the only direct sequel. I think you could argue that Dracula’s Daughter is a sequel… But for me the only true sequel is with Dracula and Renfiel. So yes, I wish they would use that in marketing. I think that would be a fun way to position the film. That’s the longest time between the original movie and the sequel, beating Psycho or whatever. Except maybe Avatar, because I feel like it’s been a long time since the first part.
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In this modern-day monster tale, Dracula’s loyal servant, Nicholas Hoult ( Mad Max: Fury Road , X-Men series ) stars as Renfield, the tortured sidekick to history’s most narcissistic boss, Dracula (Oscar winner Nicolas Cage). Renfield is forced to obtain his master’s spoils and obey all his orders, no matter how much he is humiliated. But now, after centuries of captivity, Renfield is ready to see if there is life beyond the shadow of the Prince of Darkness. If only he could figure out how to end codependency. The film also stars Awkwafina as Rebecca Quincy, Ben Schwartz as Teddy Lobo and Adrian Martinez as Chris Marcos.
Renfield was directed by Chris McKay ( The Tomorrow War, The LEGO Batman Movie ) from a screenplay by Ryan Ridley ( Ghosted, Rick & Morty ), based on an original idea by The Walking Dead and Invincible creator Robert Kirkman. The film is slated to hit theaters on April 14.
See Cage as the greatest vampire of all time in the final Renfield trailer below .
