Karyn Kusama’s Dracula Reimagining Scrapped Three Weeks Before Shooting Was Set to Start
Blumhouse and Miramax were set to join forces to produce Mina Harker, a new Dracula-centric movie directed by Karyn Kusama (Destroyer).
Deadline is reporting that Miramax has iced the project over creative differences with Kusama, and informed the crew on Monday. Shooting was due to begin in three weeks, with Jasmine Cephas Jones (Blindspotting) set to headline the cast. Phil Hay and Matt Manfredi wrote the script, based on Bram Stoker’s Dracula. From Deadline, here’s the synopsis of the project:
The movie was to be set in contemporary Los Angeles, centering on protagonist Mina Harker, who plays opposite Dracula in the movie, with the classic Bram Stoker protagonist going by the name of Vladimir in the film.
Karyn Kusama was coming really hot fresh from the really successful Yellowjackets Showtime series, which she executive produced. She also directed the pilot, which was her first directing job after helming Destroyer, with Nicole Kidman. She will be directing an episode of Dead Ringers next. Jones is an Emmy winner, much like her father Ron Cephas Jones. In fact, the two are the first father-daughter Emmy-winning pair.
Chloé Zhao was reported last year to also be developing a Dracula movie for Universal, but there hasn’t been an update on that for a while. We will keep you posted should more news drop.
Miguel Fernández is a Spanish student that has movies as his second passion in life. His favorite movie of all time is The Lord of the Rings, but he is also a huge Star Wars fan. However, fantasy movies are not his only cup of tea, as authors like Scorsese, Fincher, Kubrick or Hitchcock have been an obsession for him since he started to understand the language of filmmaking. He is that guy who will watch a black and white movie, just because it is in black and white.
