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Renfield Has Started Production As Of Today

Published Fri, 04 Feb 2022 12:17:09 -0600

Renfield, the new Universal Monsters film starring Nicolas Cage, Nicholas Hoult, and Awkwafina, is now in production. Chris McKay is helming the project, Rick and Morty writer Ryan Ridley will spin the tale of Renfield, and it will be produced by Skybound Entertainment's Robert Kirkman, David Alpert, Bryan Furst, and Sean Furst. A new post on Twitter from Universal announced the production start, complete with a clapper board with the film's logo, which is the spitting image of the Dracula logo from 1931. Check it out below.

Renfield Has Started Production As Of Today — Credit Universal

Renfield Is Going To Blow People Away

Nicolas Cage has been out there teasing his take on Dracula for Renfield, even talking about how goth he is: "I looked at Bela Lugosi's performance, and then I looked at Frank Langella's performance. I looked at Gary's performance in uncle's movie, which I think it's just so sumptuous. Every frame is a work of art. I want it to pop in a unique way from how we've seen it played. So I'm thinking to really focus on the movement of the character. You know, I saw 'Malignant,' and I thought what she did with those moves — and even 'Ringu' with Sadako [Yamamura] … I want to look at what we can explore with this movement and voice."

See, he has a crow named Hoogan who even makes fun of him: "He has taken to calling me names… it's comical, at least, it is to me. When I leave the room, he'll say, 'Bye,' and then go, 'Ass.' Crows are very intelligent. And I like their appearance, the Edgar Allan Poe aspect. I like the goth element. I am a goth." Man, to be a fly on the wall in Cage's house. Renfield is now in production, with no release date announced yet. Hopefully, we get a pic of Cage as Dracula sooner rather than later.

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