When you guess of Count Dracula , one of the first things that comes to thinker is origin — so it ’s only meet that the latest Dracula motion picture is being written by a man who shares some with the lineament ’s creator .
Dacre Stoker , the great - heroic nephew of Dracula author Bram Stoker , is co - writing a Dracula prequel movie called Dracul . Paramount Pictures just purchased the screen right to the taradiddle , which Stoker is co - penning with J.D. Barker . Because of Dacre Stoker ’s involvement , this will be the first prequel report in full authorized by Bram Stoker ’s estate .
correct in the 19th 100 , Dracul will accompany a 21 - yr - former Bram Stoker who campaign and ensnare an evil tool ( Dracula , we ’re assuming ) and then compose about his experiences . It ’s your classic “ the book is actual ” idea .

The undertaking is now in development and Andy Muschetti , whose novel film It open this workweek , is being eyed as the director . He ’s got several other task on his scale , though — first and foremost being the It sequel — so if he does lineal Dracul , it wo n’t be for some time .
As for Dacre Stoker , this is n’t the first clock time he ’s embrace his vampire inheritance . In 2009 he co - write a novel call Dracula : The Un - Dead , and in 2011 he directed a infotainment call Dracula meet Stoker . Neither really made an shock on democratic civilization , but a movie from Paramount Pictures would have the electric potential to do just that .
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