After going in search of his truffle pig in Pig and playing his own role in The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent, Nicolas Cage returned to Hollywood sets to resurrect a famous Dark Universe fire monster – formerly called Monster Cinematic Universe – , this aborted franchise project which was to feature characters from the Universal Monsters horror film gallery. In Renfield, he adorned himself with his most beautiful canines to play Count Dracula while Nicholas Hoult plays the main role of Renfield in this spin-off project centered on his henchman. In Bram Stoker’s 1897 novel, Renfield is committed to a psychiatric hospital for manic delusions causing him to drink blood to find immortality. He is actually under the control of Dracula and it is this abusive relationship, between domination and rebellion, which will be explored in the new studio project. In the first trailer with a very humorous tone, Renfield is in group therapy to confide about his “toxic relationship” with his boss who sends him to find his future victims. He will try to emancipate himself thanks to a policewoman embodied by the very cool rapper-actress Awkwafina. See also on Konbini his work on Rick and Morty, based on an original story by Robert Kirkman (The Walking Dead, Invincible, Marvel Zombies). Chris McKay (The Tomorrow War, The Lego Batman Movie 2) will direct the film, while Nicolas Cage will succeed a long list of actors who have already played the role of Count Dracula in the cinema, such as Luke Evans, Gary Oldman or Frank Langella. Qui est Awkwafina, a talented rapper-actress who has just won a Golden GlobeRenflied is expected on May 31, 2023 in French cinemas.
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