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Subject: Re: [NEWS] "Dracula" trailer released
Date: Fri, 6 Jun 2025 22:27:06 -0400
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On 6/6/2025 9:39 PM, Your Name wrote:
> 
> A slightly weird trailer for "Dracula" has been released - the speech is 
> in English with French sub-titles, while the on-screen titles (e.g. the 
> release date) are still in French.
> 
> It also has basically nothing to do with the original book nor any other 
> Dracula version ... looks like a movie to be best avoided, even for 
> Dracula fans.
> 
> 
>     Dracula Trailer Introduces Caleb Landry Jones
>     as Luc Besson's Prince of Darkness
>     ---------------------------------------------
>     Luc Besson's Dracula trailer has been released, ahead of its
>     upcoming theatrical release in France this coming July 30,
>     2025. The movie is based on Bram Stoker's 1897 gothic novel
>     of the same name.
> 
>     "It tells the story of 15th century Prince Vladimir who
>     cursed God following the death of his beloved wife and is
>     turned into a vampire. Later, in 19th century London, he
>     discovers his wife's doppelganger and dooms himself by
>     pursuing her," reads the initial synopsis.
> 
>     Check out the Dracula trailer below.
> 
>     Trailer: (2mins 11secs)
>     <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0CFfJm6f7ds>
> 
> 
>     What happens in the Dracula trailer?
>     The video introduces Get Out's Caleb Landry Jones as he
>     plays the newest iteration of the Prince of Darkness, who
>     has been looking for the love of his life for several
>     centuries. The cast will also include Christoph Waltz as a
>     priest, Matilda De Angelis as Maria, Zoe Bleu as
>     Elisabeta/Mina, Ewens Abid as Jonathan Harker, Romain Levi
>     as Captain Wernus, and more.
> 
>     Dracula is written and directed by French filmmaker Luc
>     Besson, who's best known for his work on movies like Léon:
>     The Professional and Lucy. This marks Besson's latest
>     collaboration with Jones, after previous directing the
>     acclaimed actor in 2023's Dogman. The movie is produced by
>     Virginie Besson-Silla, with Philippe Corrot serving as an
>     executive producer.
> 
>     "It's a totally romantic approach," Besson said in a previous
>     interview with Deadline. "There's a romantic side in Bram
>     Stoker's book that hasn't been explored that much. It's a
>     love story about a man who waits for 400 years for the
>     reincarnation of his wife. That's the true heart of the
>     story, waiting an eternity for the return of love, leaving it
>     open on whether the woman that Dracula meets is a
>     reincarnation or not."
> 
> 
> <https://www.comingsoon.net/movies/trailers/1985811-dracula-trailer- 
> caleb-landry-jones-luc-besson-prince-of-darkness>

Drive a stake through its heart...