BBC One and Netflix's new take on Bram Stoker's DRACULA will (hopefully) be hitting later this year with Claes Bang is set to star as the titular character. And today we have our first look at the upcoming three-episode miniseries via a still of Bang as The Prince of Darkness himself.
Check out the full first look still below and then let us know what you think!
This new miniseries will consist of three episodes and it's coming our way from the producers of SHERLOCK. But unlike that series, which is been uprooted into the modern day, this miniseries will stay in Victorian times. That said, the mini-series is said to be
reinventing Bram Stoker’s classic story for a 21st-century audience.
Along with Claes Bang as Count Dracula, this new BBC take on Bram Stoker's DRACULA stars John Heffernan, Dolly Wells, Joanna Scanlan, Morfydd Clark, Lujza Richter, Mark Gatiss, Jonathan Aris, Sacha Dhawan, Nathan Stewart-Jarrett, Catherine Schell, Youssef Kerkour, Clive Russell, Lyndsey Marshal, Chanel Cresswell, Matthew Beard, and Sarah Niles.
The upcoming television series was developed by Mark Gatiss and Steven Moffat, based on the novel of the same name by Bram Stoker. The series is being developed for broadcast and release on BBC One and Netflix and will consist of three episodes. Directing the three feature-length episodes are Jonny Campbell (Westworld), Damon Thomas (Penny Dreadful), and Paul McGuigan (PUSH, LUCKY NUMBER SLEVIN, VICTOR FRANKENSTEIN).
While I'm sure this new BBC/Netflix take on Bram Stoker's novel will be pretty killer, and I fully plan on watching it once it hits, I think my favorite version of Stoker's tale of terror will always be Francis Ford Coppola's 1992 version, fittingly called BRAM STOKER'S DRACULA starring Gary Oldman, Winona Ryder, Anthony Hopkins, and Keanu Reeves. If you don't own that movie on Blu-ray, you can snag a copy over HERE.