How many actors have played Dracula? The short answer to this question is… a lot. Since Max Schreck terrified audiences in 1922 with his portrayal of Count Olaf (legalities at the time prevented the film from using the names from Stoker’s novel outright), Dracula is without a doubt not only the most beloved and consistently adapted vampire story, but arguably the most adapted story in any genre.
With the October 25th premiere of NBC’s brand new Dracula adaptation right around the corner, Jonathan Rhys Meyers (The Tudors, Velvet Goldmine) sat down with PARADE Magazine to talk about taking on the titular role of this classic horror story, along with why he seems to “play the bad guy a lot”.
[The following contains spoilers for the Netflix series Hemlock Grove] For those of us who can’t get enough of vampires in entertainment, this has not been a disappointing year; True Blood found its stride again, The Vampire Diaries spawned The Originals, and NBC decided to unapologetically turn up the sexy on Dracula. But one of the most incredible surprises was the emergence of Netflix as a major player in original programming, and the dark and twisted ride it gave us called Hemlock Grove.
The eagerly awaited return of American Vampire is almost here. Set to appear in March 2014, writer Scott Snyder and artist Rafael Albuquerque’s award winning Vertigo series will finally emerge from hiatus to pick up the events following the series’ last story arc “The Blacklist”, as the story of Pearl, Calvin, and Skinner Sweet shifts from the 1950’s and into the world of the swinging 60’s.
Good things are worth waiting for. Nobody knows this better certainly than the Undead. I mean, really, it might take centuries for that unsuspecting village idiot to sneak into the castle and open up the family crypt. In cases like that, patience definitely is a virtue.
In stark contrast to the previous promotional photos that looked like both a riddle and a kaleidoscope, NBC has released a brand new batch of character photographs in preparation for the October 25th series premiere of Dracula, starring Jonathan Rhys Meyers (The Tudors).
For months, fans have been clamoring for new material from the highly anticipated spinoff of The Vampire Diaries, The CW’s The Originals.
We laughed. We cried. We did bad things. Earlier today, HBO announced the upcoming season of True Blood will be, as many expected, its final one. “True Blood has been nothing short of a defining show for HBO,” programming chief Michael Lombardo said in an official statement released by HBO. “Alan Ball took the books by Charlaine Harris, assembled a brilliant cast led by the magnificent Anna Paquin in the role of Sookie Stackhouse and crafted a show that has taken its many devoted fans […]