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Yay! Another Vampire TV Show!! NBC Buys 10 Hours of DRACULA!!
You say with “True Blood,” “The Vampire Diairies,” “My Babysitter’s A Vampire,” and “Being Human” on the air, you’re still not getting enough vampires?
NBC has just ordered 10 episodes of “Dracula.” The pilot script is by Cole Haddon, the writer of the “Strange Case of Mr. Hyde” graphic novel.
Jonathan Rhys Meyers (“The Tudors”) will play the titular bloodsucker.
From NBC's press release:
"The 10-episode series introduces Dracula as he arrives in London, posing as an American entrepreneur who maintains that he wants to bring modern science to Victorian society. In reality, he hopes to wreak revenge on the people who ruined his life centuries earlier. There's only one circumstance that can potentially thwart his plan: Dracula falls hopelessly in love with a woman who seems to be a reincarnation of his dead wife."
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I mean...Boo!
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not a whole lot in cable either, but there are at least a few gems
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So do you!!!!
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Or walkers. Remember, zombie movies never existed in the world of TWD.
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He's getting revenge on people from centuries ago? Why would Dracula know about modern technology? He's been holed up in his castle. Or will it be steampunk tech? And the reincarnation of the dead wife is from Coppola's movie, not the book or anywhere else.
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I don't want none of this modernization. Leave that to Sherlock. -Namaste-
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July 24, 2012, 9:16 p.m. CST
Once Person of Interest ends, Network TV can Kiss My Ass!
by Kyle DeMattio
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July 24, 2012, 9:29 p.m. CST
Is Dracula the character adapted the most number of times to scree?
by Mugato5150
I can't think of any character that comes close. Anyway the reincarnated wife thing is always lame.
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Possibly. Sherlock Holmes, Robin Hood, Jack the Ripper right there though.
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... ass.
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same thing everybody else was thinking
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I don't think so.
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I don't think so.
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July 24, 2012, 11:05 p.m. CST
He falls in love with the reincarnation of his dead wife? REALLY?
by Raptor Jesus
Christ, was there a 'what's the least original way to do this' contest?
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It doesn't seem like it would even be close but it is.
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And then obvious imitators of Abbott and Costello for the "light-hearted parody homage musical" episode. DOOM finds it ludicrous that Dracula would even pretend to be an American. But the show's producers are probably counting on Americans to relate to Drac better that way! Better: Most of his opponents will perforce sound British, i.e. speak with an "evil" accent. DOOM imagines typical dialog as follows: GOOD YANK DRACULA: Whaddya want, ya palooka? EVIL YORKSHIREMAN: Arrr, 'tis too sunny for ye today, me duck?
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If only for the awesome funk soundtrack.
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I'd hardly count two shows on basic cable, one show on pay cable and a network soap as a glut of vampire programs.
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July 25, 2012, 1:24 a.m. CST
We could sit here and complain or realize that it's on NBC. And probably at 10 pm. It's dead.
by Al
Prepare "Dracula" dead / cancelled jokes already, people.
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July 25, 2012, 2:33 a.m. CST
Wow - they are basing the plot off the Coppola film - TOO FUNNY
by WWBD
That Winona Ryder being a reincarnation of his dead wife was a load of RUBBISH in 1992, you think it's better now, second hand and 20 years later? Either go with the original Stoker plot or do something completely different. Don't rip off someone else's hackneyed ideas!
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July 25, 2012, 2:38 a.m. CST
Oh please not the reincarnation thing again, it's been done to death already.
by Bradly Durant
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would i like another series set up in the buffyverse? why yes, yes i would.
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July 25, 2012, 3:26 a.m. CST
I just don't know why it's so hard to film a decent and faithful version of Dracula, every version has been flawed to fuck...
by Bradly Durant
Based directly on Stoker's Novel... 1. Nosferatu 1922: this eerie illegal version is still probably the best of all the Dracula's and one of the greatest silent movies of all time. Great but it ain't Stoker's novel. 2. Dracula 1931: poorly directed, poorly scripted, plodding but with some of the best sets ever devised and Lugosi is simply amazing. A classic but not a great film and bares little resemblance to the book. 3. Dracula 1958: a great Hammer movie even though they took huge liberties with the story and Lee (as always) is given fuck all to do except show his fangs off. Cushing's Van Helsing is peerless though. One of Hammer's best but not the novel. 4. Count Dracula (1969) Jesus Franco's Cheap and tacky effort made for about $5, but it does at least try to stay true to the source material. Sadly though it's pretty unwatchable. 5. Dracula (1973) Dan Curtis' take on the novel is one of the best efforts and the one that introduced the reincarnation thing. Even though Jack Palance is totally wrong for the part his performance is pretty good. 6. Count Dracula (1977) The BBC mini series with yet another miscast Dracula, Louis Jordan who just comes across as a smug bank manager. The script is by far the most faithful of all the versions but its creaky 70's video photography makes everything look cheap. 7. Dracula (1979) Frank Langella is John Travolta's evil twin brother in this lush remake of the Lugosi version. It's decent but underplays the horror far too much, needed much more blood, breasts and fangs. The epic sets are impressive as is John Williams score. But again it ain't Stoker. 8. Nosferatu (1979) Herzog's remake is my personal favourite of all the versions. Kinski is brilliant, funny, sad, pathetic and chilling. Isabelle Adjani is utterly gorgeous and well worth dying for. The most unique of all the versions and although not quite the source material it feels the closest in tone to the novel. 7. Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992) Where do I begin? This should have been the definitive version, but Coppola's effort is just utterly bizarre. In spite of an impressive cast (not you Keanu or you shoplifter) and a really great script and one of the best soundtracks of the last 20 years, Coppola just piles on the dementia. Granted there are some great moments here and there, but overall the film is just shambolic. This is the most infuriating of all the version's by far. 8. Dracula 3D (2012) Not even going there.
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...pretends to be an American entrepreneur. He does that a lot. I also love it when he wreaks revenge on people who died centuries ago. What's he going to do, take a shit on their graves like this series will take a shit on Stoker's?
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Dracula posing as an American entrepreneur? And oh my god the whole reincarnation of his lost love is just about the laziest thing you can do with a vampire at this point. Also, he wants to wreak revenge on people who are centuries dead by now? By what stretch of the imagination is this in any way connected to Stoker's story? Will he at least be a grown-ass man? Or should we expect a brooding 23-year-old with Victorian bedhead?
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true blood is done, twilight is done, blade is done :'( let the fucking wave die so somebody can calm the fuck down and figure out a better way than abraham lincoln and ANOTHER dracula.
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How can he wreck revenge on people who ruined his life centuries earlier ? Surely they would be dead ? Or can dracula travel in time and if so why does he come to london ? or are the people who wrecked his life also vampires ? The synopsis makes no sense.
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What the hell is happening? The whole 'brooding Vampire' shtick got old with Angel and Anne Rice's novels, and was milked to death (along with werewolves vs Vamps) with Underworld. Then Twilight appeared and suddenly they're cool again? I do wonder if the younger generation realise just how recylced current Tv and films really are.
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It's Mummy time.
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and during the Victorian era? That's gonna' play well in the suburbs and trailer parks. Not to mention, it's going to be too expensive to last long. Could have been entertaining on Showtime, but not NBC.
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July 25, 2012, 9 a.m. CST
This will do as well as Crusoe, another classic done up "NBC style".
by openthepodbaydoorshal
Introduce "modern science to Victorian society", eh? I imagine a lot of steampunk gadgets, ala Wild Wild West.
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Done properly could be something truly great. Yes, we sort of got a taste of a Vampire Hunter D style film with the not great but fun vampire/blade runner/dredd pastiche Priest. Or how about Under the Fang? http://www.amazon.com/Under-Horror-Writers-America-Present/dp/0671695738 It was a compilation of various short stories by different authors, about a world where humans and vampires were at war. In a weird way, sort of like a more traditional precursor to something like World War Z, in that we get different perspectives on the vampire versus human struggle. Under the Fang is more in the wheelhouse of vampire properties like Blade or True Blood, but could make for a pretty wild anthology style miniseries. If the initial miniseries were then a hit, the producers could hire on some new scriptwriters and authors to create new stories for a season two.
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July 25, 2012, 9:21 a.m. CST
I'd love to see an series about vampires set in ancient times
by lv_426
True Blood using the Lilith myth and all that kind of stuff makes me think it would be unique to have a series about vampires in the ancient world. Of course, other supernatural beings and creatures could be brought into the fold as well.
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July 25, 2012, 9:23 a.m. CST
I've got a pretty crazy idea for an epic vampiric space opera
by lv_426
It would be pretty sprawling though, and might be better as a novel, which I know fuck all how to do anything with in terms of prose stylings and all that literary jazz.
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The next big thing!!!!
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July 25, 2012, 10:10 a.m. CST
Virgin Ventriloquists versus Victorian Vampires
by openthepodbaydoorshal
followed by the re-reboot of V.
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Vamps in virtual reality! That way the vamps can secretly live out their fantasies of world domination while in the real world they live in secret amongst humanity. This is due to the fact that if the vampire society revealed themselves to the public, then everyone would want to become a vampire and humans would lose their freedom and become livestock bred for their blood. Of course, there would be flashbacks to the elaborate alternate reality like games and pageants that old school vampires played throughout history to quench their thirst for the experience of power and domination over the human populace. VR sims are just the latest and greatest way to accomplish this role playing.
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Network TV, no titties, no watchie
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Is it a spinoff of My Mother's A Werewolf?
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If it was Dracula in the modern day, I could almost see it working (though I personally wouldn't watch it). If it was a niche cable show, or even PBS, I could see it working. But network audiences have never really taken to period shows, except for sitcoms that trade heavily in nostalgia (Happy Days, That 70s Show, etc).
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Those were the days...
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NBC already did a show featuring Drac called "The Curse of Dracula" way back in 1979 with Michael Nouri in the title role. I can see this new one lasting as long as that one :(
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I read the first one and thought they could do it like a Stephen King "LOST" series. Multiple characters all over as the infection spreads and begins to effect the world. I didn't read the other two books, though, so I don't know how it pans out.
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July 25, 2012, 12:29 p.m. CST
When do we start seeing incubus films. That's scare the shit out of people
by kidicarus
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That's right, pre-teen girls are gonna be totally sex-crazed over minotaurs. Believe it.
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who watches regular TV after the awesomeness that AMC, Showtime and HBO have been delivering these past 10-15 years? Adult themed entertainment, baby!!!
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July 25, 2012, 1:31 p.m. CST
I would include Jersey Shore in that list of vampire shows
by cromulent
Those people suck the life outta me
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July 25, 2012, 1:31 p.m. CST
Maybe if I was an asshole I would care about Downton Abbey.
by Fries Against
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I believe it was a Dracula mini-series that ran into trouble, the crew ran off with the equipment and NBS had to counter with one more reality series...
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Whoever wins will have to clean up a lot of blood, horseshit, and dead farm animal body parts.
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Or Count Chocula... or Count Von Count from Sesame Street... any of them would be gold compared to this other crap.
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First couple of seasons of Buffy when they simply focused on hot chick with super powers kicking vampire ass were great and a clear line between good/evil. Then it descended into stupid crap ( spike/ Buffy, willows sexuality etc. )A new vampire slayer series where the slayer is a straight human male, has consistently portrayed enhanced strength and reflexes, is feared by vampires, has great martial arts action, where the hero doesn't cross the between good and evil---seriously if a smart producer put this up on some network it would pull great ratings/demographics. Pair it with a reboot of the Brady Bunch and the new Hulk series and we are set to go. Tell me this isn't a great idea---new shows about a guys with super powers kicking ass followed by wholesome family entertainment
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We had the dukes of hazard followed by bixby's hulk. I want another night like that. I'm tired of tv series with long drawn out plot arcs and episode after episode of nothing happening and of little or no plot progression. Networks need to go retro one or two evenings a week and yes, I'm saying it---- they need to offer family shows other than Glee type programming.
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July 26, 2012, 2:04 a.m. CST
njgeek -- how about a vampire slaying crew kinda like the Ghostbusters?
by lv_426
A scientist and a mythologist team up with some gruff blue collar guys to start a vampire slaying business after the media leaks evidence that vampires might be real and living among us. Maybe not as outright comedic as Ghostbusters, but a mix of horror, action, and comedy. Set it in Texas or Southern California and use the notion of vampires going back and forth between the United Stares and Mexico to feast on the innocent. Damn, this is starting to sound like a mix of Ghostbusters, From Dusk Til Dawn, Breaking Bad, and a little of The Walking Dead. I like it.
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July 26, 2012, 2:12 a.m. CST
njgeek -- I'd love to see TV networks and cable networks get back to doing more of the old epic miniseries
by lv_426
That way you have a bit of the best of both worlds. Something a bit more digestible for viewers without having to spend 20 or more weeks on a show without missing an episode, but also the ability to do a single story arc and wrap it up properly. Then in certain cases when a mini is a hit and makes sense as a series, they can turn it into a regular show. BSG started that way a few years back, as well as the original in the late 70's. Sometimes it works better to introduce new worlds and characters via a three to four hour mini, then once established strongly go into a regular series model.
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In the UK we had 'Ultraviolet' which was a slick retelling of vampire mythology. Shame it only lasted six episodes though. Back in the 70's Tom Baker battled space vampires in the TARDIS in 'State of Decay'. So that's been done, I know Matt Smith met more vamps in venice but that was meh. Favourite TV vampire moment? Krusty's Halloween special "Tonight I'm going to suck.." <pause for new cue-card> "...your blood!"
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Poor Twihards. Your world is crumbling.
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Plenty of potential there
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July 26, 2012, 3:08 p.m. CST
We had a Blade series that tanked not too long ago, didn't we?
by sweeneydave
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There could be a running gag about his lack of depth perception!
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Peter Dinklage, hellooooo!
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July 26, 2012, 6:36 p.m. CST
How about a soap featuring Tolkien elves living as eco-hipsters in Portland?
by Royston Lodge
Fred Armisten, call your agent.
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You got me! Really your idea is brilliant. Dinklage as a cop. Pure genius. Dude, you should copyright that because some Hollywood writer troll will steal your idea. In fact, I bet we see dinklage as a cop on Tv within 3 years.
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July 27, 2012, 12:25 p.m. CST
lv_426, John Carpenter's Vampires showed that potential early on, then killed off all the cool guys and slid downhill fast
by kidicarus
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Heh heh heh ...
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