The marketing campaign is now underway for Universal’s Renfield, an upcoming movie based on the character from the iconic Dracula tale. Nicholas Hoult (The Menu) is starring as Renfield, with Nicolas Cage playing Count Dracula! Renfield comes to theaters on April 14, 2023, and Universal has shared the official title treatment with a short teaser video on Twitter today.
Check it out below and expect the first trailer… very soon…
The film is said to be a “modern-day adventure story that is comedic in tone.”
Universal’s Renfield is based on an original pitch from “The Walking Dead” creator Robert Kirkman. Chris McKay (The Tomorrow War) is directing the movie, with Nicholas Hoult (Warm Bodies, Mad Max: Fury Road) on board to star as the central character, Dracula’s henchman.
“The film centers on Renfield (Hoult), who has grown sick and tired of his centuries as Dracula’s (Cage) lackey. The henchman finds a new lease on life and maybe even redemption when he falls for feisty, perennially angry traffic cop Rebecca Quincy (Awkwafina).”
Ben Schwartz, Adrian Martinez, Shohreh Aghdashloo and Bess Rouss also star.
Ryan Ridley (“Rick and Morty”) wrote the script for Renfield.
Sucks to be him. See @RenfieldMovie, only in theaters April 14th. pic.twitter.com/yj4fSL71zc
— Universal Pictures (@UniversalPics) January 4, 2023
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