Over the past few years, the character of Dracula, famously created by Bram Stoker, has been adapted and portrayed in a variety of ways. Just recently, there have been blockbuster portrayals such asDracula Untoldas well as the animated versions of the character like that ofHotel Transylvaniaand Netflix’sCastlevania. Universal also hasThe Eternalsdirector Chloe Zhao in talks to direct asci-fi western Dracula film, so the trend will surely continue well into the future. But for their next horror film, Amblin Entertainment will be going back to the original Bram Stoker novel forThe Last Voyage of the Demeter, and the studio has found their Dracula actor in Javier Botet.
Javier Botet is a character actor who specializes in bringing modern movie monsters to life. An actor who doubles as a contortionist and is well over six feet tall, Botet has donned motion-capture outfits and heavy amounts of makeup to portray monsters in horror films likeAlien: Covenant,Mama,It,The Conjuring 2, andSlender Man. Safely put, the Spanish actor will be able to bring Dracula in a unique way that many audiences used totraditional portrayals like that of Christopher Leehaven’t seen before.
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The Last Voyage of the Demeteraims to tell a story from an early chapter of Bram Stoker’s original novel, where a ship is tasked with transporting Dracula—though the mission has a grim outcome. André Øvredal, director ofScary Stories to Tell in the Dark, will be directing a script byEscape Roomwriter Bragi Schut andFear Streetwriter Zak Olkewicz.
Joining Botet will be a slew of exciting actors like Corey Hawkins(In TheHeights),David Dastmalchian(Ant-Man, The SuicideSquad),Liam Cunningham (Game Of Thrones), and Aisling Franciosi (Black Narcissus) along with Stefan Kapičić, the Serbian actor who portrayed Colossus in theDeadpoolfilms.
The Last Voyage of the Demeteris an exciting project that looks to be telling the original story ofDraculathrough a unique perspective. With this film in production,plusMorbiuson the wayand an upcomingMCUBladefilm, vampires may once again be dominating the box office. Fans of classic horror films and vampire films will no doubt find a lot to appreciate from the exciting horror project, which is set to begin production in the coming months.
