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Dracula back from the dead
With the blessing of Bram Stoker's estate, Jan De Bont is overseeing a sequel to the classic gothic novel.
May 3 2006
Dracula is all set to return from the grave, with director Jan De Bont resurrecting the long-fanged anti-hero.
Bram Stoker's estate has authorized a sequel to the author's classic gothic novel, and writer Ian Holt has put together a screenplay entitled 'The Un-Dead' (the subtitle of Stoker's original).
Holt's script will take place 25 years after the original, and includes characters like Mina Harker and Van Helsing as well as Inspector Cotford, a police officer who was edited from Stoker's original manuscript.
De Bont is now looking for a director for the project, though since his last three films were 'Speed 2: Cruise Control', 'The Haunting' and 'Laura Croft Tomb Raider The Cradle of Life', can we request that he doesn't plump for himself!
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