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Dracula Untold
A man walking away from a large amount of bats.
IMAX exclusive theatrical release poster
Directed byGary Shore
Screenplay byMatt Sazama
Burk Sharpless
Produced byMichael De Luca
StarringLuke Evans
Sarah Gadon
Dominic Cooper
Samantha Barks
CinematographyJohn Schwartzman
Edited byRichard Pearson
Music byRamin Djawadi[1]
Production
companies
Distributed byUniversal Pictures
Release date
  • October 10, 2014 (2014-10-10) (United States)
Running time
92 minutes[2]
CountriesUnited States
United Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
Budget$70 million[3][4][5]
Box office$30 million[6]

Dracula Untold is a 2014 American dark fantasy-action film directed by Gary Shore in his feature film debut and written by Matt Sazama and Burk Sharpless.[7] Rather than focus on Irish novelist Bram Stoker's 1897 novel Dracula, the film creates an origin story for its title character, Count Dracula, by portraying the story of Vlad the Impaler, who uses dark powers to protect his family and kingdom. Luke Evans portrays the title character, with Sarah Gadon, Dominic Cooper, and Samantha Barks in supporting roles.

Principal photography began on August 5, 2013 in Northern Ireland. Universal Pictures will release the film on October 10, 2014 in theatres and IMAX. Universal intends the film to be a reboot of the Universal Monsters franchises.[8]

Plot

The film tells the story of Transylvanian prince Vlad III Țepeș, whose period of peace is threatened by Sultan Mehmed II, who demands 1,000 of his principality's boys, including Vlad’s own son, Ingeras, to join his army.

In order to save his son, his wife Mirena and the kingdom he loves, Vlad journeys to Broken Tooth Mountain, where he encounters an ancient sorcerer, Caligula, and enters into a Faustian bargain—one that gives the prince the strength of 100 men, the speed of a falling star and enough power to destroy his enemies. However, he will be afflicted with an insatiable thirst to drink human blood. This ultimately leads him to embrace his destiny as the legendary vampire Dracula.

Cast

Production

Anybody who’s going to the film expecting a horror film, is going to be sorely disappointed. For me, it was telling a story. I was trying to tell a good drama, that has action-adventure elements to it.

—Gary Shore, director[15]

In 2007, director Alex Proyas (The Crow) was hired by Universal Studios to direct the film Dracula: Year Zero.[16] The film was to be produced by Michael De Luca and filmed in Australia.[17] Later, Universal ended the deals with Proyas and Worthington because of the high budget. It was then announced on February 10, 2012 by Deadline.com that Irish director Gary Shore was in talks to direct.[7] Matt Sazama and Burk Sharpless wrote the script for the new film.[18] On April 25, 2013, The Hollywood Reporter confirmed that Universal had announced that the film would be released on August 8, 2014.[19] On May 20, 2013, First Minister of Northern Ireland Peter Robinson and Deputy First Minister of Northern Ireland Martin McGuinness announced that Universal would film Dracula in August in Northern Ireland.[20] On August 29, 2013, Variety reported that Legendary Pictures was considering co-financing the film.[21] Legendary's involvement in production was confirmed in May 2014.[22]

Casting

On January 25, 2010, it was announced that Sam Worthington was in negotiations to play Vlad the Impaler, with the film set to release in 2011.[23] Later on August 19, Worthington was confirmed to star in the film.[24] On February 10, 2012, Deadline confirmed that Universal closed the deal with Worthington.[7] On April 8, 2013, actor Luke Evans joined the cast, replacing Worthington to play the role of Vlad the Impaler, the man who would become the mythological bloodsucker Dracula.[9] On May 2, 2013, Sarah Gadon joined the cast to star alongside Evans.[10] On May 8 Variety announced that Dominic Cooper was in talks to join the cast.[11] On July 11, 2013, Zach McGowan also signed on, to play the role of Shkelgim, a gypsy chief.[14] On July 26, Samantha Barks joined the cast to play a character from Eastern European folk tales known as Baba Yaga, a beautiful young woman who transforms into a savage witch.[12] Along with Barks more cast was added, including Charlie Cox, Ferdinand Kingsley, William Houston and Thor Kristjansson; who would play the role of Bright Eyes, an Eastern European taken as a slave as a young boy and now an assassin in the Ottoman Army.[13] Art Parkinson then joined on to play the role of Ingeras, son of Dracula.[13]

Filming

On May 20, 2013, Universal confirmed that shooting will take place in Northern Ireland from August to November 2013.[25] The film's shooting officially began on August 5, 2013, starting in Roe Valley Country Park in NI.[26] The production company received permission for two days of shooting, on August 5-6, to film in the park.[27] Other location shooting took place throughout Northern Ireland.[28][29]

In September 2014, actor Evans revealed that every day after work he got training all the time, rehearsed with the stunt guys, and ate just chicken, beef, fish and green vegetables to get ready for the shoot of the film.[30]

Reshoots and Universal Monsters

On October 1, 2014, it was announced that reshoots had taken place shortly after the end of production to tie the movie into the planned Universal Monsters' franchise, which was being rebooted. As The Mummy is to be the first official film in the universe, so Dracula Untold would be the second one.[31] Producer Alissa Phillips confirmed at the UK Premiere of the film that Dracula Untold was a part of the universe. She hoped that Evans' character might have a cameo in The Mummy and also spoke of a potential sequel to Dracula to reboot the franchise.[32] In an interview with IGN, the director - Gary Shore - stated "It's optional for them if they want to use it as that launching pad."[33]

Music

Ramin Djawadi's score for the film is to be released by Backlot Music on October 7th on CD. Djawadi was originally chosen to work on the film's musical score after his work on Iron Man and Clash of the Titans, and after signing on to score the film, he gave up his seat to score the film Edge of Tomorrow, which was given to Christophe Beck.

Release

On April 25, 2013, Universal announced that the film would be released in theaters on August 8, 2014.[34] It was announced four months later that the film would be postponed until October 3, 2014.[35] The release date was pushed a third time to October 17, 2014.[36] The release date was changed for a fourth and final time to October 10, 2014, to give the film three weeks of play before Halloween.[37] The film will be released in all formats including IMAX and will be released in over 25 foreign markets on its opening weekend.[38]

Reception

Box office

North America

Dracula Untold was released in North America on October 10, 2014 in across 2,885 theatres.[39] It earned $1.3 million from Thursday late night showings from 2,133 theatres.[40][41][42]

Outside North America

A few days ahead of its U.S. debut, Dracula Untold was released in 25 foreign markets and earned $21 million. It had a strong $5 million four-day opening in Mexico. The highest debuts came from Australia ($9 million), Germany ($4 million), Malaysia ($3 million) and France ($1 million).[43][44]

Critical reception

Dracula Untold received mostly negative reviews from critics, with most critics praising Luke Evans' performance, as well as the story and visuals, but criticizing Dracula's characterization and pointing out many plot holes. On Rotten Tomatoes, the film has a rating of 25% based on 65 reviews, with an average rating of 4.7/10. The site's consensus reads, "Neither awful enough to suck nor sharp enough to bite, Dracula Untold misses the point of its iconic character's deathless appeal."[45] On Metacritic, the film has a score of 38 out of 100, based on 28 critics, indicating "generally unfavorable reviews".[46]

Sequel

On October 2, 2014, producer Alissa Phillips revealed at the UK Premiere of the film that there might be a sequel to the film.[47]

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