Amblin's Dracula Project THE LAST VOYAGE OF THE DEMETER Will Be Helmed By André Øvredal
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For the past 17 years, there’s been a Dracula film project trying to get made called The Last Voyage of the Demeter. Well, the project has recently landed at Steven Spielberg’s Amblin and it will be directed by André Øvredal, who recently helmed Guillermo del Toro’s Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark.
The story centers around the ship that transported Dracula from Transylvania to London in Bram Stoker's classic tale. In that novel, the Demeter washes up on the shores of England, tattered and broken, with one raving mad survivor. Schut's script places the voyage center stage in a tale that is said to be reminiscent of the first Alien movie, in which a crew is slaughtered one-by-one by a mysterious passenger.
The script for the film was originally written in 2002 by Bragi Schut (Season of the Witch), the script tells the tale of that journey.
Over the years a few filmmakers have already been attached to the project including Robert Schwentke (RED), Marcus Nispel (Friday The 13th), and David Slade (30 Days of Night) was most recently attached and his version would have starred Ben Kingsley and Noomi Rapace.
This is such a great horror story to tell and I’m happy that it landed at Amblin with Øvredal directing. I liked what he did with Scary Stories, and it’ll be fun to see how he handled this Dracula-inspired story.
Source: THR