Screen Daily: Thomas Kretschmann has signed on to play the lead in Dario Argento’s Dracula 3D, Italy’s first live action stereoscopic 3D, which gets underway May 30 in northern Italy.
The Valkyrie and The Pianist actor will star alongside Asia Argento, Marta Gastini and Rutger Hauer, who plays doctor Van Helsing.
VGF: German actor Thomas Kretschmann, recently cast as Baron Wolfgang von Strucker in Joss Whedon’s Avengers: Age of Ultron, has secured another role in a genre film.
CBM: Seemingly confirming he's already started filming, a recent interview with Thomas Kretschmann has the German actor discuss his anxiety and multi-pic role in Marvel's The Avengers sequel. Check it out!
The tale begins with Jonathan Harker, journeying by train and carriage from England to Count Dracula’s crumbling, remote castle situated in the Carpathian Mountains on the border of Transylvania. The purpose of his mission is to catalogue the big library of Dracula. At first enticed by Dracula’s gracious manner, Harker soon discovers that he has become a prisoner in the castle. He also begins to see disquieting facets of Dracula’s nocturnal life. One night while searching for a way out of the castle, and against Dracula’s strict admonition not to venture outside his room at night, Harker falls under the spell of three wanton female vampires, the Brides of Dracula.
It's already played theatrically in Europe, and will get a limited theatrical run in the US and VOD.
It's really sad to see the creator of a great movie like Susperia put out something like this.
Dario Argento is awesome in my book. This looks kind of lame,but I will watch it!
I'm a big fan of his movies.
I wonder if it's going to be in Italian too. Not that it matters. If it's in 3D I won't go see it but if it comes out in 2D it would be nice even if it's a foreign film with sub titles.