Luc Besson’s Dracula gets her teeth on a promising trailer
A great Gothic film in costumes, with Caleb Landry Jones in the title role.
35 years later Coppolait’s the turn of Luc Besson to look at the neck of Dracula.
The French director will deliver his vision of the cult novel of Bram Stokerand it is Caleb Landry Jones Who will put himself in the skin of Prince Vladimir, who has become a vampire out of love and despair. Blue Zoë was chosen to be Mina. She is the daughter of Rosanna Arquetteyou star Tall blue de Besson almost 40 years ago …
In the rest of the casting, Christoph Waltz will play the priest and Matilda de Angelis sera Maria.
The trailer, which has just been released, promises a big epic and historical production, around Europe, with tribute to Coppola, impressive battles and a Gothic atmosphere.
The synopsis details: “In the 15th century, Prince Vladimir renounced God after the brutal and cruel loss of his wife. He then inherited a curse: eternal life. He became Dracula. Condemned to wander through the centuries, he will have only one hope: that of finding his lost love.”
Draculaof Luc Bessonwill be released on July 30 at the cinema, with the ambition of making a place among the American blockbusters (Jurassic World : Renaissance, Superman et The Fantastic Four will then be in theaters). It should be remembered that the latest success of the filmmaker in French theaters dates back to Valerian and its 4 million admissions in 2017. Since then, Anna (2019) sold 700,000 tickets, June and John (2025) was directly out of streaming (via Ciné+ and OCS), and Dogman (2023) – carried by the same Caleb Landry Jones – was satisfied with 300,000 admissions.
