Nicolas Cage is ready for another vampire\u2019s kiss.
\nAfter starring in a slew of indie films , Cage is coming back to the blockbuster scene.
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\nNicolas Cage is ready for another vampire\u2019s kiss. After starring in a slew of indie films, Cage is coming back to the blockbuster scene. The Oscar winner,57, will star in Universal Pictures\u2019 big-budget monster flick \u201cRenfield.\u201d Cage will play the infamous vampire Dracula with Nicholas Hoult,31, playing the title character. Renfield is the name of Dracula\u2019s sidekick and henchman, first seen in Bram Stoker\u2019s 1897 Gothic horror novel \u201cDracula.\u201d The novel characterized Renfield as a patient held at an insane asylum who had paranoid delusions. \u201cThe Lego Batman Movie\u201d director Chris McKay is at the helm and is directing the feature. The Hollywood Reporter described the film as \u201ca modern-day adventure story that is comedic in tone.\u201d Stars who have played Dracula on screen include Bela Lugosi in a black-and-white 1931 version and Gary Oldman in Francis Ford Coppola\u2019s 1992 adaption. Frank Langella, Christopher Lee, Gerard Butler and Luke Evans have also played the monster in recent films. Cage was set to play \u201cTiger King\u201d star Joe Exotic in a project based on the Netflix series for Amazon, however, those plans were scrapped earlier this year. The \u201cNational Treasure\u201d actor claimed that the streaming service stopped production due to lessened interest in the subject matter. \u201cWe should clear the record. I read two excellent scripts, which I did think were excellent, but I think Amazon ultimately felt that it was material that had become past tense because it took so long for it [to] come together,\u201d Cage told Variety in July. \u201cThey felt at one point that it was lightning in a bottle, but that point has since faded into the distance and it\u2019s no longer relevant.\u201d His casting was first announced in May 2020 for the eight-episode series following the Netflix series\u2019 March debut.<\/p>\n