After bringing Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's creation to life on the small screen, Mark Gatiss and Steven Moffat are looking to do the same with Bram Stoker's legendary literary character in a new Dracula series.
Variety reports that Gatiss and Moffat are in the early stages of development on a new Dracula series, with talks underway with the BBC to potentially air the show, and Sue Vertue’s Hartswood Films on board to produce.
A "new take" on Stoker's seminal 1897 novel, Dracula is expected to feature a similar structure to Gatiss and Moffat's Sherlock (starring Benedict Cumberbatch and Martin Freeman), which had a miniseries format of three feature-length episodes per story and comprised 13 total episodes over a seven-year span.
Genre fans are also familiar with Moffat's work as an executive producer and writer on Doctor Who, while Gatiss has acted in a number of projects, including Game of Thrones, Victor Frankenstein, and Doctor Who. The latter has also expressed his fondness for the 1958 Horror of Dracula film starring Peter Cushing as Van Helsing and Christopher Lee as Count Dracula.
No plot or casting details for the new Dracula series have been announced, but we'll be sure to keep Daily Dead readers updated as more details are revealed. Who would you like to see play Dracula?
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