Premiere Date Set for NBC’s Dracula TV Series

After the success of shows like The Walking Dead, True Blood and American Horror Story, NBC wants a big genre hit. One project they've put a lot of effort into is a new Dracula TV series, starring Jonathan Rhys Meyers in a new take on the classic vampire story. We previously gave readers a look at a 2-minute trailer and now we know when you'll be able to start watching the series.

NBC officially announced a number of premiere dates for their fall lineup and revealed that their Dracula TV series will start on Friday, October 25 at 10:00 pm. Although ratings could result in future seasons, this is being billed as a limited series with a total of 10 episodes.  Grimm will be returning for its third season and will be a lead-in for Dracula at 9:00 pm.

"Golden Globe winner Jonathan Rhys Meyers (“The Tudors”) stars in this provocative new drama as one of the world’s most iconic characters. It’s the late 19th century and the mysterious Dracula (Rhys Meyers) has arrived in London, posing as an American entrepreneur who wants to bring modern science to Victorian society. He’s especially interested in the new technology of electricity, which promises to brighten the night — useful for someone who avoids the sun. But he has another reason for his travels: He hopes to take revenge on those who cursed him with immortality centuries earlier. Everything seems to be going according to plan… until he becomes infatuated with a woman who appears to be a reincarnation of his dead wife.

Victoria Smurfit (“About a Boy”), Thomas Kretschmann (“King Kong”), Jessica De Gouw (“Arrow”), Oliver Jackson-Cohen (“Mr. Selfridge”), Nonso Anozie (“Game of Thrones”) and Katie McGrath (“Merlin”) also star. Writer Daniel Knauf (“Carnival”), Tony Krantz, (“24,” “Sports Night”), Colin Callender and Gareth Neame (“Downton Abbey”) serve as executive producers. “Dracula” is a production of Flame Ventures, Sky Living, Playground Entertainment, Universal Television, NBCUniversal International Television Production and Carnival Film & Television."