“Match Point” star Jonathan Rhys Meyers to play in NBC’s "Dracula"July 25, 2012 - 17:41 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - NBC is bringing back the old-school "Dracula," with Jonathan Rhys Meyers as the titular bloodsucker, TheWrap said. In a world of "Twilight"-style vampires, the network plans to revive the Bram Stoker's take on Dracula. It ordered 10 episodes of the series from the producers of "Downton Abbey," Carnival Films & Television, and Flame Ventures and Playground. Production will begin this year. The series finds Dracula posing as an American in Victorian London. Though he feigns a desire to introduce modern science, he actually seeks revenge. His plans are disrupted when he falls in love with a woman who seems to be his reincarnated wife. "Dracula" is based on a script by co-executive producer Cole Haddon. It will be executive-produced by former president of HBO Films and Emmy winner Colin Callender (“The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby”) for Playground, Tony Krantz (“24”, “Sports Night”) for Flame Ventures, Gareth Neame ("Downton Abbey") for Carnival Films & Television, Anne Mensah for Sky, and Universal Television. Reece Pearson from Flame Ventures is also co-executive producer. NBC entertainment chairman Bob Greenblatt announced the series at the Television Critics Association summer press tour. He worked previously with Rhys Meyers on the 2005 TV movie "Elvis," which he produced, and on Showtime's "Tudors" when he ran the cable network. Top stories The creative crew of the Public TV had chosen 13-year-old Malena as a participant of this year's contest. She called on others to also suspend their accounts over the companies’ failure to tackle hate speech. Penderecki was known for his film scores, including for William Friedkin’s “The Exorcist”, Stanley Kubrick’s “The Shining”. The festival made the news public on March 19, saying that “several options are considered in order to preserve its running” Partner news | Get Started: An educational platform for young startuppers The Get Started program which operates in two phases is an important platform for young startuppers. Byblos Bank Armenia celebrates Students' Day with scholarship recipients YSU students who received scholarships from Byblos Bank Armenia gathered in a casual setting to meet with the Bank's CEO, Hayk Stepanyan. Azerbaijan extends Rune Vardanyan’s arrest by 5 months A court in Azerbaijan has extended the arrest of former Nagorno-Karabakh leader Ruben Vardanyan by five months. Armenia border residents dissatisfied with delimitation Residents Kirants are dissatisfied with the results of the delimitation of the border between Armenia and Azerbaijan. |