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Summit Entertainment and Brad Pitt Staking ‘Vlad’

by DFCS on December 7, 2009

From member Elisabeth Rappe:

You would have to be living under a rock in the deepest regions of the jungle, or the frostiest regions of the Arctic to avoid knowing that Summit has made some major money out of a bunch of broody vampires. So, while they’re developing comic books and Houdini franchises, they’re also making sure they have another immortal in their stable. The immortal of all immortals: Dracula. But it isn’t the bloodsucking Dracula, but rather the one of historic legend known as Vlad Tepes.

According to The Hollywood Reporter, Summit has optioned a script by actor-turned-writer Charlie Hunnam that tells the story of the young Vlad Tepes. Brad Pitt’s Plan B is producing, and they’re in negotiations with Anthony Mandler to direct.

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