Saturday, May 12, 2012

Marshall Documents Stoker's The Last Voyage

Neil Marshall ("The Descent") is in talks to direct the long gestating pic The Last Voyage of Demeter says Heat Vision.


Based on a chapter in Bram Stoker's classic novel "Dracula" the story describes the disturbing voyage taken by the vampire count to England on a merchant vessel shipping cargo from Transylvania to London. Stoker tells the story via the captain's log of the voyage, which begins in Bulgaria and becomes increasingly disjointed as members of the crew disappear as Dracula feeds on them to sustain himself. The ship eventually crashes on the rocks at Whitby with the only soul on board the dead captain who has been lashed to the steering wheel.

Bragi Schut ("Season of the Witch") wrote the script a decade ago which has had Patrick Tatopoulos  Robert Schwentke Marcus Nispel, Twilight: Eclipse helmer David Slade, and Stefan Ruzowitzky previously attached as directors. Ben Kingsley and Noomi Rapace were linked to staar last year.

Mike Medavoy, Arnold Messer, and Brad Fischer will produce the pic.

As yet no production schedule was given.

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