
In the film, Javier Botet is the latest Drac. The 6’7 actor has played a gallery of monsters including Slender Man, the xenomorph in Alien Covenant, as well as roles in established horror franchises such as It and The Conjuring. Whilst we’re yet to see a trailer, Botet’s casting seems to confirm suspicions that the Dracula character in the film will be a little-seen monster who preys on his victims from the shadows, sort of like Predator if it was set on a sea voyage to Whitby. The other casting is equally exciting: David Dastmalchian of The Suicide Squad will play the ship’s first mate, whilst Game Of Throne‘s Liam Cunningham will no doubt bring some vintage hangdog sourness to the captain’s role. Aisling Franciosi (The Nightingale) will also feature. The film is set to arrive in January 2023, so we’ve got a while to wait yet. More as we hear it. — Thank you for visiting! If you’d like to support our attempts to make a non-clickbaity movie website: Follow Film Stories on Twitter here, and on Facebook here. Buy our Film Stories and Film Stories Junior print magazines here. Become a Patron here.Cheers to director André Øvredal and his talented cast and hardy crew on the completion of principal photography for THE LAST VOYAGE OF THE DEMETER. You are the lifeblood of this creative endeavor, and as we all know, the blood is the life… pic.twitter.com/JsC87T3Ruu
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