Blumhouse-Miramax Dracula Movie ‘Mina Harker’ Scrapped
19.04.2022 - 02:41
/ deadline.com
EXCLUSIVE: Blumhouse and Miramax’s Dracula film Mina Harker isn’t happening, Deadline has learned.
Originally, Blindspotting actress and Primetime Emmy winner Jasmine Cephas Jones was set to headline in Karyn Kusama’s Blumhouse-Miramax feature production, Mina Harker, with cameras set to roll in three weeks.
However, the production isn’t moving forward and sources say, and Miramax exited over creative differences. The crew was informed hours ago.
The movie was to be set in contemporary Los Angeles, centering around protagonist Mina Harker, who plays opposite Dracula in the movie; the classic Bram Stoker protagonist going by the name of Vladimir in the film. Phil Hay and Matt Manfredi wrote the script that is based on Bram Stoker’s Dracula, both of whom are frequent collaborators of Kusama’.
Kusama was producing the movie with Jason Blum, Hay, Manfredi and Miramax’s Bill Block. Bea Sequeira is an EP and will oversee the film for Blumhouse.
Kusama recently served as EP and the pilot director on Showtime’s hit show Yellowjackets. Prior to that, she helmed the Golden Globe-nominated LA noir Destroyer starring Nicole Kidman in a role as a police detective on the edge.
Jones received an Emmy Award for her leading role in the short-form series, #Freerayshawn for Quibi. She is currently in production on season 2 of Starz’s Blindspotting in Oakland, CA. Jones was also recently nominated for an Independent Spirit Award in the category of Best Female Performance in a Scripted Series for her turn as Ashley in Blindspotting. The show was also nominated for Best Scripted Series at the Spirits in addition to landing a Breakthrough Series nod at the 2021 Gotham Awards.
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