Dracula: Untold trailer “Never forget who I am!”

We finally have the first trailer for “Dracula: Untold“, starring Luke Evans (The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug, The Raven, Fast and Furious 6) as Vlad The Impaler and Dominic Cooper (The Devil’s Double, Need for Speed, Captain America: The First Avenger) as the Sultan Mehmed.

Gary Shore takes a bold turn with this new tale about Dracula. The story of this project goes way back in early 2010 when Brad Pitt was attached to the production and Sam Worthington was set to star as Vlad. Much has changed ever since including the name of this movie, from Dracula: Year Zero to Dracula: Untold (some good choices if you ask us).

At first glance the trailer gives a whole new departure from the two standard issued Dracula approaches on screen: the romantic a la Coppola or the 2000 modern retake – not including the countless variations on Stoker’s book. It’s an origins tale of Dracula and we don’t get too many details of his past – he’s got a son, a wife and we have some historical accuracy for those of use who actually enjoy a good mix of truth and tales as old as time. Some have spotted some similarities – look and feel – with the Dark Knight trilogy. I say if we get a Dracula movie with the titled character as an anti-hero I’m satisfied, I still work on forgetting the whole Dracula 3000 and other movies like that one.

Luke Evans is doing a great job as Vlad – I’d pay at this point now to see a Romanian actor taken in consideration for playing Dracula (there was Marius Bodochi in the Romanian Vlad: Nemuritorul) but for now I’ll hope Evans will do justice to the part. It looks good, the character is given a motivation and so far we’ve got some catchy quotes. Even the tag on the official posters “Every bloodline has a beginning” is entertaining and gives a clue into a possible franchise. Let’s not forget the fact in this trailer we spot Charles Dance – the second time playing a vampire after “Underworld: Awakening” – and Dominic Cooper showing up in a few shots as the Sultan Mehmed. The whole Baba Yaga character played by Samantha Banks is still surrounded in mystery. Who is she and what she’ll do in this movie are left to be seen.

For Romanians it’s always fun to see if there are some Romanian names used in any Dracula picture , add to that the use of Romanian language and historical accuracy, the latter rare for a Dracula movie but this one seems to broach the vampire nature close to the what we’ve learned at school facts. There are plenty according to IMDb.

Let’s not forget some good use of trailer music, this one having Lorde’s “Everybody wants to rule the world” set from the moment Vlad climbs a 300 like mountain – it really does remind us of the Leonidas scene.

Here is the Romanian trailer: