Summit Sticking With Vampires on VLAD

You got to Summit Entertainment credit on one front.  They are sticking with vampires like a nicely placed stake through the heart.  It’s probably a good thing for them, too, considering, at the pace they are going, the TWILIGHT films are going to run out in the next two years.  The Hollywood Reporter is reporting that Summit is staying with vampires but going in a slightly altered direction.

The studio has picked up rights to VLAD, a screenplay by Charlie Hunnam, who some of you may know as the lead character, Jax, on FX’s biker series SONS OF ANARCHY.  Brad Pitt’s Plan B production company is also on board to produce, and negotiations are underway with music video director Anthony Mandler to helm.

The film, referred to as a more action-oriented telling of Dracula as a young prince, has been sitting at Summit for some time.  It wasn’t until execs saw a reel of Mandler’s work that the project got the boost it needed.  Mandler’s work has been compared to the work Zack Snyder did on 300, not something that would make a studio exec yawn for someone else.

No word on whether Pitt will have a role other than producer or when a start date on production is planned.