CRAZIES scripter takes over VLAD for Brad

By Michael Gingold

According to The Hollywood Reporter, genre specialist Scott Kosar will rewrite the screenplay for VLAD, a feature update of the Dracula legend for Summit Entertainment and Brad Pitt’s Plan B company. The script was originally penned by actor Charlie Hunnam, who currently co-stars opposite Ron Perlman on FX’s SONS OF ANARCHY TV series.

Music-video veteran Anthony Mandler will direct the movie, an action-oriented project focusing on Vlad the Impaler as a young prince. Pitt and Plan B partner Dede Gardner will produce the project, one of two currently in development to focus on the Count’s early years; the other is Universal’s DRACULA: YEAR ZERO, with Alex Proyas set to direct Sam Worthington in the title role. Kosar’s previous credits include the script for Brad Anderson’s Christian Bale-starrer THE MACHINIST, as well as a trio of high-profile remakes: THE TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE, THE AMITYVILLE HORROR and THE CRAZIES, which Overture Films releases next Friday.