Ben Schwartz (“Sonic,” “The Afterparty”) is set to join Nicholas Hoult, Nicolas Cage and Awkwafina in Universal’s “Renfield,” a monster movie centered around Dracula’s sidekick and based on an original story outline from Robert Kirkman, according to an individual with knowledge of the project.
Cage is playing the iconic vampire in the film, while Hoult is portraying Dracula’s sidekick, whom the film is centered around. Story details are being kept under wraps.
Chris McKay (“The Tomorrow War”) is directing. McKay is also producing, and he’s basing the film off an original story outline by Kirkman. Ryan Ridley wrote the script.