Dracula = Harker?
Mon, February 7, 2011 
Sounds like Warner Bros. is joining the club to make a vampire movie, although this one might actually be good.
First reported by Badass News and followed up by TOLDJA!, Warner Bros. is reportedly close to acquiring the spec script, Harker, a re-imagining of Bram Stoker's Dracula. The script (written by Lee Shipman & Brian McGreevy) is said to focus on a character by the name of John Harker, a Scotland Yard detective who's on a mission to hunt down Dracula.
Shipman & McGreecy gained attention earlier in the year when it was announced that Sylvain White (The Losers) would direct their script, Pendragon, a fresh take on the tale of King Arthur.
Along with Warner Bros., Leonardo DiCaprio himself is involved in the project (though not in an acting capacity) as he plans to produce the film with his Appian Way partner Jennifer Davisson Killoran, as well as co-produce it with Mad Hatter Entertainment.
The man said to be attached to direct the film is Orphan director Jaume Collet-Serra, whose newest film, Unknown, starring Liam Neeson, opens in less than two weeks.
I actually think this might be a fine project that comes together. It's got great talent behind it and a unique take on a horror legend. Let's just hope no one involved has seen Twilight.
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