Movie News: Blacula Rises Again With MGM Reboot, Currently In Development

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Blacula Rises Again With MGM Reboot, Currently In Development
By Halle Kiefer@hallekiefer

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William Marshall is undead and loving it with costar Pam Grier in a promo photo for 1973’s Scream Blacula Scream. Photo: FilmPublicityArchive/United Archives via Getty Images

Throw out your garlic and ship your crucifixes back to Grandma: MGM is hoping you’ll welcome a brand-new Blacula across your threshold soon. According to Variety, the studio is getting the fang back together again for a reboot of the classic 1972 blaxploitation movie, which starred William Marshall as “the Black Avenger,” otherwise known as “Dracula’s soul brother.” Deon Taylor will reportedly direct the new film, said to be “in the works,” in addition to co-writing the screenplay with Micah Ranum.
Per Variety’s description of Blacula, the reboot will maintain the Dark Prince’s creation story in keeping with the original films. “Blacula is an ancient African prince who is cursed by Dracula after he fails to agree to end the slave trade,” it reads. “Blacula is entombed and awakens 200 years later, ready to avenge the death of his ancestors and of those responsible for robbing his people of their work, culture and heritage as they appropriated it for profit.”


The modern reboot will reportedly take place after the events of the 1973 sequel Scream Blacula Scream and be “set in a metropolitan city post-coronavirus pandemic.” Honestly, we’re kind of excited to see what the vampires thought about 2020. Can’t imagine they were thrilled with the “everyone staying indoors” part.
 
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@4 Dimensional

Blacula Rises Again With MGM Reboot, Currently In Development
By Halle Kiefer@hallekiefer

e10743797115527228acf20fc990065fd4-17-Blacula-Reboot-MGM.rsquare.w330.jpg


William Marshall is undead and loving it with costar Pam Grier in a promo photo for 1973’s Scream Blacula Scream. Photo: FilmPublicityArchive/United Archives via Getty Images

Throw out your garlic and ship your crucifixes back to Grandma: MGM is hoping you’ll welcome a brand-new Blacula across your threshold soon. According to Variety, the studio is getting the fang back together again for a reboot of the classic 1972 blaxploitation movie, which starred William Marshall as “the Black Avenger,” otherwise known as “Dracula’s soul brother.” Deon Taylor will reportedly direct the new film, said to be “in the works,” in addition to co-writing the screenplay with Micah Ranum.
Per Variety’s description of Blacula, the reboot will maintain the Dark Prince’s creation story in keeping with the original films. “Blacula is an ancient African prince who is cursed by Dracula after he fails to agree to end the slave trade,” it reads. “Blacula is entombed and awakens 200 years later, ready to avenge the death of his ancestors and of those responsible for robbing his people of their work, culture and heritage as they appropriated it for profit.”


The modern reboot will reportedly take place after the events of the 1973 sequel Scream Blacula Scream and be “set in a metropolitan city post-coronavirus pandemic.” Honestly, we’re kind of excited to see what the vampires thought about 2020. Can’t imagine they were thrilled with the “everyone staying indoors” part.
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Ah... that's not William Marshall or Pam Grier in the picture above. That's actually Beyonce's step-father and another actress in that pic.
 
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I am more worried about the anti-black male propaganda that will emerge than the remake itself. At least Blade has a mission to destroy other vampires. Blackula remake at this point going to have to be a comedy like Vampire in Brooklyn. The name Blackula alone is a racist jab. It should be kept back in the 70s where it belong IMO.

I would rather see a black vampiric epic that comes from an afro-fiction/afro-mythology type of mind. Let them hollyweirdos make Jewkula, Spickula, and Gookula instead:hmm:.
 
They will make him out to be some bisexual betavamp, sucking on trannies' necks.
He'll start out strong as hell, throwing swole ass dudes around like baseballs but by the end, some chick will stomp a mudhole in his ass like he's an 11 year old kid.

Why do I picture Taraji P. Henson in this?
Taraji as "victim turned into strong black female vampire hunter"
Coleman Domingo or Billy Porter as Blackula (cast just to throw that gay shit in your face)
Lil Rel as the "I told y'all somethin' was off about that dude" guy
 
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My vision of Blacula is epic as hell.

However, these weirdos now of days will make Blacula a pussy and politically aware of pronouns. :lol:
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Damn

Now this is too emotional a response from you.

I'm thinking positive

Cause I think Jordan Peele showed every one a viable lane

This should not be and need not be funny campy or pandering

Look what we have seen with Black Panther, Creed, Falcon winter soldier watchmen Get Out, Lovecraft country, etc and Candyman coming up...

In the right hands this could be powerful

It could go into black sexuality especially in Black men how it's viewed by American society society as a whole and how it's viewed by white men white women black women

Empowered Black man

Living with a mask

cursed

Blood disease and the history of medical distrust in the black community

If Blackula is African we can even touch of an ADOS pan africanism slavery

This in the right hands can really resonate

Especially using a European American white horror icon and flipping it for modern times with race being a major component

I would like the modern new version to be similar to the brother from Mad TV character on American Gods.

I got more but they lurking.
 
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