Renfield is a 2023 American comedy horror film, with some characteristics of an action film. Renfield was inspired by characters from Bram Stoker's 1897 novel Dracula, as well as the 1931 Dracula feature film adaptation. Produced and directed by Chris McKay, Renfield features Nicholas Hoult as Renfield, and co-stars Awkwafina, Ben Schwartz, Shohreh Aghdashloo, Brandon Scott Jones, Adrian Martinez, and Nicolas Cage. The story follows Renfield who, after decades as a groveling servant for Count Dracula, seeks a new purpose in life. After the critical and commercial failure of the 2017 reboot of The Mummy, and subsequent fallout of a new Universal Monsters shared universe, Robert Kirkman pitched a reimagining of Dracula, leaning more into the comedic aspects of the story and focusing on the character of Renfield, produced through his company Skybound Entertainment. Dexter Fletcher was originally attached as director in 2019, but McKay eventually replaced him, working off the script by Ryan Ridley and Kirkman's original pitch. Much of Renfield's cast joined the production between August 2021 to January 2022, and filming took place from February to August 2022.
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