Sam Worthington has added Alex Prayas’ Dracula: Year Zero to his roster of upcoming flicks.

Last we heard, Worthington was merely considering the part. And with the flick set to be shot early in 2011 in Australia, it didn’t seem likely Worthington would be able to fang-up thanks to his Clash Of The Titans 2 commitments.

But it appears that there will be no, ahem, clashes in Worthington's schedule after all, and Dracula will go in front of cameras next June, with the actor starring as Prince Vlad of Transylvania.

“As written it’s literally on the scale of Braveheart with Dracula,” producer Mike De Luca told Collider earlier this year. “So it’s a lot of…it’s armies. It’s an invading Turkish army.

“It’s a lot of supernatural action. It’s wonderful. Like it’s an epic love story. It’s got everything you want in a movie like this but it’s tricky and it’s big so we’re trying to figure out how to do it in the most efficient way.

If there’s anything Worthington can do it, it’s action. But can be bring a brooding, sensual, creepy presence to Dracula? This could be his biggest challenge yet.

Other projects on Worthington’s slate are Avatar 2, Quatermain, Man On A Ledge, Dan Dare and The Last Days Of American Crime.

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由環(huán)球影業(yè)發(fā)行的影片《德古拉元年》原本定于2011年開機(jī)，但卻因?yàn)榻?jīng)費(fèi)問題無奈停拍，原定的導(dǎo)演亞歷克斯·普羅亞斯（《我，機(jī)器人》）以及男主角薩姆·沃辛頓（《阿凡達(dá)》、《諸神之戰(zhàn)》）也都另覓新主。不過日前片方發(fā)布消息稱，電影將重新投入拍攝。名制片人邁克·德·魯卡（《點(diǎn)球成金》、《社交網(wǎng)絡(luò)》）在之前的采訪中稱：“我非常希望能夠?qū)ⅰ兜鹿爬辍返挠?jì)劃進(jìn)行下去，讓環(huán)球看到這部電影的價(jià)值，我很樂意為這部片子投入大量的精力和時(shí)間，因?yàn)槲液芟肟吹剿嫌车哪且惶??！?/p>

雖然拍片計(jì)劃重新被提上日程，但是主創(chuàng)人員卻發(fā)生了一些變化。邁克·德·魯卡請來Matt Sazama與Burk Sharpless聯(lián)合擔(dān)任編劇重新撰寫劇本，導(dǎo)演可能將由一位廣告導(dǎo)演Gary Shore來替代亞歷克斯·普羅亞斯。而男主角薩姆·沃辛頓似乎也很難再回到劇組。

這部環(huán)球打造的《德古拉元年》將歷史上真實(shí)的弗拉德王子（Prince Vlad the Impaler）和民間傳說里吸血鬼鼻祖“德古拉伯爵”（Dracula）糅合在一起，為觀眾展現(xiàn)一個(gè)愛情悲劇里的有缺陷的英雄在充斥著魔法和戰(zhàn)爭的黑暗年代里所經(jīng)歷的故事。這個(gè)版本的德古拉被賦予了更多的人性，他是一名勇士同時(shí)他也是一個(gè)家庭中的男人，他足智多謀但是有點(diǎn)魯莽。薩姆·沃辛頓就曾經(jīng)表示過對于影片的喜愛：“這部電影既有對傳奇的德古拉伯爵的描繪，甚至有些前傳的色彩，而同時(shí)它有給角色賦予了很多新的定義和創(chuàng)造空間。”