Neil Jordan has plenty of experience delving into the world of vampires, having directed the classic Interview with the Vampire some years ago. While that probably made him a poor fit for the prettified bloodsuckers of the Twilight franchise, it makes him the perfect guy to direct Byzantium, which looks like it could be a distant relative to 'Interview' in terms of mood and style.
The film stars Gemma Arterton and Saoirse Ronan as mother/daughter vamps who arrive in a small British town and get involved in romantic entanglements which threaten to expose their secret. Caleb Landry Jones and Sam Riley play the men who get involved in their lives, and in general this new international trailer gives the impression we're in for more of a relationship film than a horror. But, the energy is mighty low, bordering on comatose.
Byzantium is expected to be released later this year....
