8/19/2010

Sam Worthington: Chief Bloodsucker

Back in January we learned that Sam Worthington was in talks to star in a $100M Dracula origin story titled Dracula: Year Zero. Now we've got confirmation, via Encore and Collider. Despite the sucky title, the fact that Alex Proyas(Knowing, Dark City) is directing it fills me with some confidence that it could be pretty good. The film is scheduled to begin shooting in Australia around June of next year.

The story is said to be a mix of historical truth about the life of Vlad the Impaler, and the more fantastical stufff we've seen from Bram Stoker.

I'd like to see Ryan Reynolds and Worthington square off in a steel cage match to see who gets to have a role in every film over the course of the next two years. I'm still not the biggest fan of Worthington as an actor, and he's routinely out-acted by CGI creatures in his films, but this would be a chance to see him as the real leading man for once. So for that reason alone it could be interesting.