#TOOCOOLTUESDAY: I HAVE NEVER seen photographs of Peter Cushing judging a beauty competition, but he must have judged a few #FANCYDRESS comps in his time. This is a one that took place during the opening of #THREBRIDESOFDRACULA back in 1960. It's strange how the act of offering someone a cigarette just looks so alien these days....!
#TOOCOOLTUESDAY?:
So, the guys behind the successful BBC Benedict Cumberbatch Sherlock
series, are planning a whole series of gothic horrors, including
DRACULA... It will be made by the BBC and syndicated to the US and
others for sure. If you liked their spin on Sherlock...will you watch
this? Good idea?
THE PRESS RELEASE . .
THE SHERLOCK TEAM are reuniting on a new version of the classic horror story Dracula, RadioTimes can confirm. Steven Moffat and Mark Gatiss are due to begin work on a series of
BBC specials based on the classic 1897 novel by Bram Stoker in which
the bloodthirsty count moves from Transylvania to England. The Corporation is finalising talks with the pair and is poised to green-light the project which is likely to air in 2019. The new Dracula series has not yet been written and Gatiss and Moffat
will begin working on the scripts once they have both completed their
own solo projects – details of which have not been confirmed.“It’s
early days and the BBC has not seen a script yet but they are close to
signing a deal for a series of 90-minute films of Dracula,” said a
senior production source.“It’s not yet been decided if it will
be historical or modern day or if there will be a US co-producer but the
BBC are keen on this and it will happen.
WHAT NEEDS TO BE decided is
how many episodes – whether there are three or five or six or whatever
but they will definitely be 90-minute films. "Production is at least a year away so it will probably be on screen in 2019 at the earliest.” Gatiss has often spoken of his fondness for the Dracula story –
particularly the 1958 film starring Christopher Lee and Peter Cushing –
and even played the title role himself in a recent audio drama, but it
currently seems unlikely that he will take on the part of the Count in
the new version, according to sources. “Casting is a long way off but the feeling is he probably won’t – but you never know,” said a BBC source.
#TOOCOOLTUESDAY: NO NEED TO CAPTION THIS ONE THEN?
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