A couple of months and here it is. May 25, 2023: this is the release date in Italy set for renfieldmovie in which the favorite Nicolas Cage plays one of the most legendary characters in the history of cinema, Count Dracula, and in which the young Nicholas Hoult instead, it’s your historical, jaded assistant who gives the film its title.
This time it’s Chris McKay which, starting from an original idea by Robert Kirkman and a script by Ryan Ridley, reimagines for the hundredth time the story written by Bram Stokerbringing its protagonists to the present, taking the point of view of R. M. Renfield, and talking about a Dracula who is imagined to be the direct heir of the one Bela Lugosi first interpreted in 1931, but also embellished with Warholian nuances (in Andy’s sense).
What you see below is the final, final Italian official Renfield trailer:

Evil would not be eternal without a little help.
In this monstrous modern-day adventure as Dracula’s loyal servant, Emmy-nominated Nicholas Hoult (Mad Max: Fury Road, X-Men saga) plays Renfield, the tormented partner of history’s most narcissistic boss, Dracula (Academy Award winner Nicholas Cage). Renfield is forced to hunt down his master’s victims and follow his orders, no matter how vile they may be. But now, after centuries of slavery, Renfield is ready to find out if there is life beyond the shadow of the Prince of Darkness. If only he could figure out how to end his codependency.
Renfield is directed by Emmy Award-winning Chris McKay (Tomorrow’s War, The Lego Batman Movie) from a screenplay by Ryan Ridley (Ghosts, Rick and Morty), based on an original idea by Robert Kirkman, creator The Walking Dead and Invincible. .
The film stars Golden Globe winner Aquafina (The Farewell, Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings), Emmy Award winner and Academy Award® nominee Shore Aghdashloo (Saddam’s House, House of Sand and Fog”), Ben Schwartz (“Sonic”, “The Legend of the Ten Rings”). Afterparty) and Adrian Martinez (“The Secret Life of Walter Mitty”, “Focus – Nothing Is What It Seems”).
Renfield is a Skybound/Giant Wildcat production produced by Chris McKay, Samantha Nisenboim (co-producer, Tomorrow’s War), Bryan Furst (Dawns – The Last Vampire), Sean Furst (Dawns – The Last Vampire), Robert Kirkman and David Alpert. (The walking Dead). Executive Producer: Todd Lewis (Production Manager: Jason Bourne).