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‘Blacula’ Reboot in the Works From MGM, Bron and Hidden Empire Film Group (EXCLUSIVE)
Angelique Jackson “Blacula” is leaving the coffin.MGM, Bron and Hidden Empire Film Group’s Deon and Roxanne Avent Taylor are teaming up for a reboot of the blaxploitation horror classic.The new film is a modern reimagining of the 1972 movie, directed by William Crain and starring William Marshall as Blacula. The reboot picks up where the original saga left off, after the 1973 sequel “Scream Blacula Scream” and will be set in a metropolitan city post-coronavirus pandemic.A description of “Blacula” teases how the movie will update the classic story, as it follows the vampire as he “thirsts for vengeance”:Blacula is an ancient African prince who is cursed by Dracula after he fails to agree to end the slave trade.
