Couch, Aaron (February 25, 2022). "Universal Sets Nicholas Hoult's Renfield for 2023 Release". The Hollywood Reporter. Archived from the original on April 7, 2022 . Retrieved February 25, 2022. Riley, Janelle (December 30, 2021). "Nicolas Cage Doesn't Consider Himself an Actor: 'I Like the Word Thespian' ". Variety. Archived from the original on January 6, 2022 . Retrieved January 6, 2022. Robbins, Shawn (April 12, 2023). "Weekend Box Office Forecast: Super Mario Bros. Chases More Animation History in 2nd Frame as Renfield, The Pope's Exorcist, and Suzume Debut". BoxOfficePro. Archived from the original on April 12, 2023 . Retrieved April 13, 2023. Evil doesn't span eternity without a little help. In this modern monster tale of Dracula's loyal servant, Nicholas Hoult ( Mad Max: Fury Road, X-Menfranchise) stars as Renfield, the tortured aide to history's most narcissistic boss, Dracula (Oscar ®winner Nicolas Cage). Renfield is forced to procure his master's prey and do his every bidding, no matter how debased. But now, after centuries of servitude, Renfield is ready to see if there's a life outside the shadow of The Prince of Darkness. If only he can figure out how to end his codependency. As you’d expect from a movie originated by Robert Kirkman of The Walking Dead zombie franchise, Renfield is also resplendent in gore. Dracula’s grotesque visage – decaying in reverse as he gathers strength – is a prosthetics triumph, and in one fight scene our hero rips an opponent’s arms from his torso then uses the severed limbs as clubs to batter his next victim. Cool!

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In July 2014, Universal Pictures announced classic horror film properties, including the character of Count Dracula, as part of a unified shared universe with Alex Kurtzman and Chris Morgan attached to oversee its development. [12] After the negative reception of Dracula Untold (2014), its connections to a unified series were downplayed, and The Mummy (2017) was re-positioned as the first film in the series. [13] [14] The Mummy, a critical and commercial failure, resulted in Universal's decision to shift its focus to individual storytelling and move away from the shared universe concept. [15] Renfield is based on an original pitch by comic book writer Robert Kirkman. R.M. Renfield was an inmate at a lunatic asylum who was thought to be suffering from delusions but actually is a servant of Dracula. Plot details of the movie weren’t announced, but it’s believed to take place during the present day and is not a period piece. The film co-stars Awkwafina (The Farewell, Marvel’s Shang-Chi and the Legend of Ten Rings), Ben Schwartz (Sonic, The Afterparty) and Adrian Martinez (The Secret Life of Walter Mitty, Focus). Renfield: Bring Your Own Blood, a video game based on the film, was developed by Mega Cat Studios, published by Skybound Games and released on April 12, 2023, for Microsoft Windows. Renfield: Bring Your Own Blood is a bullet hell roguelike game. [45] Reception [ edit ] Box office [ edit ]The film stars Nicholas Hoult as the title character Renfield, Nicolas Cage as Dracula, Awkwafina as traffic cop Rebecca Quincy, Adrian Martinez as her traffic cop partner Chris, Shohreh Aghdashloo as a feared crime lord named Ella, and Ben Schwartz in an unspecified role. This film's plot summary may be too long or excessively detailed. Please help improve it by removing unnecessary details and making it more concise. ( May 2023) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message)

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Tim Robey of The Daily Telegraph gave the film three out of five stars, writing, "It fulfils the basic requirements of a beat-'em-up formula established by Buffy and Blade, but that's it. To get any further, we'd have wanted a real sharpening of the emotional stakes." [53] Amy Nicholson of The Wall Street Journal wrote, "The small gags are great, the overall story arc is weak—particularly a quasi-romantic subplot where a cop (Awkwafina) challenges Renfield to turn from heel to hero", and gave the film a B grade. [54] Kit, Borys; Couch, Aaron (November 8, 2017). "Universal's Monsterverse in Peril as Top Producers Exit (Exclusive)". The Hollywood Reporter. Archived from the original on October 28, 2021 . Retrieved November 30, 2021. Kroll, Justin (November 20, 2019). "Dexter Fletcher to Direct a Movie About Dracula's Henchman for Universal (Exclusive)". Variety. Archived from the original on April 9, 2021 . Retrieved November 30, 2021. Grobar, Matt (January 5, 2023). " 'Renfield' Trailer: Nicolas Cage's Dracula Is A "Toxic" Boss To Nicholas Hoult's Henchman In Universal Horror-Comedy". Deadline Hollywood. Archived from the original on January 5, 2023 . Retrieved January 5, 2023. In the first trailer for Universal Pictures' horror-comedy Renfield[...]Maher, Kevin (April 14, 2023). "Renfield review — a tedious one-joke gore-fest". The Times. ISSN 0140-0460. Archived from the original on April 16, 2023 . Retrieved April 16, 2023. On to the next. I was already watching most of his movies when they were low quality streaming movies. You better believe I'm watching all Cage theatrical movies. More crazy and weird stuff, please :) a b Rubin, Rebecca (April 12, 2023). "Box Office: Nicolas Cages Renfield, Pope's Exorcist No Match for Super Mario Bros. Movie". Variety. Archived from the original on April 12, 2023 . Retrieved April 12, 2023. Nicolas Cage as Dracula, a legendary Transylvanian vampire and Renfield's ill-tempered and narcissistic master Donnelly, Matt (December 15, 2021). "Ben Schwartz Joins Universal's Dracula Tale Renfield (Exclusive)". Variety. Archived from the original on December 16, 2021 . Retrieved December 16, 2021.

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Murphy, Paul (February 9, 2022). "Lower Garder District movie crew upset after vandals break into vehicles". WWL-TV. Archived from the original on February 11, 2022 . Retrieved February 11, 2022. Riley, Janelle (December 31, 2021). "Nicolas Cage Talks Playing Dracula in Renfield and How Malignant Inspired the Role". Variety. Archived from the original on January 6, 2022 . Retrieved January 6, 2022.

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a b c Jones, Tamera (April 14, 2023). "Nicolas Cage & Nicholas Hoult Talk ' Renfield,' Recreating the Original ' Dracula,' and Robert Eggers' ' Nosferatu '". Collider. Archived from the original on April 13, 2023 . Retrieved April 14, 2023. In the early 20th century, Transylvanian vampire Count Dracula meets English lawyer R. M. Renfield. Renfield hopes to broker a land deal, and after proving to be a useful assistant, he ends up becoming Dracula's familiar, which grants him immortality and super strength and speed when he consumes bugs. This may be all good clean comedy-horror fun, but more unintentionally stomach-turning is Renfield’s carefree depiction of gun violence in a period when real-life US shooting deaths are soaring. Gun massacres are fine in this film, but snogging? Not so much. In fact, Renfield is so coy that romantic leads Awkwafina and Hoult barely even hold hands. “Don’t make it a sexual thing,” is Dracula’s prim instruction after requesting a busload of cheerleaders to feast on, and, as usual, Renfield meekly complies. Kroll, Justin (August 3, 2021). "Nicholas Hoult To Star In Renfield; Universal's Latest Monster Movie Focused On Dracula Henchman". Deadline Hollywood. Archived from the original on October 20, 2021 . Retrieved November 30, 2021.