RENFIELD - The Popcorn Junkies Movie Review (Light Spoilers) podcast

Renfield is a 2023 American comedy horror film directed and produced by Chris McKay, and written by Ryan Ridley from a story by Robert Kirkman, who also served as co-producer. Inspired by characters from the 1897 novel Dracula by Bram Stoker, it is a direct sequel to the 1931 film of the same name. The film stars Nicholas Hoult, Awkwafina, Ben Schwartz, Adrian Martinez, Shohreh Aghdashloo, and Nicolas Cage as Count Dracula. The film was announced on the 2014 focusing a story of the character Renfield in the classic monster universe, but untold the film's development limbo after commercial failure of The Mummy (2017), which it's swap to the original pitch by Kirkman and acquired the production rights by Skybound Entertainment. Dexter Fletcher announced that he could be director in 2019 but after success of The Invisible Man (2020), McKay had a negotiation to join as a director in the Ridley's script and Kirkman's original pitch. Many cast joined in August 2021 to January 2022 and filming began in February 2022 and wrapped on August 2022 with the $65 million on budget after taxing the filming. Renfield had its world premiere at the Overlook Film Festival on March 30, 2023 and was released in the United States on April 14, 2023 by Universal Pictures. The film received mixed reviews from critics.