Oscar nominee Shohreh Aghdashloo to join Universal’s ‘Renfield’
House of Sand and Fog, The Expanse credited actress Shohreh Aghdashloo joins Chris McKay’s Dracula spinoff movie ‘Renfield’ for Universal. She joins the cast after completion of her hit series ‘The Expense’ earlier this month. Through SuperHeroHype, the news of Aghdashloo joining was confirmed.
Aghdashloo, Oscar nominee and Emmy winner actress for ‘House of Saddam’ will take up the supporting character in the movie. She will portray the character of Ella, a upbeat and intrepid crime lord. She is shown as one of the most feared crime lords in the city.
Tour around ‘Renfield’
The film revolves around Renfield (Hoult) and walks on the plot of Robert Kirkman’s The Walking Dead and Invincible. The story begins with Renfield imprisonment by Dracula and his disdain life as Dracula’s (Cage) lackey.
At first, he puts himself at the complete auctioning of the monster to gain eternal life. However, after centuries he felt sick of involving many nasty things and wants freedom. Finally, one day he crosses an angry traffic police officer, Rebecca Quincy (Awkwafina). She ignites the hope for a new life and maybe rescue within him.
Amazing cast for the Story ‘Renfield’
The cast will consists of iconic actors like Nicholas Hoult from the hit series ‘The Great’, Ghost Rider’s Nicolas Cage, Aghdashloo, Awkwafina, Adrian Martinez and Ben Schwartz.
The Tomorrow War, The Lego Batman Movie animator Chris McKay will direct the movie. Meanwhile, The original writer Robert Kirkman of Skybound Entertainment will be in the production space with David Alpert, Bryan Furst and Sean Furst.
Ghosted, Rick and Morty credited writer Ryan Ridley wrote the script for the monster movie ‘Renfield’. Besides, Samantha Nisenboim will exec produce.
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