BRAD PITT is getting back into the vampire business, teaming up with the makers of the blockbuster Twilight films to tell the story of young Dracula.
Vlad will be “stylistically daring and action-packed, like a cross between Braveheart and 300,” said a source close to the production in Hollywood.
Brad Pitt starred in the 1994 hit Interview With A Vampire alongside Tom Cruise.
This time he will be in a behind-the-scenes role. His company, Plan B, is looking for a young unknown to cash in on the success of Twilight and its sequel, New Moon, based on Stephanie Meyer’s novels.
“They’re looking to cast a hot young actor,” confided the source. “Someone who isn’t already a big star but who girls will adore.”
Twilight’s makers, Summit Entertainment, developed Vlad from a screenplay by British actor Charlie Hunnam, who starred in the film version of Nicholas Nickelby, and TV’s Queer As Folk.
Bram Stoker’s 1897 novel Dracula was inspired by the real-life 15th century ruler Vlad III, whose bloodlust earned him the nickname Vlad The Impaler.
The film, set during the days of the Ottoman Empire, will focus on the rivalry between Vlad and Muslim brother Radu.
Meanwhile, Angelina Jolie, Brad’ partner, is set to film her steamiest sex scene yet, with heart-throb Johnny Depp.
Angelina, 34, and Depp, 46, start shooting the thriller The Tourist in February.
The Sunday Express has seen the erotic screenplay, by British writer Julian Fellows.
Angelina stars as Interpol agent Cara Mason and Depp plays Frank Taylor, an American tourist she recruits to flush out a former criminal lover.
The opening moments of the explicit shower scene have no dialogue.
The script says: “The outline of her naked body is visible in the shower. Frank walks to the shower and opens the glass door. Walking in, he lifts Cara against the glass, clutching at her slithery body, kissing her frantically.
“She kisses him back with ardour, wrapping her dripping legs around his back.”
Columbia Pictures, the distributor, is already bracing itself for the fall-out.
The scene could also further unsettle Angelina’s relationship with Brad, whom she fell for while filming Mr And Mrs Smith five years ago, ending his six-year marriage to Jennifer Aniston.
As she films with Depp, Brad will be in the Brazilian rainforest filming the adventure film The Lost City Of Z.
A Hollywood executive said last night: “Angelina and Johnny have never played opposite one another. It’s going to be interesting to see the chemistry.
“Johnny’s a quiet family man but Angelina tends to have an electrifying effect on her co-stars.
“If I were Brad I’d be sitting in the jungle fretting about what she was up to with one of the most dashing leading men in the business.”
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