When a 15th-century prince denounces God after the loss of his wife he inherits an eternal curse: he becomes Dracula. Condemned to wander the centuries, he defies fate and death, guided by a single hope - to be reunited with his lost love.
When a 15th-century prince denounces God after the devastating loss of his wife, he inherits an eternal curse: he becomes Dracula. Condemned to wander the centuries, he defies fate and death itself, guided by a single hope - to be reunited with his lost love. — Vertical Entertainment In 15th-century Romania, Prince Vladimir of Wallachia experiences the depths of all-consuming passion with his young wife, Princess Elisabeta. But conflict engulfs the region; the enemy is closing in on his castle, threatening to expand the Ottoman Empire into Europe. As Vladimir earns himself a horrifying nickname, irrevocable death robs him of his everything, and forces the pained ruler to do the unthinkable: renounce his God until He brings his beloved back from the grave. Four lonely centuries later, Vlad is now Dracula, an abomination condemned to wander among the living without the right to die. Doomed to suffer for all eternity, he seeks his lost half through time and eras, unaware that fate plays cruel tricks on mortals and immortals alike. Longing to reunite with beautiful Elisabeta, the wait is finally over in dazzling Belle Époque Paris. With undying love as the ultimate prize, what will it take for Dracula to confront a supernatural expert determined to wipe his vampiric curse off the face of the earth? — Nick Riganas
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Luc Besson's Dracula reimagines the vampire legend as a romantic origin story where Caleb Landry Jones plays a 15th-century prince who curses God after witnessing his wife Zoë Bleu's brutal murder, gaining immortality to pursue her reincarnation across centuries.
Production boasts massive scale with 172 VFX artists at MPC Paris, 142 stunt performers, and 25 special effects technicians crafting practical vampire transformations and medieval battles, shot across France and Finland under Besson's EuropaCorp banner.
The trailer reveals Dracula's blood-soaked crusade defying fate, with practical effects supervisor Thomas Demarez handling gore; colorist Yvan Lucas graded the epic for IMAX, positioning it as Besson's grand return to gothic spectacle after years in development.