Renfield

Renfield

Skybound Entertainment

Universal Pictures

Release date

April 14, 2023

Directed by

Chris McKay

Screenplay by

Ryan Ridley

Based on 

An original idea by Robert Kirkman Renfield by Bram Stoker

Produced by

Robert Kirkman, David Alpert, Bryan Furst, Sean Furst and Chris McKay

 

Starring

Nicholas Hoult as R. M. Renfield

Nicolas Cage as Count Dracula

Awkwafina as Rebecca Quincy

Ben Schwartz as Teddy Lobo

Adrian Martinez as Chris Marcos

Shohreh Aghdashloo as Ella

Bess Rous as Caitlyn

James Moses Black as Captain J. Browning

Caroline Williams as Vanessa

Brandon Scott Jones as Mark

Cinematography

Mitchell Amundsen

Ben Schwartz who plays Teddy Lobo discusses Renfield at World Premiere

"There's action. There's comedy. There's Gore.  There's horror. So I think us mixing all those things together.

I get to play a bad guy. I never get to play a bad guy.

I get racing scenes, I get chasing scenes, I get fight scenes. I get beat up.  It's like, it's heavy."

Brandon Scott Jones discusses Renfield at World Premiere

"It was fun to get to play a really grounded character in a big scary movie.

What I hope that they can take away from it is the recognizing like, 'Oh, wait! This is a movie that is really fun.' 

It's funny. It's silly gory...like limbs, blood everywhere. 

I've never been around this much fake blood in my entire life."

Chris McKay discusses Renfield at World Premiere

"It's a comedy/horror. It's Nicolas Cage. It's Nicholas Holt, Awkwafina.

I'm really excited about it."

Nicholas Hoult discusses "RENFIELD" at World Premiere

"I'm happy to be here. This is exciting. Hopefully, people like the movie.  I felt so lucky to be reunited with Nic.  We made a movie when I was 14.  I played his son in a movie called 'The Weather Man', which is a movie that I'm really proud of and I think stands the test of time." 

Nicolas Cage discusses "RENFIELD" at World Premiere

"One of my favorite kinds of movies is the blend between comedy and horror.  I went to see American Werewolf in London as a teenager, and I just love that experience because I was laughing and then I was screaming and it just kept knocking me around, and I liked being kept off guard.

I think this movie is trying to hit that bull's eye...Hopefully, we'll see what happens."

Shohreh Aghdashloo discusses "RENFIELD" at World Premiere

"Usually, I'm a part of tragedies or dramas, but this one was so fun. We had such a good time

We laughed throughout, making it.  That's what we hope the audience will do.

We would love for the audience to enjoy themselves as much as they can."