Sam Worthington has added Alex Prayas’ Dracula: Year Zero to his roster of upcoming flicks.

Last we heard, Worthington was merely considering the part. And with the flick set to be shot early in 2011 in Australia, it didn’t seem likely Worthington would be able to fang-up thanks to his Clash Of The Titans 2 commitments.

But it appears that there will be no, ahem, clashes in Worthington's schedule after all, and Dracula will go in front of cameras next June, with the actor starring as Prince Vlad of Transylvania.

“As written it’s literally on the scale of Braveheart with Dracula,” producer Mike De Luca told Collider earlier this year. “So it’s a lot of…it’s armies. It’s an invading Turkish army.

“It’s a lot of supernatural action. It’s wonderful. Like it’s an epic love story. It’s got everything you want in a movie like this but it’s tricky and it’s big so we’re trying to figure out how to do it in the most efficient way.

If there’s anything Worthington can do it, it’s action. But can be bring a brooding, sensual, creepy presence to Dracula? This could be his biggest challenge yet.

Other projects on Worthington’s slate are Avatar 2, Quatermain, Man On A Ledge, Dan Dare and The Last Days Of American Crime.

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由环球影业发行的影片《德古拉元年》原本定于2011年开机，但却因为经费问题无奈停拍，原定的导演亚历克斯·普罗亚斯（《我，机器人》）以及男主角萨姆·沃辛顿（《阿凡达》、《诸神之战》）也都另觅新主。不过日前片方发布消息称，电影将重新投入拍摄。名制片人迈克·德·鲁卡（《点球成金》、《社交网络》）在之前的采访中称：“我非常希望能够将《德古拉元年》的计划进行下去，让环球看到这部电影的价值，我很乐意为这部片子投入大量的精力和时间，因为我很想看到它上映的那一天。”

虽然拍片计划重新被提上日程，但是主创人员却发生了一些变化。迈克·德·鲁卡请来Matt Sazama与Burk Sharpless联合担任编剧重新撰写剧本，导演可能将由一位广告导演Gary Shore来替代亚历克斯·普罗亚斯。而男主角萨姆·沃辛顿似乎也很难再回到剧组。

这部环球打造的《德古拉元年》将历史上真实的弗拉德王子（Prince Vlad the Impaler）和民间传说里吸血鬼鼻祖“德古拉伯爵”（Dracula）糅合在一起，为观众展现一个爱情悲剧里的有缺陷的英雄在充斥着魔法和战争的黑暗年代里所经历的故事。这个版本的德古拉被赋予了更多的人性，他是一名勇士同时他也是一个家庭中的男人，他足智多谋但是有点鲁莽。萨姆·沃辛顿就曾经表示过对于影片的喜爱：“这部电影既有对传奇的德古拉伯爵的描绘，甚至有些前传的色彩，而同时它有给角色赋予了很多新的定义和创造空间。”