Corey Hawkins (“Kong: Skull Island,” “24: Legacy”) is set to star in the very long-gestating seafaring horror thriller “Last Voyage Of The Demeter” for Amblin Partners.
The story is inspired by a section of Bram Stoker’s novel “Dracula” in which a Russian schooner vessel named after the Greek goddess transports Dracula’s coffin from Carpathia to London.
The vampire picks off the crew one-by-one along the way until the ship washes up ashore in England with one raving-mad survivor. This will center its story around that journey.
Zak Olkewicz penned the most recent draft of the script. Andre Ovredal (“Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark”) directs the project which Bradley Fischer, Mike Medavoy and Arnold Messer will produce the film which has been in development for nearly two decades.
Source: Deadline
