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"NBC is developing a new drama series based on iconic vampire Count Dracula. The adaptation, scripted by Cole Haddon, will be set in the 1890s and has been pitched as a &amp;quot;soap opera&amp;quot;, according to Deadline. Colin Callender and 24&amp;#039;s Tony Krantz will produce the project, which has also been described as &amp;quot;young, sexy and supernatural&amp;quot; and resembling &amp;quot;Dangerous Liaisons meets The Tudors&amp;quot;. The show has a script-to-series commitment with NBC, meaning that it will bypass a filmed pilot and go straight to series if the network approves of Haddon&amp;#039;s pilot script. Famous adaptations of Bram Stoker&amp;#039;s 1897 novel Dracula include a 1931 film version starring Bela Lugosi, a 1958 release with Christopher Lee and Francis Ford Coppola&amp;#039;s 1992 adaptation. NBC is developing a number of horror-themed shows for the 2012-13 television season, including a remake of The Munsters from Pushing Daisies creator Bryan Fuller. X-Men and Superman Returns director Bryan Singer is in line to produce and direct the pilot. Fuller is also working on a series featuring cannibalistic serial killer Hannibal Lecter, the character famously played by Anthony Hopkins in 1991 film The Silence of the Lambs. &amp;gt; James Murray, Patrick Heusinger join NBC&amp;#039;s Beautiful People &amp;gt; Saving Hope: NBC to air Erica Durance medical drama in US "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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