Sentences with phrase «cast as vampire»

They would have told Shakespeare to drop his Unreliable Narrator, Hamlet, (a bit post-modern, my dear) and cast him as a vampire instead.

Not exact matches

Excellent scenery, even the special effects, an amazing make up, as always, a truly stellar cast and a storyline particularly full of vampires, witches, curses and mysteries to solve.

The main cast is more - or-less celeb free with the biggest name being Buffy the Vampire Slayer's little sister, Michelle Trachtenberg — however there are a whole host of fantastic B / C - listers: Vinny Jones plays a football Hooligan, Xena W.P. a dominatrix and even the lovely Joanna Lumley features as a mental Dutch hostel clerk.

Suck's wisecracking cast that includes aging rockers Alice Cooper and Iggy Pop, and Malcolm McDowell as a vampire hunter should connect with young audiences in the US and the UK (where it has been picked up by Universal Pictures International in a deal that also includes France and Australia / NZ).

First - time feature director Anna Foerster seems well aware that the talky bits in the Underworld universe are best served in small doses, and that gives the extended cast — which also includes Theo James as a good guy, Tobias Menzies as a bad guy, Lara Pulver as a vampire lady we're not quite sure about, and (of course) the awesome Charles Dance emoting his way through some enjoyably colorful nonsense — ample time to beat the stuffing out of each other.

Now Nina Dobrev is going to jump into the cast from The Vampire Diaries as a character named Candace.

Casting himself as a heavy in his own film, Haley gets several of the film's more flowery, belabored passages, though he fares better with these than Edi Gathegi (better known as the dreadlocked vampire in the first Twilight film) as the kidnapped son of a black criminal lynchpin (presented so unenthusiastically it makes the crime syndicate run by Harry Belafonte in Altman's Kansas City seem more like Scorsese).

Though it is about blood - thirsty vampires, their veins pump from warm hearts, as it is a well - cast, good - natured romp that loves to catch you by surprise, never quite going straight for the obvious gags you'd gather from the premise.

Released in 2003 and director Len Wiseman's feature film debut, the film casts Kate Beckinsale as Selene, a vampire who, in an effort to save her race, partners with a human who is of valuable interest to the vampires» enemy, the Lycans.

The cast includes Dominic Cooper as Lincoln's mentor in vampire hunting, and Rufus Sewell as «Adam,» supposedly the first vampire.

Blood: The Last Vampire (Sony), a live action adaptation of the popular Japanese anime, is an awkward and odd international hybrid: shot in English by a French director (Luc Besson protégé Chris Nahon) with a Hong Kong action choreographer (Corey Yuen), a cast of Brits posing as Americans and Japanese actors performing in English.

Kelly Overton (True Blood) has been cast as Vanessa Helsing, the daughter of the legendary vampire hunter in Syfy's 13 - episode TV series, which premieres later this year.

The voice cast also features Scott Patterson (Gilmore Girls, Justice League Unlimited) as James Gordon, Anthony Head (Buffy The Vampire Slayer, Merlin) as Alfred Pennyworth, Yuri Lowenthal (Batman Unlimited, Young Justice) as Harvey Dent, John DiMaggio (Futurama, Adventure Time) as Chief Bullock, William Salyers (Batman vs. Two - Face) as Hugo Strange, and Grey Griffin (DC Super Hero Girls) as Sister Leslie.

Moretz has often been cast as an eccentric (the obscenity - spewing Hit Girl in Kick - Ass, the lonely little vampire in Let Me In, a regally spoiled brat in Dark Shadows, the titular outcast in Kimberly Peirce's Carrie remake); she's good at playing against her own polished wholesomeness.

Although this isn't Hollywood's first attempt to turn a historically black superhero into the main event, headlining their own tentpole film — consider Wesley Snipes run as the vampire - hunter Blade, Halle Berry's turn as Catwoman, Will Smith's alcoholic anti-hero Hancock or even Shaquille O'Neal's turn as Steel — this feels like a first in part because of how much effort has been poured into its making and, more importantly, how readily it embraces its fundamental blackness, from its colorful African settings to its tribally - influenced makeup, hairstyle, and costumes to its predominately black cast and crew, a verifiable assemblage of talent that'll turn even the most skeptical of heads.

Like Let the Right One In, The Transfiguration casts a young» n, Milo (Eric Ruffin), as its protagonist, contrasting the horrible particulars of a vampire's feeding habits against the surface innocence of his appearance.

But the roadblocks to their love are great indeed: a supernatural beast on the hunt for Sookie, demi - god orgies casting a spell on her town and her best friend Tara (Rutina Wesley), whose response becomes something akin to an addiction (complete with an intervention and cold - turkey withdrawal), a religious cult war against the vampire nation that tangles up Sookie's gullible brother Jason (Ryan Kwanten), Bill's responsibilities as a «maker» to a newly turned vampire, and Bill's warden (Alexander Skarsgård) making a play for Sookie (or at least for control of her unique talents).

A sparkling script and charismatic cast injects a new burst of life into a genre that's become pallid and toothless thanks to blood - sucking franchises and adolescent fantasies and, together with Neil Marshall's recent Byzantium, resurrects the vampire as an entirely adult anti-hero.

Tom Cruise in «Interview with the Vampire» Fans of Anne Rice's novel saw blood red over the decision to cast Cruise as Lestat, with the author herself even objecting to it.

With a stellar cast led by Pierce Brosnan as Louis XIV, The Sun King, the film also stars Academy Award winner William Hurt -LRB-» Kiss of the Spider Woman»), Benjamin Walker -LRB-» Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter», Ron Howard's» Heart of the Sea»), Kaya Scodelario («Skins,» Fox's upcoming» The Maze Runner»), Ben Lloyd - Hughes -LRB-» Divergent»), Pablo Schreiber («The Wire,» «Orange is the New Black») and features Chinese superstar Fan Bingbing -LRB-» X-Men: Days of Future Past») as the mermaid.

As you can see, even though there aren't any big stars, the cast is still pretty solid, with David Warner playing the aforementioned vampire hunter, Prof. Leopold McCarthy, and Paul Willson («Cheers,» «Office Space») serving as his assistant, GrimsdykAs you can see, even though there aren't any big stars, the cast is still pretty solid, with David Warner playing the aforementioned vampire hunter, Prof. Leopold McCarthy, and Paul Willson («Cheers,» «Office Space») serving as his assistant, Grimsdykas his assistant, Grimsdyke.

After establishing her own casting company in 1983, Liroff cast «Footloose,» «St. Elmo's Fire,» «Pretty in Pink,» «The Iron Giant,» «The Spitfire Grill,» «Untamed Heart,» «Freaky Friday,» «Mean Girls,» «Ghosts of Girlfriends Past,» «Mr. Popper's Penguins,» «Vampire Academy,» and the upcoming «The Sublime and Beautiful,» which she produced as well.

One of the better laughs comes up around the concept that vampires do not cast a reflection; the friends must draw sketches of one another as they get dressed up for a night on the town to make sure they look sharp.

And the Washington Post announced that 2010 will see the publication of Jane Bites Back by Michael Thomas Ford (Random House), the first in an intended three - book series that casts Jane as a vampire bookstore owner (can you hear those cash registers ringing?).

Nosgoth promises a brutal team - based multiplayer experience, casting players as either humans or vampires with asymmetrical abilities.

As the infamous vampire Remilia Scarlet and her dutiful maid Sakuya Izayoi, match wits with a cast of colorful characters, overpower enemies with signature skills and spell cards, rough up a few fairies, and unravel a plot odder than they could have imagined.