The film's black-and-white opening scenes recreate the events of Dracula (1931) with Nicolas Cage and Nicholas Hoult respectively inserted in place of Bela Lugosi and Dwight Frye as Count Dracula and Renfield ("compositing the actors into the old backgrounds — we're just erasing [the original actors] and putting Cage and Hoult in"), with Helen Chandler and Edward Van Sloan appearing as Mina Seward and Van Helsing via archive footage. Plus there's a reunion between old pals Ben Affleck and Matt Damon in the sports drama Air, and the long-awaited release of The Super Mario Bros Movie – as the Italian plumber sets about saving the Mushroom Kingdom on the big screen. As mentioned above, Renfield will focus less on Count Dracula and more on his longtime lackey who finally takes a stand after suffering at his master’s hand for centuries. Spending most of his time watching new movies at the theater or classics on TCM, some of Michael's favorite movies include Casablanca, Moulin Rouge! But now, after centuries of servitude, Renfield is ready to see if there’s a life outside the shadow of The Prince of Darkness.

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If you want to know more about what you can expect from the movie, be sure and check out our Renfield review! And, with all the crazy ways Kirkman has killed off The Walking Dead characters and made the lives of others a living hell over the years (while still being funny at times), it sounds like we’re in for quite a treat come April 2023. However, after centuries of service, Renfield falls in love with traffic cop Rebecca Quincy (Awkwafina) in modern-day New Orleans, and decides he’s ready to leave his master, but how will he work up the courage to do so? Although Cuckoo’s details are under lock and key right now, what we do know about it suggests good things. Among them, expect to be given a fright by AI-assisted dolls, childhood favourites gone feral and, er, a cocaine-eating bear.

April is a slightly quieter month for new releases but there are still plenty of films for cinemagoers to look forward to, with highlights including Nicolas Cage's Dracula flick Renfield and the latest film in the Evil Dead franchise. He became Movies Editor in 2019, in which role he has interviewed 100s of stars, including Chris Hemsworth, Florence Pugh, Keanu Reeves, Idris Elba and Olivia Colman, become a human encyclopedia for Marvel and appeared as an expert guest on BBC News and on-stage at MCM Comic-Con. Nicolas Hoult and Nicolas Cage star in Renfield, with Hoult playing the titular servant and Cage as Dracula.

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If you're looking for a horror comedy with some very gory and silly moments, you've come to the right place.The film received mixed to positive reviews from critics, who praised the comedic tone and performances but criticized the screenplay and story. The film seems almost like a superhero movie, as Renfield uses special powers to hunt for his dark master. An "enormous" fan of Dracula and the source material, Cage prepared for his role by observing the distinctive ways Dracula was portrayed on screen by Bela Lugosi, Frank Langella, and Gary Oldman. Renfield is a 2023 American action comedy horror film directed and produced by Chris McKay, and written by Ryan Ridley from a story by Robert Kirkman, who also served as producer. One security guard was present at the time of the incident, which occurred late at night in a secured parking lot.