Dracula 3D is an upcoming horror film

Horror film

Horror films seek to elicit a negative emotional reaction from viewers by playing on the audience's most primal fears. They often feature scenes that startle the viewer through the means of macabre and the supernatural, thus frequently overlapping with the fantasy and science fiction genres...

 directed by Dario Argento

Dario Argento

Dario Argento is an Italian film director, producer and screenwriter. He is best known for his work in the horror film genre, particularly in the subgenre known as giallo, and for his influence on modern horror and slasher movies....

 with a screenplay by Argento, Enrique Cerezo

Enrique Cerezo

Enrique Cerezo Torres is a cinematographic producer and the president of Club Atlético de Madrid from 2002.-Cinematographic career:Enrique Cerezo began in cinema in 1971 as a camera assistant in the movie Vente a Alemania, Pepe...

, Stefano Piani, and Antonio Tentori. It will be Argento's first 3D film. The film will not be a straight adaptaion of Bram Stoker

Bram Stoker

Abraham "Bram" Stoker was an Irish novelist and short story writer, best known today for his 1897 Gothic novel Dracula...

's novel Dracula, but will feature elements from the novel.

Cast

• Thomas Kretschmann
  Thomas Kretschmann
  Thomas Kretschmann is a German actor best known for playing Leutnant Hans Von Witzland in the 1993 film Stalingrad, Hauptmann Wilm Hosenfeld in The Pianist, Hermann Fegelein in Der Untergang, and Captain Englehorn in the 2005 remake of King Kong.-Early life:Kretschmann was born in Dessau, former...
  
   as Dracula
  Dracula
  Dracula is an 1897 novel by Irish author Bram Stoker.Famous for introducing the character of the vampire Count Dracula, the novel tells the story of Dracula's attempt to relocate from Transylvania to England, and the battle between Dracula and a small group of men and women led by Professor...
  
  
• Rutger Hauer as Van Helsing
  Van Helsing
  Van Helsing is a 2004 American action horror film directed by Stephen Sommers. It stars Hugh Jackman as vigilante monster hunter Gabriel Van Helsing, and Kate Beckinsale...
  
  
• Asia Argento
  Asia Argento
  Aria Asia Anna Maria Vittoria Rossa Argento is an Italian actress, singer, model and director.-Family and early life:...
  
   as Lucy Westenra
  Lucy Westenra
  Lucy Westenra is a fictional character in the novel Dracula by Bram Stoker. She is the 19-year-old daughter of a wealthy family. Her father is not mentioned in the novel and her elderly mother is simply stated as being Mrs. Westenra. Lucy is introduced as Mina Murray's best friend. In the 1931...
  
  
• Marta Gastini
  Marta Gastini
  Marta Gastini is an Italian actress, best known for her supporting role in the 2011 film The Rite.-Life and career:...
  
   as Mina Murray
• Unax Ugalde
  Unax Ugalde
  Unax Ugalde Gutiérrez is a Spanish actor born in Vitoria-Gasteiz, Álava, in the Basque Country.-Biography:Unax Ugalde, son of a worker at the Altos Hornos and a housewife, was born in 1978 in Vitoria-Gasteiz. While, as a student, he ambitioned to become a marine scientist, started taking classes...
  
   as Jonathan Harker
  Jonathan Harker
  Jonathan Harker is one of the main protagonists in the 1897 horror novel Dracula by Bram Stoker. His journey to Transylvania and encounter with Count Dracula and the Brides of Dracula at Castle Dracula constitutes the dramatic opening scenes in the novel and most of the film adaptations.-In the...
  
  
• Miriam Giovanelli
  Miriam Giovanelli
  Miriam Giovanelli is an Italian/Spanish actress and model, perhaps the best known for her roles in Limoncello, Canciones de amor en Lolita's Club and Física o Química.- Career :...
  
   as Tania
  Tania
  Tania may refer to several real or fictional people, such as:*Tamara Bunke aka "Tania", a communist revolutionary who died alongside Che Guevara*Patricia Hearst, who took the alias "Tania" in honor of Tamara Bunke* Tania , artist...
  
  

Development

The project was first announced on 20 May 2010 at the Cannes Film Festival

Cannes Film Festival

The Cannes International Film Festival , is an annual film festival held in Cannes, France, which previews new films of all genres including documentaries from around the world. Founded in 1946, it is among the world's most prestigious and publicized film festivals...

, along with a teaser poster.

On 21 February 2011, it was confirmed that Rutger Hauer would play Van Helsing

Van Helsing

Van Helsing is a 2004 American action horror film directed by Stephen Sommers. It stars Hugh Jackman as vigilante monster hunter Gabriel Van Helsing, and Kate Beckinsale...

 in the film. Filming began on 16 May in Budapest

Budapest

Budapest is the capital of Hungary. As the largest city of Hungary, it is the country's principal political, cultural, commercial, industrial, and transportation centre. In 2011, Budapest had 1,733,685 inhabitants, down from its 1989 peak of 2,113,645 due to suburbanization. The Budapest Commuter...

. The first images from the set were released on 10 July 2011.