Renfield

Nicholas Hoult is Renfield and Nicolas Cage is Count Dracula in the upcoming vampire comedy 'Renfield.' Awkwafina, Ben Schwartz, and Adrian Martinez co-star ...

Renfield is at Dracula’s beck and call, gathering people for him to eat (in this case, nuns and a busload of cheerleaders) and disposing of their bodies. [Renfield](https://www.vulture.com/2021/08/nicholas-hoult-to-play-draculas-familiar-in-renfield.html), [Count Dracula’s](https://www.vulture.com/2021/12/nicolas-cage-to-star-as-dracula-in-universals-renfield.html) ( [Nicolas Cage](https://www.vulture.com/article/review-nicolas-cages-unbearable-weight-of-massive-talent.html)) devoted servant who, in the trailer to Universal Pictures’ Renfield, barges into an abusive-relationship support group to vent about his master’s behavior. A famous vampire’s familiar will no longer tolerate abusive treatment from his boss.

The iconic vampire gets a new look thanks to a horror comedy starring Nicholas Hoult and Nicolas Cage.

Nicholas Hoult has experience in the “monster rom-com” subgenre thanks to the underseen Warm Bodies, and his humble turn in The Great Season 2 is one of the best comedic-but-romantic acting performances in the last few years. It looks completely different from any other vampire movie we’ve seen, and it looks good too, so think of it as the anti-Morbius. Just as Guillermo is the breakout star of What We Do in the Shadows, it’s time for the OG vampire’s OG assistant to get his moment in the spotlight.

Universal released the first trailer for Renfield starring Nicholas Hoult and Nicolas Cage, showing the two in a comedic adventure.

With that talented trio working together, it instills confidence in Renfield to deliver a mix of comedy, horror, and adventure to rival that of Taika Waititi's What We Do in the Shadows. The film was [given an R rating](https://collider.com/renfield-r-rating-nicolas-cage/) ahead of its release, indicating it won't shy away from blood or more horrific scenes involving the literal boss from Hell. ["comedic pop-art attitude"](https://collider.com/nicolas-cage-renfield-dracula-comments/) to the film and the modern flair hints at a more campy, funny adventure for the servant and his master, it won't lack in intense moments.

The trailer for Renfield introduces us to Nicolas Cage's Dracula and his poor, co-dependent henchman Renfield who is just trying to survive.

This doesn’t cost you anything extra, we just have to give you the heads up for legal reasons. Frankly, setting the Renfield trailer largely in the context of a support group is bloody genius. This campy Dracula movie, aptly, titled Renfield, shifts the focus from dark lord to servant and [puts Renfield, Dracula’s henchman, in the spotlight](https://nerdist.com/article/nicholas-hoult-renfield-dracula-robert-kirkman-chris-mckay/). This Dracula adaptation is shaping up to be like no other. Renfield is forced to procure his master’s prey and do his every bidding, no matter how debased. It’s hard to have a toxic relationship with your work.

Watch the official trailer for Renfield, a new take on Dracula's characters that stars none other than Nicolas Cage as Count Dracula.

The first trailer for the Dracula-themed action comedy 'Renfield', staring Nicolas Cage and Nicholas Hoult, has been released.

The film is grounded in an original idea by The Walking Dead and Invincible creator Robert Kirkman. As well as appearing in the Fox X-Men franchise films as Hank/Beast, Hoult’s big screen presence has seen him take on more mature roles in Those Who Wish Me Dead and The Banker in recent years. Hoult’s Renfield is depicted as the tortured aide to history’s most narcissistic boss, Dracula (Cage).

The first trailer for the Dracula-themed action comedy Renfield has been released (see below). The film stars Nicholas Hoult as the titular Renfield, ...

The film is grounded in an original idea by The Walking Dead and Invincible creator Robert Kirkman. As well as appearing in the Fox X-Men franchise films as Hank/Beast, Hoult’s big screen presence has seen him take on more mature roles in Those Who Wish Me Dead and The Banker in recent years. Hoult’s Renfield is depicted as the tortured aide to history’s most narcissistic boss, Dracula (Cage).

Hoult stars as Renfield, the oft-forgotten batty assistant of Dracula.

No stranger to the comedy-horror genre, either, Cage starred in plague-comedy Mom and Dad in 2017, which [the Standard](https://www.standard.co.uk/culture/film/mom-and-dad-review-nicholas-cage-is-at-his-ott-best-in-this-hilarious-horror-a3785801.html) enjoyed, saying Cage was “at his OTT best in this hilarious horror.” Speaking to Empire about his forthcoming role, the 58-year-old actor said: “When I got a sense of where McKay wanted to go, I realised the movie has a comedic, pop art attitude... In October it emerged that the 33-year-old British actor will be joining In Stoker’s 1897 novel, Renfield is described as being deranged, incredibly strong and morbidly excitable. The other members of the group are concerned. After eating a spider, Renfield’s powers are activated and he wipes all of them out.

Throughout the years, Renfield has been played (to varying degrees of lunacy) by Tom Waits, Peter MacNicol, Dwight Frye, Klaus Kinski, Mark Gatiss, Arte Johnson ...

The big news about the movie is that Cage plays Renfield’s terrible boss Dracula, which is a very exciting development but also feels like it should have happened already? (Just because I love Dracula so much I just have to drop in a little bit of lit crit for a second and say that even in the novel, not much is known about him—even how he came to be Dracula’s slave when he is stuck in a sanitorium in England and there is no reference to an Englishman visiting Castle Dracula prior to Jonathan Harker’s trip. Does Renfield have anything meaningful to say about bloodsucking masters and put-upon factotums beyond the joke of its premise?

The modern monster tale stars Nicholas Hoult, Nicolas Cage and Awkwafina. Nicholas Hoult in Renfield. Universal Pictures/ YouTube.

[subscribe now](http://radiotimes.com/magazine-subscription?utm_term=evergreen-article). Renfield is set to land in cinemas on 14th April 2023. [Empire Magazine](https://www.empireonline.com/movies/news/nicolas-cage-playing-pop-art-dracula-renfield-exclusive/): “When I got a sense of where McKay wanted to go, I realized the movie has a comedic, pop art attitude. “It’s original, but it’s steeped in a lot of history, Dracula history and folklore,” he said. Wondering what to watch on TV? “I saw a movie called Malignant and the director James Wan and the actress [Annabelle Wallis] created this choreography that was terrifying. [TV Guide](https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/tv-listings/) and [Streaming Guide](https://www.radiotimes.com/streaming-guide/). Read on for everything you need to know. “The key, I think, is movement,” Cage said. This is in that Warhol vein.” different." [Nicolas Cage](https://www.radiotimes.com/people/nicolas-cage/)) long-suffering servant ( [Nicholas Hoult](https://www.radiotimes.com/people/nicholas-hoult/)).

Renfield & Ghosts star Brandon Scott Jones discusses sharing the screen with Nicolas Cage & explains why he found his approach to the work so moving.

Say this!'" Jones continued, "He pitched me a line, a joke to say, and it was really, really cool just to see him so in it and fun, and having the time of his life." And I watched this man come in to work, sit in the make-up trailer, get all made up as Dracula, and then show up on set and was so excited, and so -- oh my god, I almost got a little emotional because it was really moving to see someone love the craft so much. By the end of the conversation with our own Perri Nemiroff, Jones spoke a little bit about

Nicolas Cage is set to once again portray a blood-sucking vampire in Renfield, also starring Nicholas Hoult and set to be released on April 14, 2023.

Renfield, and his narcissistic boss, Count Dracula, played by Cage. The movie follows Hoult as R.M. Cage previously played a vampire in the 1988 dark comedy Vampire’s Kiss.