Nicolas Cage's Dracula Film Adds The Expanse's Shohreh Aghdashloo

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Considering the sheer multitude of new and returning film projects floating around the wonderful world of Disney's increasing hold on Hollywood itself, it can be pretty easy to forget about some of the more surreal and obscure, yet no less exciting new offerings. Sure, it's one thing to get excited for one of the several new Star Wars or Marvel shows and movies on their way. But what about that one Universal movie about Dracula's henchman?

An upcoming film starring Nicolas Cage as Dracula (no, this isn't a page out of Mad Libs) is set to tell a new spin on a classic yet underlooked aspect of the famous Universal monster. Everybody knows about Dracula himself, but who out there is familiar with his faithful minion who has been around since Bram Stoker's original novel? The film, named Renfield after that same minion, will focus on him, and it's got a surprisingly beefy cast to back up this interesting new twist.

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Joining the cast is none other than one of the stars from Syfy's (and later Amazon Prime's) The Expanse, Shohreh Aghdashloo. Deadline reports she will be playing a crime lord named Ella in the upcoming film, and she'll be working alongside some pretty heavy hitters. Also taking part in Renfield is Shang-Chi's Awkwafina, Nicholas Hoult (Mad Max: Fury Road), Adrian Martinez (Stumptown), and Ben Schwartz (Sonic the Hedgehog). Universal seems to have some pretty big plans for a character most people probably don't even know about.

The film will star Hoult as Renfield himself, who just wants to make a name for himself and get out from under the influence of Cage's Malignant-inspired Dracula. Setting out to find a new life for himself, he encounters Awkwafina's Rebecca Quincy, a traffic cop