BBC One has released the first look images from Sherlock creators Mark Gatiss and Steven Moffat's Bang starred in the film as a prestigious Stockholm art museum curator who's thrown into an existential crisis by a new exhibition piece.
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BBC One has now unveiled some official photos of Bang as Bram Stoker's iconic vampire, and announced several more ing actors for Dracula. Among those who are currently official cast are Lyndsey Marshal (Trauma, The League Of Gentlemen), Chanel Cresswell (The Bay, This Is England), Matthew Beard (An Education, The Imitation Game), Lydia West (Years & Years), Paul Brennen (Wild Bill, Happy Valley), Sarah Niles (Catastrophe, Beautiful People), Sofia Oxenham (Poldark, Grantchester), John McCrea (Everybody’s Talking About Jamie, God’s Own Country), Phil Dunster (Humans, Save Me) and TV newcomer Millicent Wong. You can check out the photos of Bang, below.
Much like Sherlock, Dracula will feature three feature-length episodes per season, with the potential for additional installments if the show takes off. McGuigan will be ed behind the camera by Jonny Campbell (Killing Eve) as directors for the first three episodes, with Gatiss and Moffat handling the writing on their own for the time being.
While Gatiss and Moffat's efforts on Sherlock's final season especially struggled to win over critics and left fans similarly divided, it's possible that a change in genre and historical setting will help to re-vitalize their storytelling. The fact that they won't be splitting their attention between re-imagining an iconic literary character and writing for Doctor Who - as they did back when Sherlock was going and Moffat was still the latter's showrunner - will surely help in that respect.
Dracula will premiere on BBC in the UK and on Netflix outside of the UK and Ireland.
Source: BBC One