In a small blow to Neon, Maika Monroe has exited Brides, their new Dracula-inspired thriller from director Chloe Okuno. Taking her place is Olivia Cooke, greatest recognized today for her position as Alicent Hightower within the HBO hit Home of the Dragon. Introduced late final 12 months, Brides was to be the second pairing of Okuno and Monroe following the duo’s 2022 psychological thriller, Watcher.
Per Deadline, Monroe is now off the mission as a result of scheduling conflicts with the romantic drama Reminders of Him, which is being tailored from the Colleen Hoover novel by director Vanessa Caswill. Cooke will take Monroe’s place, and is definitely a worthy substitute. Along with Home of the Dragon, she’s additionally appeared in Prepared Participant One, Bates Motel, and the Apple TV+ hit, Sluggish Horses.
Along with directing, Okuno can also be penning the script for Brides, which is loosely impressed by Bram Stoker’s 1887 novel. Primarily based on the synopsis, the interval piece appears to take what got here earlier than it and flip the narrative to supply a well timed movie that is positive to attraction to a brand new technology of moviegoers:
“Set in Nineteen Sixties Italy, Sally Bishop (Cooke) and her husband journey to a distant villa within the wake of Sally’s nervous breakdown. The villa’s proprietor, a mysterious depend, takes a peculiar curiosity in Sally. However he will get excess of he anticipated when Sally’s feminist chaos is added to his excellent, violent Eden of vampire brides.”
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Supply: Deadline