Appian Way Developing Biopic Of Young Bela Lugosi For Universal; ‘Ed Wood’s Scott Alexander And Larry Karaszewski Scripting

Appian Way Developing Biopic Of Young Bela Lugosi For Universal; ‘Ed Wood’s Scott Alexander And Larry Karaszewski Scripting

EXCLUSIVE: Appian Way Productions, the production company of Leonardo DiCaprio and Jennifer Davisson, has teamed with producers Alex Cutler and Darryl Marshak to develop a Universal Pictures biopic of Bela Lugosi, the Hungarian star of stage and screen who originated the iconic role of Dracula both on Broadway and in the classic 1931 Universal horror […]

Leonardo DiCaprio Producing Biopic of DRACULA's Bela Lugosi

Hollywood’s original Dracula, Bela Lugosi, is getting ready to rise from the grave. Figuratively speaking, that is. According to Deadline, Leonardo DiCaprio’s production company is behind a new biopic of the iconic Hungarian actor, who starred as Dracula in Universal’s 1931 film. The team of Scott Alexander and Larry Karaszewski is writing the script. The pair actually wrote Ed Wood, the 1994 film that won Martin Landau the Oscar for portraying …

Leonardo DiCaprio Set To Produce Biopic of Star of the Classic 1931 'Dracula'

Appian Way Productions, owned by Leonardo DiCaprio, will be producing a biopic about Bela Lugosi, a 1930s actor best known for his role as Dracula.

Bela Lugosi Biopic From ‘Ed Wood’ Writers in the Works at Universal — World of Reel

I’ve long said that Tim Burton’s “Ed Wood” is his best film — the perfect balance of melancholy, madness, and movie love. It’s a film that transcends Burton’s gothic style to become something richer and more humane: a portrait of artistic delusion and devotion. And now, as fate would have it, a new project has emerged from Ed Wood’s very DNA — penned by its writers, Scott Alexander and Larry Karaszewski, and centered once again on the tragic bri…