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"Vlad Tepes Dracula - between legend and historic truth". * 1997 was the 100th anniversary since the publication of the novel "Dracula" written by Bram Stoker which generated the legend of the vampire character *Bram Stoker needed an exotic country for his novel and a character to resemble somehow what he wanted. The information used in the novel about Transylvania and Dracula was taken from a Hungarian scholar, Arminius Vambery, an Orientalist who provided some elements of the mediaeval legend about the Romanian prince * Among the many legends was the one made of the German stories published during Tepes life time by the Saxons living in Transylvanian towns of Brasov and Sibiu. These stories written as funny tales reached the Hungarian royal court which passing them on to the West when King Matei Corvin who came to Brasov with Vlad Tepes to arrested. Tepes was his prisoner for 12 years at Visegrad castle on the Danube. Matei Corvin was interest in spreading to the West this negative stories about Vlad Tepes. * What is very interesting, is that Vlad Tepes knew about the legends created around his personality, and during the last two years of his life Vlad Tepes took the name of Dracula. By adopting this nickname shows he was very proud of the legends about him finding them useful.

Brad Pitt Producing Dracula Movie Vlad in Romania - A new take from Twilight team Summit 07 December 2009 | Source: James White Given that vampires have earned the company one or two pennies in the last couple of years, it's hardly surprising that Summit Entertainment would be looking to stick with the creatures of the night (or the day, in the Twilight gang's case). But for its next trip to bloodsucker central, the subject matter is somewhat more traditional: Dracula, with Brad Pitt's production company helping to keep the blood flowing. Don't go expecting it to be all capes and fangs just yet, though. Vlad, a script written by actor Charlie Hunnam (of Green Street and now TV's Sons Of Anarchy) is the focus, with music video man Anthony Mandler aiming to direct. Vlad will explore Drac as a young prince, plundering the history of Vlad the impaler, the man behind the myth. Summit apparently nabbed the rights to the script a while ago, but has been keeping it in a development dungeon until Mandler, who has worked with the likes of Rhianna and Eminem, toddled along with his showreel. Now the hope is, according to Hollywood Reporter's Heat Vision blog, to produce a "visually edgy and radical period movie". 300 with more teeth, anyone? James White

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