Dracula Untold is a 2014 dark fantasy action film directed by Gary Shore inhis feature film debut and written by Matt Sazama and Burk Sharpless.^[8]Rather than focus on Irish novelist Bram Stoker's 1897 novel Dracula, the film creates an origin story for its title character, Count Dracula, by portraying the story of Vlad the Impaler, of whom Stoker was unaware until he was well into writing that novel. Luke Evans portrays the title character, with Sarah Gadonand Dominic Cooper in supporting roles.

Principal photography began on August 5, 2013 in Northern Ireland. Universal Pictures released the film on October 10, 2014 in theatres and IMAX. Universal intends the film to be a reboot of the Universal Monstersfranchises.^[9]