It appears that Dracula is about to get a sequel. The Stoker clan have banded together and authorised Dracula: The Undead to follow Bram Stoker's original novel - and have also sold the film rights, with Jan De Bont producing (and maybe, we guess, directing).
It is, perhaps, no surprise that the Stoker family are so keen on the plan, given that Bram's great-grandnephew Dacre Stoker has written the book along with Dracula historian Holt. The story picks up 25 years after the original, as the heroes of the original novel are being stalked by...(creepy music please)...someone. Holt and Stoker used Bram Stoker's original notes and found characters and plot threads written by him but cut from the original novel. Even the title of this one is Bram's original title, so with a bit of luck it will feel like a real sequel and not just another spin on the myth.
A screenplay for the book was written by Holt with Alexander Galant, and the plan is for that to shoot next June, just before the book is released in October 2009. Looks like Leslie Nielsen was right: Dracula is dead and loving it.