Awkwafina is the latest star to join the cast of Universal's upcoming Renfield movie about Dracula's henchman, according to Deadline.
She joins Nicholas Hoult, who's playing the title role, and Nicolas Cage, who was recently cast as Dracula. However, there's no word yet on who Awkwafina will be playing.
In Bram Stoker's iconic gothic novel, R.M. Renfield is an inmate at an asylum – thought to be experiencing delusions, he was actually a servant of Dracula. The Lego Movie director Chris McKay is helming a modern-day retelling of the tale based on an original story by Robert Kirkman, the comic book writer best known for co-creating The Walking Dead. Ryan Ridley, who's previously written for TV shows like Community and Rick and Morty, penned the movie's script, so we can expect plenty of laughs – and plenty of violence, too, according to Kirkman.
