Chris McKay

Image: Warner Bros.The Lego Batman Movie was a critical and commercial hit, earning more than $300 million at the box office in 2017—and yet, a sequel will never happen. That’s because Lego ended its partnership with Warner Bros., which owns DC Comics and Batman, and signed with Universal instead. But director Chris McKay has revealed what the sequel could have been, and it sincerely sucks that we’re not going to get it.McKay talked to Uproxx about his upcoming film Renfield, as well as a variety of things including his…

Absolutely dripping blood and camped out all week long, Renfield is more Raimi than Coppola, delightfully ripping into gangsters and corrupt cops as Renfield—Dracula’s traditionally toothless companion—turns out to be not-so-toothless after all. This film, directed by Chris McKay (The Lego Batman Movie) and written by Ryan Ridley (with a shoutout to The Walking Dead’s Robert Kirkman for the story), is a horror comedy thatdoes its best to do both genres proud.Spoilers of the Week: July 1stRenfield is a goofball gorefest…

Our first look at the new horror comedy Renfield kept its biggest selling point hidden. That being the fact the title character, played by Nicholas Hoult, is the servant of Count Dracula, played by legendary Oscar winner Nicolas Cage, who was revealed only at the end. This latest and apparently final trailerdoes the opposite though. It leans heavily into the Cageness of it all and the movie looks better off for it.Directed by Chris McKay, Renfield follows Dracula’s servant as he tries to sever ties with the immortal…

We’ve been hearing about Nic Cage’s Dracula for a while, but I don’t know if anything could have prepared me for this hilarious, absolutely wild, delightfully supernatural adaptation of the most famous vampire around. Renfield | Official TrailerStarring Nicholas Hoult as the woebegone Renfield, the film will follow the familiar as he attempts to do his master’s bidding, which includes finding victims for the vampire to suck dry. He might want to try to break up with Dracula, but clearly there’s a lot of codependency…

Image: The CWV/H/S reveals another anthology, with a major new slew of directors. Mike Flanagan is no longer a part of Netflix’s Something Is Killing the Children adaptation. Plus, get a look at the latest Walking Dead spinoff, Dead City, and new Titans clips tease a showdown with Lex Luthor. Spoilers get!NosferatuDeadline reports Nicholas Hoult (who’s already set to play Renfield in Chris McKay’s Renfield) is in talks to join the cast of Robert Eggers’ Nosferatu remake in a currently undisclosed role. V/H/S 85Scott…