Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant
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The film follows a young boy named "Darren Shan," who while attending a freakshow with his best friend, meets a mysterious man named "Larten Crepsley", who turns out to be a Vampire. After a series of unfortunate events, Darren is forced to leave his family and normal life behind and become the vampire's assistant, where he finds himself in the middle of a rivalry between two vampire clans.
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PROJECT DETAILS
- Was intially set to hit theaters on January 15, 2010 before it was pushed forward to an October '09 date.
- Originally titled Cirque du Freak, after the first novel in the book series, but producers felt an easier and more catching title would work better, so it was changed to The Vampire's Assistant, which is actually the title for the second book.
- Filmed in New Orleans, Louisiana.
- William Dafoe plays vampire "Gavner Purl."
- Chris J. Kelly plays the young boy "Darren Shan."
- Salma Hayek plays "Madame Truska," the bearded lady.
- John C. Reilly plays "Larten Crepsley" the vampire.
- Ken Watanabe plays "Mr. Tall."
- Adapted for the screen by writer Brian Helgeland (Conspiracy Theory, Blood Work, Mystic River).
- Based on the first novel in the "Vampire Blood" young adult series by author Darren Shan.
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| Posted on July 1, 2009 - 5:50am | FrighT MasteR |
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Dates are tentative and subject to change.
This list is not yet complete.
- Tue, March 23, 2010 (DVD)
- Tue, March 23, 2010 (DVD)
- Tue, March 23, 2010 (DVD)
- Tue, March 23, 2010 (DVD)
- Tue, March 23, 2010 (DVD)
- Tue, March 23, 2010 (DVD)
- Tue, March 23, 2010 (DVD)
- Tue, March 23, 2010 (DVD)
- Tue, March 30, 2010 (DVD)
- Tue, April 6, 2010 (DVD)
- Fri, April 9, 2010 (Limited)
- Fri, April 9, 2010 (Limited)
- Tue, April 20, 2010
- Tue, April 27, 2010 (DVD)
- Tue, April 27, 2010 (DVD)
- Fri, April 30, 2010 (VOD)
- Fri, April 30, 2010
- Tue, May 11, 2010 (DVD)
- Tue, May 11, 2010 (DVD)
- Tue, May 18, 2010 (DVD)
- Fri, May 21, 2010 (Limited)
- Fri, May 21, 2010 (Limited)
- Tue, May 25, 2010 (DVD)
- Tue, May 25, 2010 (DVD)
- Fri, June 4, 2010
- Tue, June 15, 2010 (DVD)
- Wed, June 30, 2010
- Fri, August 27, 2010
- Fri, August 27, 2010
- Fri, September 10, 2010
- Tue, September 21, 2010 (DVD)
- Fri, October 1, 2010
- Tue, October 19, 2010 (DVD)
- Fri, October 22, 2010
- Fri, October 22, 2010
- Fri, January 14, 2011
- Fri, January 14, 2011
- Fri, January 28, 2011
- Tue, February 1, 2011
- Fri, September 23, 2011
don't start bitching, you cant go in thinking the movie will hold up to the novel, they never do and your just setting your self up for failure.
Okay so being a fan of Darren Shan's Cirque du Freak novels...when I watched the trailer I was PISSED. They are changing everything in the book...adding new characters that didn't exist...and Darren is like 12 or 13 in the books (seriously read the books and you will understand what I'm saying). Larten Crepsley looks like an idiot. I think all the other characters were cast well but come on....not John C. Reilly. The Cirque du Freak books are not comedy at all. But I will go see this like I went to see Twilight. Hopefully Cirque du Freak will be good and not make me hate the books like Twilight did.
I've read that this move encompasses the first three novels in the series and if successful there will be four films in total.
The first three books are very interesting, but not nearly as good as the series gets. It's a lot of backstory, but with a good writer could be a very interesting film.
books are cool so lets see how well it's adapted. interesting trailer, like it much
seems like vampire franchises are the "thing" now. i like the trailer but need to read the books. seems like a different take and has a niche.
COMEDY?!? THESE BOOKS WERE REALLY SAD AT ALOT OF PARTS AND THEY DECIDE TO MAKE IT FUNNY?
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