Mumbai: Audible on Wednesday announced a new audio adaptation of Bram Stoker's classic novel Dracula, featuring Jonathan Bailey, Ella Purnell, Maggie Gyllenhaal and Aimee Lou Wood among its English-language cast.
The Audible Original will premiere on October 1 in English, French, Italian, Castilian Spanish and Latin American Spanish. German and Brazilian Portuguese versions will follow in 2027.
The English-language production will feature Bailey as Dracula, Purnell as Mina Murray, Louis Partridge as Jonathan Harker, Aimee Lou Wood as Lucy Westenra, David Jonsson as Dr Seward, Lesley Manville as Mrs Westenra, Johnny Flynn as Renfield, Francis Lovehall as Arthur and Maggie Gyllenhaal as Professor Van Helsing.
The international adaptations will feature Omar Sy and Deva Cassel in French, Riccardo Scamarcio and Benedetta Porcaroli in Italian, Matthias Schweighöfer and Jeanne Goursaud in German, Asier Etxeandía and Claudia Salas in Castilian Spanish, and José María de Tavira and Esmeralda Pimentel in Latin American Spanish.
According to the official synopsis, the adaptation follows Mina Murray as she pieces together letters, diary entries and testimonies to uncover the mystery behind the disappearance of her fiancé in Transylvania and confront Count Dracula.
Aurélie de Troyer, Head of Audible Content, International, said the production explores the psychological horror at the heart of Stoker's novel.
"We've assembled world-class casts across seven languages, from Jonathan Bailey and Ella Purnell to Omar Sy, Riccardo Scamarcio and Matthias Schweighöfer… With director Mary Lambert at the helm and a haunting score by Ilan Eshkeri, we're bringing this ambitious production to life just in time for Halloween," de Troyer said in a statement.
The adaptation is directed by Mary Lambert, best known for the horror film Pet Sematary, from a script by Robyn Ahern.
Composer Ilan Eshkeri has created an original score for the production.
Dracula joins Audible's growing slate of literary adaptations, which includes Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice and George Orwell's 1984.
