We reported earlier in the week about the new Summit Entertainment film entitled "Vlad" (the studio behind the "Twilight" franchise) and being producded by Brad Pitt. Today we learn this project will have nothing to do with the vampire aspect of the Vlad the Impaller history that Bram Stoker based his famous "Dracula" novel off of....

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This period picture that looks at the prince's origins and history. Writing the script is Sons of Anarchy star Charlie Hunnam who tells EW that the film will skirt the notion of any vampirism.

Instead, Hunnam describes the film as a "very big and sweeping story" in the vein of Braveheart. It sounds like he has done a ton of research in preparation to write the script. And if the word vampire came up?

"That was my one non-negotiable area when we were developing it, and thankfully, nobody suggested that we should delve into it at the end," he says. "But you can clearly see the things that Bram Stoker took... Vlad was such a brutal man, and the trick is to make him sympathetic. That was the challenge, and if we've succeeded in any way in this script, I truly believe that it's genuinely making him sympathetic."

This to us sounds like a bad idea and something that seems like a better fit for an afternoon history channel special. But this project is in its infancy stage we are always willing to give it a chance.

What are your thoughts on a vampire-less Dracula movie?