"Machinist" writer boards Dracula film

LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Scott Kosar, who wrote the script for the "Texas Chainsaw Massacre" remake, has been hired to work on the screenplay for Summit Entertainment's "Vlad."

Actor Charlie Hunnam ("Sons of Anarchy") wrote the original script, which takes an action-oriented look at Dracula, or Vlad the Impaler, as a young prince. Music-video director and photographer Anthony Mandler recently came aboard to direct the project and will shepherd Kosar's work on the screenplay.

Brad Pitt and Dede Gardner are producing through their Plan B shingle.

Kosar is well drenched in macabre storytelling. In addition to 2003's "Texas Chainsaw Massacre," he wrote the 2005 "Amityville Horror" remake and "The Machinist." He also co-wrote the screenplay for the remake of George A. Romero's "The Crazies," which Overture releases February 26.