Streaming Premiere Date Announced for Renfiled Starring Nicolas Cage !

Universal Pictures has announced the streaming premiere date for the Chris McKay-directed horror comedy Renfield, which stars Nicholas Hoult and Nicolas Cage. The film will premiere exclusively on Peacock on June 9th. The film was released in theaters on April 14 and tells the story of Renfield (Hoult), the tormented sidekick to history's most narcissistic boss: Dracula (Cage). For centuries, Renfield has served Dracula unconditionally, procuring his master's loot and carrying out his every command, no matter how humiliating. But now Renfield is willing to seek a new life outside the shadow of the prince of darkness if only he can figure out how to end this toxic, symbiotic relationship... Awkwafina and Shohreh Aghdashloo also co-star in Ryan's Ridley based on a film written by Robert Kirkman. This is one of several projects that Universal hopes to bring its library of monster movies to modern audiences. McKay, Samantha Nisenboim, Bryan Furst, Sean Furst, Kirkman and David Alpert served as producers, while Todd Lewis served as executive producer. Although "Renfield" did not fare as hoped in theaters, grossing just over $25 million and received mixed reviews, Deadline's Pete Hammond said in his review that the film is "a lot of fun, thanks to Hoult, who is perfectly cast here, and of course Cage who, no surprise, embodies the role brilliantly."No question, this isn't your grandfather's Dracula, but a contemporary, very dark comedy mixed with rampant violence and graphically gory uncompromising body parts , flying all over the place," Hammond remarked. "In that respect, it's perfectly attuned to today's horror viewers who grew up with Freddy, Jason, and Michael Myers. Where he really succeeds, however, is with Hoult as the likeable and jaded Renfield, a man fed up with this demanding boss and wanting to find his own worth.