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Summit Entertainment just can't jump off the vampire bandwagon.

In addition to their popular adaptations of the Twlight franchise, word's hitting today that the company is partnering with Brad Pitt's Plan B Entertainment to produce a period film about Vlad the Impaler, the famous real-world inspiration for the legendary Dracula.

According to the Hollywood Reporter, actor Charlie Hunnam has scripted Vlad, a "visually edgy and radical period movie."

Director/photographer Anthony Mandler has been approached to direct the project, having offered up a promo reel that apparently impressed the brass. No word yet on casting or specific plot details, but you can bet that we'll see some decapitated heads hoisted on giant, bloody pikes.

At least, we hope.

More on the film as things develop.