JONATHAN RHYS MEYERS LIKES TO DRINK BLOOD

Move over Twilight a new vampire’s in town!

Jonathan Rhys Meyers plans to really sink his teeth into his new role as… Dracula! Meyers, played Henry VIII on "The Tudors," and was mean, spoiled, hot and totally amazing in it! You loved to hate him!

Since then he’s been tapped to play the vampire in a 10-episode series for NBC. Sweet!

Meyers is no stranger to playing bad ass icons. In addition to his long-running role as Henry VIII on "The Tudors," he also played the one and only Elvis Presley in a 2005 miniseries. Meyers won a Golden Globe award for his performance as the up-and-coming rocker (think pre-electric jumpsuit) intent on changing the world of music.

Tupcoming version of "Dracula" is taking some liberties with the classic Bram Stoker tale. The series, from producers Tony Krantz and Colin Callender and writer Cole Haddon, is being produced for both NBC and U.K.’s Sky Living. It was originally brought to you by NBC in January with a “script-to-series” commitment, meaning that it wouldn’t go through a pilot stage but straight to series if NBC brass liked the script.

Dateline reported that in this version, Dracula will arrive in London, where he poses as an American entrepreneur and scientist.  

However, Dracula's real goal is to exact revenge on the people who ruined his life many years before. Dracula then falls for a woman who appears to be the reincarnation of his dead wife. The new series reunites Meyers with NBC topped Bob Greenblatt who cast the Irish actor in The Tudors while running Showtime.