James Wan to Direct Castlevania
"The thing I love about what Konami did with Castlevania, was taking the iconic Dracula mythology and Eastern-European setting, and retelling it with a Japanese pop-cultural sensibility," he continues. "That's the East-meets-West tone I want to visually expand on for the film. I'm thrilled by the opportunity to make a highly stylized, fantasy, action film that focuses on the gothic storyline and the cool, anime-like characters. For once, the human hero is as sexy and dangerous as the vampire villain, and his weapon of choice was what attracted me to the project in the first place - The Vampire Killer Whip."
Castlevania is based on the classic video game, and begins as a Transylvanian knight leads his men into a gothic castle to seek refuge from the Turkish army. The knights soon discover the castle is controlled by the original vampire. The script sets up a generational clash between Vlad the Impaler and the Belmont family, a clan that unleashed the original vampire and battles to defeat him.
Castlevania was released in 2009. The film is directed by James Wan.
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comic_fan93
this! i am looking forward to!!!love the games and ithink saw 2 was the best one
ps. this guy better put in the song from castlevania 64
3 years agoby @comic-fan93Flag
Remy72883
most of us grew up with this game, some hardcore fans, some not so much my point is dont piss us off by dissapointing either one's
3 years agoby @remy72883Flag
Chad Vital
lol bounded. What do I say to that? Thanks I suppose... the first Saw movie was the best so yeah.
3 years agoby @chad-vitalFlag
bounded
chad, James Wan is the original director for saw. after that, he wasn't much involved with the rest.
3 years agoby @boundedFlag
DarthDarko
I would love to see Alucard (the son of Dracula) and the Symphony of the Night story. Son versus father.
3 years agoby @darthdarkoFlag
-comrade-
groan.
3 years agoby @taberjohnson18Flag
J.A.Ottley.Writer / Director
lol Draktyr
That's my only fear, Anderson and Wan are writing the SCRIPT but apparently in a SCRIPT review a while back, this i read, there was actually no vampire killer in the SCRIPT , but it seems that they've added it in now
3 years agoby @chronicFlag
happy jacket man
ive played castlevania a couple of times.but that was on the first nintendo system to come out.i lost interest in video games a while ago but one of my friends owns the ones for playstation.and they look pretty impressive.great story lines so i can honestly say im looking forward to it.
3 years agoby @bfmv238Flag
JonSpidey07
whoah, what kind of news is this?
3 years agoby @jonspidey07Flag
Draktyr
Since Anderson has a hand in it, will it involve Belmont running up walls and kicking dogs through windows? ;)
3 years agoby @draktyrFlag
J.A.Ottley.Writer / Director
i know lol, but still, MW only took part of the article lol, they should hasve got all of it
3 years agoby @chronicFlag
Chad Vital
Btw that poster looks uber fake lol
3 years agoby @chad-vitalFlag
Chad Vital
It will probably come out near the same time as the upcoming Castlevania game that's being remade
3 years agoby @chad-vitalFlag
J.A.Ottley.Writer / Director
Movieweb dramatically failed here, they didn't even get the poster.
here is what Wan says on the actual BD page
"I'm very fresh on this project, so its early stages and I'm still trying to work things out, but the producers love my vision for it," James Wan tells Bloody-Disgusting in an exclusive chat. "I'll be working on the with a writer to give it a new spin, different to the previous versions. This will have my stamp on it which Konami is very excited about.
"The thing I love about what Konami did with Castlevania, was taking the iconic Dracula mythology and Eastern-European setting, and retelling it with a Japanese pop-cultural sensibility," he continues. "That's the East-meets-West tone I want to visually expand on for the film. I'm thrilled by the opportunity to make a highly stylized, fantasy, action film that focuses on the gothic storyline and the cool, anime-like characters. For once, the human hero is as sexy and dangerous as the vampire villain, and his weapon of choice was what attracted me to the project in the first place - The Vampire Killer Whip."
and here is a picture of the poster on the BD page. Not feeling the Japanese sword, but the vampire killer whip looks wicked.
http://www.bloody-disgusting.com/news/16838
3 years agoby @chronicFlag
Shelley
If it has vampires in it, I will see it.
3 years agoby @shelleyFlag
ed_wood
I'm not sold on this one yet.
3 years agoby @ed-woodFlag
haggisandtoast
It's good to hear they have a good director for one of the few movies I have some hope for.
3 years agoby @haggisandtoastFlag
Radimus-83
It's a good idea for a movie. Look forward to hearing more.
3 years agoby @radimus-83Flag
Chad Vital
a Saw writer? Wow. I'm sold. lol
3 years agoby @chad-vitalFlag
dailyhaste
They are really making a movie out of every video game now, I'm interested to see how these all turn out
3 years agoby @dailyhasteFlag
Raoul Duke
Right on. Glad to see this one survived. Can't wait to hear more.
3 years agoby @raoulduke33Flag