The film will focus on the origins of Dracula and the uprising of the Belmont Clan -- a vampire-slaying family who become humanity's last hope.
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CURRENT STATUS
In Development
LANGUAGE
English
PRODUCED BY
Crystal Sky Pictures
Grosvenor Park Productions
Impact Pictures
Konami Corporation
Rogue Pictures
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DIRECTED BY
James Wan
WRITTEN BY
Paul W.S. Anderson
Ian Jeffers
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PROJECT DETAILS
- James Wan was quoted saying: "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."
- James Wan (Saw, Dead Silence) is said to be co-writing and directing, replacing Sylvain White.
- Originally scheduled to begin film in April '08 in South Africa, but was put on hold during the WGA strike, and now currently resides in an undetermined production slate. It will eventually be made, it's just a matter of when.
- Sylvain White (I'll Always Know What You Did Last Summer, Stomp the Yard) was originally set to direct.
- The film will supposedly have a lot of references to the game to please the fans.
- It's said that the story will span hundreds of years and focus mostly on Dracula and Simon Belmont.
- The interiors of the castle will be constructed in Budapest.
- Budgeted at an estimated $50-million.
- Rogue Pictures hopes that this will be the start of a new horror franchise for them.
- Described as in the vein of action-horror films such as Blade and Underworld.
- Paul W. S. Anderson (Resident Evil, Alien Vs. Predator) was originally set to direct, but now only serves as producer and scripter.
- Based on the classic Konami video game.
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Tags: based on game, castlevania, Impact Pictures, Konami, Paul W.S. Anderson, Rogue Pictures, Sylvain White, VAMPIRES
I love the Castlevania series and have been wanting this movie out for awhile now I am so glad Paul W.S. Anderson is not going to direct.I hope James Wan does a good job with it cause this movie could be really cool.
blzh! i didnt really like simons quest. i liked the other ones better! but this better be good! im really looking forward to it!
heard it will be based on castlevania 2:simons quest game and thats my fav one of the whole series, hopefully this is good
Castlevania 2: Simon's Quest? That's got to suck. Hopefully they base it on the first one. And hoooppeefuully it doesn't suck. If it fails, there is going to piss off a lot of Castlevania fans..including myself.