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A Nail Hammered Into 'Castlevania's' Coffin
Tuesday, May 26, 2009


By: MrDisgusting
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Sources close to Bloody-Disgusting have confirmed that Paul W.S. Anderson's Castlevania adaptation has officially turned to dust. The project, originally announced with Sylvain White (Stomp the Yard, I'll Always Know What You Did Last Summer) attached to direct, had recently went out to new directors only to take a trip into the abyss of "development hell." Simon Belmont, it was nice knowing ya. The pic was to focus on the origins of Dracula and the uprising of the Belmont Clan, a vampire-slaying family who supposedly become humanity's last hope. Ian Jeffers had been penning the screenplay alongside Anderson. We'll keep you posted if any fresh news arises, until then back to the control pad.



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Archipelagos
7:30am, May 26, 2009

Yes! Happy news indeed.


No Heart
8:57am, May 26, 2009

Let me guess: the Producers wanted thirty million and Rogue only wanted to give eighteen?


Horror_Guy
11:29am, May 26, 2009

If done right, it could have been amazing....but with Paul W.S. behind the lens that would not have happened. So this is good news.


Jerkofwonder
12:51pm, May 26, 2009

The script excerpt I read was perfect. True to the source material and everything. I am a HUGE fan. This is a day day for me. At least we still have the animated film.


Jerkofwonder
12:51pm, May 26, 2009

Oh, and it was about Trevor. The Simon script was axed over a year ago.


battletorn
12:58pm, May 26, 2009

I'm pretty sure they put a pin in it with hopes of "Twilighting" it. Which is what every studio in town is trying to do. Bunch of fucktards. And for what it's worth, Rogue isn't Rogue anymore. It's all Relativity. Just wait until you hear about what they're doing to Hack/Slash. You will puke.


Blakstuff
2:00pm, May 26, 2009

Great news, Paul W.S. already destroyed all hope for Resi Evil. At least he doesn't get to rape another one of my favourite videogame franchises.


MamaLukuBuku
2:17pm, May 26, 2009

Humanity is saved indeed.


SukMyBoomStik
5:12pm, May 26, 2009

The last I heard about this movie, the story sounded like a half-assed, wannabe version of Bram Stoker's Dracula so I was dreading it. If there is a Castlevania movie, it needs to be big budget and have a shitload of different monsters in it. I'm glad this version was canceled but I hope they do this thing right at some point in the future. Do an adaptation of Symphony of the Night!!!


Gargus
10:47pm, May 26, 2009

Im glad. I dont ever want to see a castlevania movie. Especially in this day and age of way to much CG, way to much slo mo, boring action sequences, characters that are written so cool they act like they are bored in the movie, shitty tacked on rush endings and moronic shoe horned in cliche jokes. Leave castlevania alone.


CJ_01976
11:03pm, May 26, 2009

I am glad it is done for. Anderson would have fucked it up.


DeAtHmAgIcK1990
12:36am, May 27, 2009

In all honesty, I actually think that Paul is a good director. He makes his movies look and feel like the story that is being told. In Resident Evil, he made the movie feel dark, but at the same time, he used colors that caught your eye and couldn't make you look away. He also did that in AvP. He made the setting and surrounds look artic with the greys and blues he used. Now, as far as story telling, he lacks in that department. To me, he tries to hard to tell a good story. It's like he's screaming at you, saying "listen to my story!" He's sort of the original M. Night if you think about. I mean, does anyone remember Mortal Combat? Sure it wasn't a true adaption of the game, but it was pretty damn good and is still the highest grossing video game adaption. I say do you remember Mortal Combat cause like M. NIght, Paul's first couple of films were good. Now his latest work lacks what it use to be. I sort of hoped he would make Castlevania (it was a small hope mind you), so that maybe he could go back to his old adaption roots and make this a kick ass movie. But since he is not attached to it, I really hope somebody like Xaviar, who's name I can't think of, (Hitman) or Christopher Gans (Silent Hill), will look as this project and go "hmm.....maybe?" Cause both of them, I think, have done the best adaptions to a video game. And by all means, KEEP UWE BOLL AWAY!!!!! He does not need to adapt another vampire video game (Bloodranye).


Blakstuff
6:57am, May 27, 2009

No mate... He's just rubbish... End of.


Razalian
12:07am, May 28, 2009

Honestly, Anderson lost whatever he had. He did ruin the RE movies & as I grew up, I recognized the MK movies a failure. Look what he did with the first AVP movie & that was just completely whack. I am tired of him saying that fans "do not want to see a remake of a game they played". I sure in hell do, I think their are games that have perfect cut-scenes that would be great for a film. Instead he uses a "different direction" instead, ends up messing the game-adaption.


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