Castlevania

[Brian in Mesa]

Anderson Brings Castlevania to Life
Source: Variety
November 3, 2005

Crystal Sky Pictures has bought the rights to long-running Konami video game franchise Castlevania and has set helmer Paul W.S. Anderson (Alien vs. Predator, Resident Evil) to adapt and direct.

Paul and Crystal Sky president Benedict Carver will produce along with Anderson and Jeremy Bolt, who are partnered in Impact PicturesImpact Pictures.

The film will focus on the origins of Dracula and the uprising of the Belmont Clan, a vampire-slaying family who supposedly become humanity's last hope.

Production is slated to start in mid-2006; no casting has been set. "Castlevania" was first released in 1986. The latest version, "Castlevania: Curse of Darkness," comes out Stateside on November 8.

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First released in '86?

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[Brian in Mesa]

Dimension Films Picks Up Castlevania
Source: Variety
November 8, 2005

On the heels of the announcement that Crystal Sky Pictures bought the rights to Konami video game franchise Castlevania, Dimension Films has closed a North American deal on the film. Paul W.S. Anderson will direct the thriller.

The movie will focus on the origins of Dracula and the uprising of the Belmont Clan, a vampire-slaying family who supposedly become humanity's last hope.

Anderson has already begun writing the bloodsucker storyline for Castlevania and is expected to put the film into production by next summer.

 

[vince56]

Here they come... all the video game movies.

 

[UncleChris]

I LOVED the video games!!! Guess I'll have to wait and see on the movies....

 

[Divide Et Impera]

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