Paul W.S. Anderson ("Resident Evil" and it's sequels) was originally going to write and direct the film adaptation. Then the writer's strike happened. Anderson dumped directing duties to work on "Death Race." Sylvain White ("Stomp The Yard") was brought in to direct.
That all went out the window too! But now James Wan has stepped in to save the movie from languishing in development Hell any longer..
"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 script 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.”
Shaman will be pleased! Here's a cool production art still from the movie too...
