lost in cinematic development Hell: Castlevania the movie.

lost in cinematic development Hell: Castlevania the movie.

The Castlevania movie has been trapped in development hell, since the rights were bought way back in 2005 by Crystal Sky. This video looks at the directors that were once attached to the project.

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By icecooljr - Mar 06, 2017 12:03 PM EST

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3 Comments

BlackIceJoe - 3/6/2017, 12:59 PM

If done right Castlevania could be a great movie.

I personally would prefer to see an animated movie over a live action one though.

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Darth258 - 3/6/2017, 1:58 PM

I heard a news about an animated Castlevania series on Netflix directed by Adi Shankar not so long ago..

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