Castlevania is a live-action film adaptation in pre-production based on the video game series Castlevania. Sylvain White will direct and write the film. Paul W.S. Anderson was previously attached to the project as a director and writer, but conceded his directing duties to pursue a remake of Death Race 2000. Production of Castlevania will begin in late fall 2007 in South Africa and Romania. The film is slated for a late 2008 release. Image File history File links Current_event_marker. ... Image File history File links Crystal_Clear_app_aktion. ... Image File history File links Castlevanie110606. ... The son of an American professional basketball player and a French flight attendant, Sylvain White was born in France and grew up mostly in Paris. ... Paul William Scott Anderson (Born: March 4, 1965 in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England, United Kingdom-) is a British filmmaker, producer and screenwriter. ... Jeremy Bolt is a British film-producer who often works with Paul W. S. Anderson at Impact Films. ... Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ... In film and video, live action refers to works that are acted out by human actors, as opposed to animation. ... Film adaptation is the transfer of a written work to a feature film. ... This is a list of video game franchises organised alphabetically by name. ... Castlevania is a video game series, created and developed by Konami. ... The son of an American professional basketball player and a French flight attendant, Sylvain White was born in France and grew up mostly in Paris. ... Paul William Scott Anderson (Born: March 4, 1965 in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England, United Kingdom-) is a British filmmaker, producer and screenwriter. ...

Premise

A Transylvanian knight and his men seek refuge in a gothic castle. They soon discover that the castle is controlled by the original vampire, Vlad the Impaler. The awakening of the vampire leads to a generational clash between Vlad and the Belmont clan, who seek to defeat him.^[1] Portrait of Vlad III Vlad III Dracula (Also known as Vlad Ţepeş /tsepesh/ in Romanian or Vlad the Impaler) born November/December, 1431 - died December 1476, and reigned as Prince of Wallachia 1448, 1456-1462 and 1476. ...

Production

In November 2005, Crystal Sky Pictures acquired the rights to adapt the video game series Castlevania for the big screen. The company attached Paul W.S. Anderson to write and direct the film adaptation, with production slated to begin in mid-2006.^[2] Later in the month, Dimension Films entered negotiations with Crystal Sky for North American distribution of Castlevania. The film adaptation was estimated to have a budget of $50 million.^[3] In July 2006, producer Jeremy Bolt explained that Castlevania will "integrate a Dracula origin story... with the story of the Belmonts." Bolt also said that the film would refer back to early versions of the games.^[4] Director Anderson reiterated Bolt's description, adding that Dracula and Simon Belmont would be key characters in the film. Anderson also indicated that the "very lush, Romantic, gothic look" of the 3D incarnations of the Castlevania series would be used in the film. He also expressed his hope in using the games' composer, Michiru Yamane, to score the film adaptation.^[5] Ongoing events • Abramoff-Reed gambling scandal • Al Jazeera bombing memo • Avian influenza (H5N1) outbreak • Black sites scandal • Conservative leadership race (UK) • Fuel prices • Irans nuclear program • Jilin chemical plant explosions • Kashmir earthquake • Malawi food crisis • Malaysian prisoner abuse scandal • New Delhi bombings investigation • Niger food crisis • North Indian cyclone... This is a list of video game franchises organised alphabetically by name. ... Castlevania is a video game series, created and developed by Konami. ... Paul William Scott Anderson (Born: March 4, 1965 in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England, United Kingdom-) is a British filmmaker, producer and screenwriter. ... Film adaptation is the transfer of a written work to a feature film. ... Dimension Films is a motion picture unit currently a part of The Weinstein Company. ... Michiru Yamane (Japanese: 山根 ミチル Yamane Michiru) composed video game music for Castlevania and other Konami games, including Suikoden. ...

In November 2006, Rogue Pictures replaced Dimension Films, who reneged over script differences, in handling North American distribution of Castlevania, with Crystal Sky Pictures handling international distribution. Paul W.S. Anderson described Castlevania to take place in many time periods, but primarily in 15th century Transylvania. The director and producer Jeremy Bolt had scouted locations in Hungary and Romania, with plans to build castle interiors in Budapest. Principal photography was slated to begin in spring 2007.^[6] Rogue Pictures is a division of Focus Features, the specialty film division of Universal Studios, which is a division of NBC Universal. ... Map of Romania with Transylvania in yellow Transylvania (Romanian: or ; Hungarian: ; German: ; Bulgarian: ; Serbian: / or / ) is a historical region in central and western Romania. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ...

In January 2007, director Anderson said the studio was still finalizing the film's budget, and filming would begin in fall or winter in Transylvania and Hungary. According to the director, the filming was postponed because production had desired snow on the ground for the film's forest scenes. Anderson described the locations, "It was like discovering Mordor as a real location -- epic, dramatic, and above all scary. These locations haven't been shot properly in a mainstream movie, so that is always extra exciting... to put something on camera that hasn't been seen before." The director also revealed that post-production and effects work for Castlevania would be done in London.^[7] This article is about the capital of England and the United Kingdom. ...

In June 2007, Anderson conceded directing duties to Sylvain White in order to take on the project Death Race, a remake of Death Race 2000. White, who played the Castlevania video game in the early 1990s, was attracted to the prospect of filming a vampire film. White explained, "Most of the vampire films have been present or set in the future, from Blade to Underworld, and I was attracted by the chance to make a dark, epic period movie that almost has an anime feel to it." The new director, who negotiated a salary of seven figures, will rewrite the script with Anderson's assistance. Production is slated to begin in late fall 2007 in South Africa and Romania. Castlevania is planned for a late 2008 release.^[1] The son of an American professional basketball player and a French flight attendant, Sylvain White was born in France and grew up mostly in Paris. ... Death Race 2000 is a cult action film directed by Paul Bartel in 1975. ... Blade is a 1998 film starring Wesley Snipes and Stephen Dorff, loosely based on the the Blade comics series. ... The crypt where the three Vampire Elders were hibernating. ...

See Also

• List of films based on video games

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References

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External links

• Castlevania at the Internet Movie Database