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Animated Castlevania Movie Sounds Promising
Via GameSetWatch, a link to the official blog for the animated film Castlevania: Dracula's Curse. The story for the film is being written by the iconic Warren Ellis (Transmetropolitan, Planetary), and the blog has tidbits of information from the writer about what we can expect with the film. Encouragingly, the movie is very much not aimed at children, will probably be just the first of a planned trilogy, and is generally based around the story from Castlevania III: Dracula's Curse. From the GSW post: "He explains, grinning: 'To make it work as a film, I had to introduce new backstory, and I went through five drafts of the premise and three of the full outline to get the material where [Koji Igarashi] wanted it. He remains absolutely passionate about Castlevania. After eight rewrites of pre-production material, I remain absolutely passionate about beating the crap out of [Igarashi] in a dark alleyway one day.'"
I don't look forward to pumping rolls of quarters into my armrest's coin slot just to see how the movie ends.
It is by the juice of the coffee bean that thoughts acquire speed, the teeth acquire stains. The stains become a warning
Has any movie based off a video game not been basically a big F.U. to the original material?
Super Mario Bros., Doom, Mortal Kombat, Resident Evil... it goes on and on.
Next thing you'll know Keanu Reeves will be cast as a Belmont, and Christopher Walken will be Dracula. *shudder*
More Twoson than Cupertino
I refuse to watch any videogame movie that isn't directed by Uwe Boll.
SJW: Someone who has run out of real oppression, and has to fake it.
If it is anything like my copy of the game for the original NES, the movie will freeze up just as he gets to the Grim Reaper and you will be forced to either sit through the whole movie once more hoping it won't happen again or leave in disgust.