14 DAY TRIAL // The Castlevania video game franchise is one of the most successful series of titles from Konami, which developed the first game in 1986. Since then, its titles have appeared on a wide variety of consoles, from the Nintendo Entertainment System to the PlayStation 2 or Nintendo Wii, recording massive sales for the Japanese developer.
Such a success and the big fan base, very loyal to the vampire-themed series, led the company to sell the rights to a movie based on that IP (Intellectual Property) to a Hollywood studio in 2005. Since then, the rights exchanged hands a few times, with Dimension Films selling them to Rogue Pictures, and although at first filming was slated to begin in 2006, the project never really got off the ground in terms of budget and team.
Now, Paul W.S. Anderson, the producer designated to this venture, talked with IGN about the fate of the movie, revealing that the decision to start shooting hadn't been made, even if the enthusiasm of the team was very strong. Anderson went on to say that, although he had been hired to produce the future Spyhunter movie, he terminated that collaboration due to the poor script, and the movie didn't have quite a lot of chances to be finished.
“We still want to make the [Castlevania] movie, but I can’t say we’re going into production in January or anything like that. It’s a project that everybody likes. I love the videogame. I think the script is really strong. Everyone is really enthusiastic about it, but we’re still in the process of deciding when the movie gets shot.”
Although this project has been neglected for quite some time, a lot of gamers do have high hopes for this film, largely because Castlevania delivered a great experience in almost all of its titles and it would be a shame if the movie was disappointing.