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Paul W.S. Anderson of Event Horizon and Mortal Kombat fame [surely "genius" - Ed] has stepped aside from directing duties on the Castlevania film.
Filling his shoes for a seven-figure sum will be Sylvain White, responsible for Stomp The Yard and I'll Always Know What You Did Last Summer.
The script will be rewritten by Anderson and White to accommodate the change in direction.
Sylvain White is apparently a big fan of the Castlevania games, and jumped at the chance to try his hand at a big-screen adaptation.
"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," said White.
White also has the go-ahead to make a film based on the Frank Miller graphic novel Ronin - a licence that isn't easy to come by. It shows someone clearly has faith in his abilities.
The Castlevania film is due for a release in late 2008.
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Azazel, that's not a roflcopter, This ( http://www.wewwl.com/roflcopter.gif ) IS a roflcopter. :)
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SomaticSense
15/06/07 @ 14:13
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It gets from bad to worse. From bad. To fucking worse.
Note to La La Land: STOP with the generic game to film conversions PLEASE, until you get a fucking clue. I Know / I Still Know What You Did Last Summer were two of the worst slasher films I've ever seen (although highly worth watching only for Gellar and Love Hewitt), so god only knows what the third was like. What next? The bloke who made the third and fourth Wishmaster films to do Lumines: The Movie? |
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Vertical Stand
15/06/07 @ 22:01
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This just shows how little regard videogames are held with by the film industry,studio led efforts. Mere exploitaton cinema, tap into a large market, a fanbase, best way to stop them is to not put up with it and offer weak "well it was ok for that sort of thing," defenses.
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Poorandugly
16/06/07 @ 10:45
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"Most of the vampire films have been present or set in the future"
Oh really? My, I can think of just about 20 vampire-films right now that are set in the past without even making an effort. Bela Lugosi-Dracula, hammer-Dracula, Coppola-Dracula, Nosferatu, Klaus-Kinski-Nosferatu, etc, etc... I read somewhere that there are approximately 50 films made about dracula alone, counting all vampire films there should be several hundred. I'm willing to bet most of them are set in the past. When you pick a director for a vampire-flick, surely you choose one that knows a little bit about the subject he's supposed to be directing? |
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Lateralaus
16/06/07 @ 14:32
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Its already ruined if you ask me, I'll always know what you did last summer & stomp the yard... ffs
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chupachups
17/06/07 @ 18:40
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Being a director of a famous franchise film isn't actually that great apparently, you have no real control over what happens as it's all ordered by whoever owns the franchise and/or any big name stars that happen to sign up for the film. That might explain why only inexperienced actors seem to sign up for these kinds of movies.
"Filling his shoes for a seven-figure sum will be Sylvain White, responsible for Stomp The Yard and I'll Always Know What You Did Last Summer." Are those films? |
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Some people had a slight glimmer of hope when they realised that Anderson would be stepping down from the director's chair. But don't forget my fellow Castlevania lovers, that he is still writing the script!
This means the beloved tale of good vs evil will now be totally original, deviating from the plot of the game to such an extent that they may as well have not got the Castlevania license. Let's recap Mr Anderson's work shall we? Resident Evil. Who the hell is Milla Jovovich supposed to be? Why is the T-virus different? Why do the zombie dogs look like someone sneezed on a pack of Dobermans? etc. I'm not gonna bother going on. This film is ruined. |
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