Saw mastermind to write and direct Castlevania movie

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Bloody-Disgusting reports that James Wan, the man behind the Saw franchise and director of Dead Silence and Death Sentence, is to co-write and direct the big screen movie adaptation of Konami’s Castlevania franchise.

“I’m very fresh on this project, so its early stages and I’m still trying to work things out, but the producers love my vision for it,” Wan told Bloody-Disgusting. “I’ll be working on the script with a writer to give it a new spin, different to the previous versions. This will have my stamp on it which Konami is very excited about.”

He added: “I’m thrilled by the opportunity to make a highly stylized, fantasy, action film that focuses on the gothic storyline and the cool, anime-like characters. For once, the human hero is as sexy and dangerous as the vampire villain, and his weapon of choice was what attracted me to the project in the first place – The Vampire Killer Whip.”

This news follows Konami’s announcement back at E3 that the visually impressive Lords of Shadow had been renamed Castlevania: Lords of Shadow. The game’s scheduled for release in 2010.

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Castlevania: Lords of Shadow

  • Platform(s): PC, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Xbox One
  • Genre(s): Action, Adventure
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