alfredofroylan on 28 July 2009
Yup, SAW's director James Wan has declared that he's going to direct the movie version of Konami's classic:
James Wan wrote and directed the original Saw film. The series is ever going and has grossed over $600 million worldwide. Later this year, Konami expects to ship a videogame version of the movies. Basically, Wan has started a successful franchise.
Now, James Wan has confirmed on his myspace blog that he is going to direct the film adaption of the famous videogame Castlevania.“I haven’t blogged in awhile, and I will keep this short. Yes, for those that who have been asking, it has been announced that CASTLEVANIA is one of my next projects. It’s still early on, but I’m truly excited about this project, and i think it will allow me to showcase aside of my film-making that I love – designs and visual. The world of Castlevania is so rich and beautiful, coupled with a great premise and lush characters…I’m honored to be shepherding this.”
After Wan directed the Saw series, he went on to do the same for two more movies, Death Silence and Death Sentence. Both films were not met with the best reviews and currently hold a 17% and 19% on rottentomatoes, respectively. However, on IMDB user scores, both films are getting at least a 6/10.Essentially, if you like these films already and love the Castlevania series — this is great news. However, if your in love Castlevania’s adaption of Dracula but hate Wan’s films, you might want to think about protesting this one.
Now, James Wan has confirmed on his myspace blog that he is going to direct the film adaption of the famous videogame Castlevania.“I haven’t blogged in awhile, and I will keep this short. Yes, for those that who have been asking, it has been announced that CASTLEVANIA is one of my next projects. It’s still early on, but I’m truly excited about this project, and i think it will allow me to showcase aside of my film-making that I love – designs and visual. The world of Castlevania is so rich and beautiful, coupled with a great premise and lush characters…I’m honored to be shepherding this.”
After Wan directed the Saw series, he went on to do the same for two more movies, Death Silence and Death Sentence. Both films were not met with the best reviews and currently hold a 17% and 19% on rottentomatoes, respectively. However, on IMDB user scores, both films are getting at least a 6/10.Essentially, if you like these films already and love the Castlevania series — this is great news. However, if your in love Castlevania’s adaption of Dracula but hate Wan’s films, you might want to think about protesting this one.
http://www.slashgamer.com/2009/07/28/original-saw-director-to-helm-castlevania-film/
I'm not a big SAW fan (every sequel is worse) but hope he can do a good job with this one.
