Paul Anderson (AvP) to Write and Direct Castlevania Movie

[fitbabits]

At least according to this story (http://www.next-gen.biz/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1503&Itemid=2) on Next Generation (http://www.next-gen.biz).

Paul Anderson, best known for Alien vs. Predator has been named as writer and director. Production begins in the middle of next year, with the aid of Impact Pictures, which was reposnoible [sic] for Mortal Kombat and Resident Evil's silver screen outfings [sic]
Is nothing sacred any longer?

[Worldcrafter]

I suppose Hollywood has pretty much run out of comics to make movies about, so now they're turning their sights on games. As long as we get at least one video game movie of the same caliber of "Sin City", then it will be worth it.

btw: Did you mean to spell "original" incorrectly in your note? Currently it's pretty ironic.

[fitbabits]

I suppose Hollywood has pretty much run out of comics to make movies about, so now they're turning their sights on games. As long as we get at least one video game movie of the same caliber of "Sin City", then it will be worth it.

btw: Did you mean to spell "original" incorrectly in your note? Currently it's pretty ironic.
Yes, it was on purpose. I hope that doesn't ruin the irony for you! :)

[makkura]

catlevania too ?

[jacktion]

Dude, you're the last one to criticize anyone's spelling.

Catlevania! When cows need your blood!

It doesn't really work to try to look dumb to make dumb people look dumb. If someone spells something wrong that you are quoting, you need to put a little [sic] next to it to acknowledge that you are not ignorant.

You see? Mass confusion. dogs and cats, living together. utter chaos!

[KamaItachi]

I'm probably one of the few people I know who actually enjoyed A.V.P. (it was a pretty bad film, but I dug it in a brainless popcorn way) and who doesn't hold a grudge against Anderson, but really I think he needs to start delivering on the potential for his projects. He always seems so enthusiastic about his projects, but nothing ever comes out as well as it should.

Damn shame.

[reptilezero]

i love castlevania....and this movie is probably going to be horrible.

[Roc Ingersol]

Paul "What Script" Anderson is like our own domestic Dr Uwe Boll.

AvP had a good premise and a laughable execution.

[fitbabits]

Dude, you're the last one to criticize anyone's spelling.

Catlevania! When cows need your blood!

It doesn't really work to try to look dumb to make dumb people look dumb. If someone spells something wrong that you are quoting, you need to put a little [sic] next to it to acknowledge that you are not ignorant.

You see? Mass confusion. dogs and cats, living together. utter chaos!
Thanks for that! :eek:

[Spigot]

At least according to this story (http://www.next-gen.biz/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1503&Itemid=2) on Next Generation (http://www.next-gen.biz).

Is nothing sacred any longer?

Obviously being able to write a proper press release isn't. Yeesh, who on earth allows something that horribly mangled to be sent out? I know we live in an age of illiterati, but a spell-checker would be able to weed out some of the more egregious errors. Yeesh!

That said, I wouldn't hold my breath on the Castlevania movie being anything more than mediocre. It might do better than some videogame movies because it's got familiar subject matter (everyone knows Dracula) so it may actually make some money.

[Malovech]

I'm probably one of the few people I know who actually enjoyed A.V.P. (it was a pretty bad film, but I dug it in a brainless popcorn way)

I respect that you have a different opinion than me, but I have to totally disagree with you.

AvP was destined to suck on a narrative level, but I expected going into it that it was going to be rammed full of gore and campy silliness and that's why I went to see it. It couldn't even pull off the visceral elements and didn't even make it to "pop-corn" status. It just plain sucked and was desperately catered toward the PG-13 set.

Paul Anderson is a twit of the same calibre as Uwe the Wonderboy and he is helping to rip all 'guts' out of camp, pulp, genre films. He is a castrated Ed Wood.

[Dabombpizza]

Paul "What Script" Anderson is like our own domestic Dr Uwe Boll.

AvP had a good premise and a laughable execution.
I disagree, I think it had a horrible premise. I mean, Aliens are a future race, and predator, in the comics and fan fiction, are also a future race. And for the the humans to even be near the even line on a competing level, they need to be technologically advanced in the future.

That whole idea of predators coming to earth and drilling a hole in an iceberg so that they can lure humans and fight alien babies is beyond retarded. Not to mention, in the movie, there's something like 5 hosts which incubate in possibly 10 minutes, and all of a sudden there's a hundred aliens. Makes no sense.

The entire concept of AvP has been rooted in Marines vs Aliens vs Predator, which would have been so amazingly cool that I wouldn't have worn socks to the movie, knowing that they would have been blown off.

Maybe Castlevania will take place in modern times, when Dracula burrows a hole in a giant iceberg to an underground castle, and our protaganist who will be a girl named Sarah that has to compete in the ancient Dracula games. She will find out along the way that the ancient Babylonians worshipped Dracula and built their Ziggurats to worship him.

Seriously, AvP was such a load of crap from story, to execution, to rushed delivery. It should have never existed.

[markster3000]

Paul "What Script" Anderson is like our own domestic Dr Uwe Boll.

AvP had a good premise and a laughable execution.

As much as AvP and Resident Evil were pretty "bleh", I still have hope for Paul WS. I consider Mortal Kombat to be the best video game movie of all time, and if he did it once... well, that's one more time than any other director of video game movies.

[Dabombpizza]

Personally, I thought MK was bleh at best. I liked Final Fantasy: The Movie better. I just IMDBed him, this man is doing Deathrace 3000. That may be a very scary thing, if you remember the original at all. That's like making Plan 10 From Outer Space, or a sequel to Escape from NY...oh wait...
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0027271/

[Librum]

AvP failed in ways that I didn't even expect it to fail at, which is why I would have walked out of it in the middle had I not been there with others who wanted to stay.

But maybe the guy can make movies about console games where he couldn't with two of the greatest sci-fi alien franchises of all time.

[Xerxes]

Not a Belmont in site I bet. This guy is the asexually produced love child of Uwe Boll.

[screwtape]

This movie already came out. It was called Van Helsing.

[Banacek]

This movie already came out. It was called Van Helsing.

haha, a winner is you!

[Flatulus]

The film will focus on the origins of Dracula and the uprising of the Belmont Clan, a vampire-slaying family who supposedly become humanity's last hope.

Taken from here (http://www.comingsoon.net/news/topnews.php?id=11828).

[The Iron Weasel]

At least he has some good tunes in the Resident Evil movies, but other then that, hes a bum.

[Sloth]

castlevania is a fun game, but there are way too many vampire movies already.

[The Iron Weasel]

I'm hoping that the Halo movie will be a turning point in video game to movie adaptations it has Peter Jackson behind it so thats a good start.

[Captain Awesome]

AVP sucked badly. And he had 2 of the most powerful sci-fi license and he couldn't pull off such a simple backstory. Anderson was showing hope when he did Event Horizon in the sense of doing something somewhat well done, then he went back to becoming a gimmick director.

Anderson, Boll, Lucas and Bartkowiak should team up to form Ultimate Ed Wood, and make the worst movie ever concieved.

[if76]

Yeah if only they got some fruity japanese guy to do it. How about the guy that writes and directs all the cutscenes in the games. That'd give Spirits Within a run for its money.

[The Iron Weasel]

AVP sucked badly. And he had 2 of the most powerful sci-fi license and he couldn't pull off such a simple backstory. Anderson was showing hope when he did Event Horizon in the sense of doing something somewhat well done, then he went back to becoming a gimmick director.

Anderson, Boll, Lucas and Bartkowiak should team up to form Ultimate Ed Wood, and make the worst movie ever concieved.

Resident Alien Vs Bloodrayne: Doom?

Where Bloodrayne faces off against the alien for control of a sandwitch (a really good one). Theres even a 1st person mastubation scene!

[RevGored]

I know for a fact that AvP was a dumper, but I think I'm pretty much one of the 5% of human beings that actually, genuinely LIKED the Res Evil movie. As for Castlevania, if it's anything like Res Evil 2, at least we'll get to see Simon Belmont running down the side of a skyscraper shooting a holy rocket launcher into Death and then having a capoeria fight with 2nd-stage Drac in a huge rubber costume.

In other words, I'm in the 'suck' camp on this one as well. He's lost his touch since his magic moment with Res Evil 1.

[Captain Awesome]

Resident Alien Vs Bloodrayne: Doom?

Where Bloodrayne faces off against the alien for control of a sandwitch (a really good one). Theres even a 1st person mastubation scene!


lol, you forgot she has to be holding atleast 4 light sabers.

[Kefkataran]

I suppose Hollywood has pretty much run out of comics to make movies about, so now they're turning their sights on games.

Uh, no they haven't. Comic book movies are still being churned out at a tremendous rate. The major difference is that comic book movies have a tendency to be at least alright whereas videogame movies... ehhh... not so much.

Catlevania! When cows need your blood!

Holy crap. This is a goldmine idea. I'd love this game.

Resident Alien Vs Bloodrayne: Doom

God, another goldmine! You guys are geniuses! We need to put together an Evil Avatar videogame-and-film production club and make this shit happen.

(I'm not sure why she'd want a Sandwitch though. Those things cast hexes.)

[bardockkun]

I remember hearing in reviews for Bloodrayne that she *ahem* get's "boinked" through a chain link fence.

Am i the only one who hated Paul Anderson's lackluster pair of movies known as Resident Evil? I mean honestly, they couldve gone with George Romero since he did the japanese commercial for Resident Evil 2 (or Bio Hazard 2 if you want to call it that), but instead they go for the director and script writer of Event Horizon, SWAT, and let's not forget the Fast and the Furious. Not to mention Nemesis AKA giant stickyman in suit was terrible.

[Dabombpizza]

I know for a fact that AvP was a dumper, but I think I'm pretty much one of the 5% of human beings that actually, genuinely LIKED the Res Evil movie. As for Castlevania, if it's anything like Res Evil 2, at least we'll get to see Simon Belmont running down the side of a skyscraper shooting a holy rocket launcher into Death and then having a capoeria fight with 2nd-stage Drac in a huge rubber costume.

In other words, I'm in the 'suck' camp on this one as well. He's lost his touch since his magic moment with Res Evil 1.

I genuinely like RE1, it had the appropriate level of corny that I enjoyed. BTW, Anderson didn't direct RE2, he wrote it. Yea, that blows my mind too.

[Dabombpizza]

I remember hearing in reviews for Bloodrayne that she *ahem* get's "boinked" through a chain link fence.

Wait? Bloodrayne is out?! How did I miss this? I'm an Uwe Boll afficianado. I can't wait to see the In the Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege Tale. It's 4 hours long and split into 2 parts, and it stars Burt Reynolds as well as Matthew Lillard. This is akin to making a horse a senator.

[bardockkun]

More like from people who were "lucky" enough to get an advanced screening of it before its release.

[Roc Ingersol]

I disagree, I think it had a horrible premise. I mean, Aliens are a future race, and predator, in the comics and fan fiction, are also a future race.
Interstellar races are, almost by definition, eons older than the human race.
You should rethink whether it's unreasonable for them to have been interstellar races back when we were just starting to become a civilzation.

The remains of an ancient human civilization where Predators used human hosts to breed Aliens for sport is a decent enough premise.

That whole idea of predators coming to earth and drilling a hole in an iceberg so that they can lure humans and fight alien babies is beyond retarded.
That's part of the failed execution. It shouldn't have been a 'trap'. They should've either:
a) nabbed some human hosts for the purpose of running their maturation ritual
b) showed up to ensure stupid humans drilling through the ice and freeing the queen alien didn't result in the end of human civilization.

Not to mention, in the movie, there's something like 5 hosts which incubate in possibly 10 minutes, and all of a sudden there's a hundred aliens. Makes no sense.
Again, horribly failed execution.

The entire concept of AvP has been rooted in Marines vs Aliens vs Predator, which would have been so amazingly cool that I wouldn't have worn socks to the movie, knowing that they would have been blown off.
That would have been fine too. But I guantee you that Paul WS Anderson would've made that just as horrible.

Seriously, AvP was such a load of crap from story, to execution, to rushed delivery. It should have never existed.
Absolutely agreed. But the initial premise, was fine.

[Dabombpizza]

I remember hearing in reviews for Bloodrayne that she *ahem* get's "boinked" through a chain link fence.


Well, I did some research, and that's from an Ain''t It Cool News article. It's not Bloodrayne where the boinking through chainlink fences happens, but "NEVER TALK TO STRANGERS" starring Antonio Banderas. Bloodrayne, however, has Romanian maffia hookers because they were cheaper and easier to use as a pile of writhing naked lusty woman. Here's a quote from the review:

"Unfortunately – BLOODRAYNE is a waste of time and talent and money. I found it to be a degree or two better than ALONE IN THE DARK – but that’s like smelling your shit 3 days in a row and saying on the third day, “Ya know, I think this smells a little better than yesterday’s.” It’s still shit."

I want to see this so bad.
http://www.aintitcool.com/display.cgi?id=21638

[Dabombpizza]

Interstellar races are, almost by definition, eons older than the human race.
You should rethink whether it's unreasonable for them to have been interstellar races back when we were just starting to become a civilzation.

The remains of an ancient human civilization where Predators used human hosts to breed Aliens for sport is a decent enough premise.

I still disagree. While yes, it is feesible, I don't think it's a "cool" idea, which is entirely opinion based. I would rather have sci-fi/horror blow shit up than alternate history bull crap. It just does not seem intresting to me unless the humans can fight the predator on an *almost* even level. Making a movie from something like the video game would be much better. But yes, Anderson would ruin it. Maybe he'll direct the Metroid movie (which the producers of Final Destination have the rights to...)

[Xerxes]

Man fuck humans fighting predators. I want my humans slaughtered if two alien speices is about to fight.

[KJAX]

Is nothing sacred any longer?


Not a damn thing. Give the morning the good writing and direction it deserves and perhaps, Hollywood would be all the better for it.

But consider this: With the stagnation and recession in the Japanese video game industry, they are not much more willing to sell out movie rights much quicker.

[PixelSamurai]

Oh, with Paul "Worth Shit" writing I can already predict how it will turn out: a female human will team up with Dracula to fight a common enemy. Before they run away from an exploding castle hand-in-hand, Dracula will drip some blood onto the female's forehead to show the audience how badass she is. Then Dracula will leave her in the arctic. It's a can't miss!

[Dabombpizza]

Man fuck humans fighting predators. I want my humans slaughtered if two alien speices is about to fight.
As long as it's in space. Or on another planet.

[Dracula-X]

Oh god no, please no. I just saw this. He's gonna ruin it for sure. I *HATE* Paul WS Anderson for turning AvP into the shitstain it is.