Ellis is writing a Castlevania movie!

GABBO GABBO GABBO · October 2006

From the signal:

bad signal
WARREN ELLIS

Apparently I may not have mentioned on the Signal before
that I'm going to be writing the Marvel comic THUNDERBOLTS
for a while.

So, um. There.

Also, I got the nod to say what the animated D2DVD movie
I'm writing is called. It's called CASTLEVANIA. Based on
the longrunning series of videogames. For an entity currently
known only as Project 51 Productions. A production blog
will follow on the official site.

So. I said.

Here's the thought I left my MySpace readers with today,
and it applies to you people too:

Be nice to me today or that evil sex clown from your dreams
who you thought no-one knew about will appear in your house
and shank you.

Thank you.

-- W

Marathon · October 2006

vernice

This looks promising.

SA · October 2006

I'm going to love Thunderbolts now. I know it.

I haven't liked the series since Hawkeye was on the team.

Oh yeah, Castlevainia. Awesome.

Orikaeshigitae · October 2006

manifest we've known about this for a while!

maybe only the people who read his blog obsessively & are subscribed to Bad Signal though..

Bloods End · October 2006

Wait. Didn't he say that he wasn't doing this a while ago?

Sars_Boy · October 2006

Bloods End wrote:

Wait. Didn't he say that he wasn't doing this a while ago?

I thought he denied it.

Fellhand · October 2006

Too much awesome!

Furu · October 2006

Sars_Boy wrote:

Bloods End wrote:

Wait. Didn't he say that he wasn't doing this a while ago?

I thought he denied it.

He said he wasn't, but it was full of sarcasm. He also said he wasn't a fan of the games and hadn't met an illustrator that was working on the project.

So yeah, he totally was working on it.

Kuribo's Shoe · October 2006

man I don't even get how this would work though

Warren Ellis has never written anything remotely connected to vampires that I can recall

I mean he's a good writer but it's just weird

Knob · October 2006

Finally he fucking admits it

Jeez, I first heard about this, like

two years ago

Garlic Bread · October 2006

Kuribo's Shoe wrote:

man I don't even get how this would work though

Warren Ellis has never written anything remotely connected to vampires that I can recall

I mean he's a good writer but it's just weird

Cronyx was his LARP character

Garlic Bread · October 2006

while I am a big fan of 2D animation, I think the best way to make an animated Castlevania movie would be to have Advent Children-quality CG in the style of the gothic artwork

sullijo · October 2006

Keith wrote:

while I am a big fan of 2D animation, I think the best way to make an animated Castlevania movie would be to have Advent Children-quality CG in the style of the gothic artwork

Um... no. I'm thinking something along the lines of an American-style Vampire Hunter X.

Garlic Bread · October 2006

do you mean Vampire Hunter D?

because that's just a generic anime style

and really it depends on what kind of Castlevania it is

if it's more about Belmonts, I'd say 2D

but if it was about Alucard or whomever, i'd say awesome 3D

edit: to clarify, I say this because the "metroidvanias" are so detailed that man that would take for-fucking-ever to do with 2D and probably cost a fuckton of money

Orikaeshigitae · October 2006

he admitted it a while ago, but only if you read closely.

I had nothing to do with the linking of my name with CASTLEVANIA, have never played the game and have never clapped eyes on James Jean, whom I believe is a popular illustrator with the young people of today. I have no further comment to make at this time.

Obviously, I am to be trusted in all things.

â€“ W

He's never played the game -- so? He didn't link his name with Castlevania -- So?

He's never clapped eyes on James Jean -- but I bet he talked with him on the phone a lot.

Furu · October 2006

Keith wrote:

do you mean Vampire Hunter D?

because that's just a generic anime style

Not really.

I mean, if they could get the character designer from Vampire Hunter D, it wouldn't work because then it would, well, look like Vampire Hunter D.

But something similar wouldn't be too bad.

Munch · October 2006

Is Castlevania still a big deal? I thought it pretty much peaked with Symphony of the Night and just fell into a rapid decline right after. I'll admit, I'm not the gamer I once was, but the 3D games on PS2 were pretty mediocre, and the most recent ones to have any kind of buzz were the ones for Gameboy SP and DS, and I wasn't too impressed by them either.

Garlic Bread · October 2006

If you don't like Aria of Sorrow or Dawn of Sorrow, how could you like Symphony of the Night?

Bloods End · October 2006

Munch wrote:

Is Castlevania still a big deal? I thought it pretty much peaked with Symphony of the Night and just fell into a rapid decline right after. I'll admit, I'm not the gamer I once was, but the 3D games on PS2 were pretty mediocre, and the most recent ones to have any kind of buzz were the ones for Gameboy SP and DS, and I wasn't too impressed by them either.

You didn't like AoS or DoS?

You are broken.

Munch · October 2006

Keith wrote:

If you don't like Aria of Sorrow or Dawn of Sorrow, how could you like Symphony of the Night?

It's not a gameplay thing, since I like the Castlevania with tinges of Metroid thing, but the plot. Badass son of Dracula with the power to take on numerous vampiric forms, searching for the latest Belmont vampire slayer, and ending in a grand showdown with his damned father v.s. Japanese high school exchange student from the future who can throw spears and stuff.

But then, SotN came out when I was in middle school, so there's a definite nostalgia facotr at work, and I played Harmony of Dissonance right before Aria of Sorrow, so I was kind of burned out on the whole sidescrolling exploration thing. Maybe I should go back and give it a replay some day.

Garlic Bread · October 2006

what

how can you say SotN's plot is better than Aria's? You didn't even get AoS's plot right. He's not from the future, it's set in the future

Symphony of the Night's plot is

"Son of Dracula rebels against his heritage and fights his father."

Aria of Sorrow is
[spoiler:812c10c68f]
"Teenager ends up in Dracula's Castle that was thought to be destroyed except now it's in an eclipse and hey, turns out he's supposed to be the new Dracula."[/spoiler:812c10c68f]

Mai-Kero · October 2006

I can't wait for the castlevania game focused on Julius. The battle of 1999 will be so awesome.

Garlic Bread · October 2006

That's what I want an Advent Children-styled CG movie to be about

Munch · October 2006

Keith wrote:

what

how can you say SotN's plot is better than Aria's? You didn't even get AoS's plot right. He's not from the future, it's set in the future

If I'm from 2006 and he's from 2030-whatever, then to me he is a high school student from the future.

Honestly though, I'm probably just bitter that they haven't made a Castlevania spinoff focused solely on Grant DaNasty from Castlevania III. Nothing's cooler than a pirate with a shiv crawling on walls and ceilings and shit.

Garlic Bread · October 2006

"from the future" implies that someone has timetravled back to the present

"in the future" is what you're looking for

Blackjack · October 2006

I did post this is in the G&T topic, but just in case there's not a lot of overlap...

Please note that it clearly contains Castlevania III characters. Thus making this the best thing ever.

Furu · October 2006

Shit = hot

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