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People are worrying about the quality of the finished product already?

Trend analysis of Castlevania media projects suggests we won't even get a finished project at all. So I'm not worried. I'll freak out if something actually releases, but going by every other time someone has said "we're making a Castlevania movie/series" it's completely died before we got more than a script leak and maybe some concept art, so seriously guys, calm yo tits.


This. Every plan so far for this project has seemingly failed, so I won't hold my breath for it to come out now. If it does, I'll give it a chance, but the history of this thing doesn't give me confidence that we'll see anything actually released.

I know a couple people made mention of the "goat fucking" thing, but that was when Warren Ellis was supposed to be writing it, and even then, it seemed more like a joke than an allusion to anything in the script. (If Garth Ennis was writing instead and made the same comment, then yeah, I'd worry, but whatever).

Honestly, I would've actually liked to see Warren Ellis write a script for this. The stuff he's written in comics that I've read (Stormwatch, The Authority, Moon Knight) have all been intelligent and entertaining. But his name seemed to have disappeared from this project a long time ago.
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Most articles didn't mention it last year, but they confirmed they were still using the Warren Ellis script:

http://www.cosmicbooknews.com/content/adi-shankar-producing-super-violent-castlevania-animated-series-written-warren-ellis

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Everytime I see a picture of Adi "Lord Edge" Shankar, I tense up out of anger, but then relax out of humor because look at that clueless douche. Anyway, I wanna side with JR & Bloody on this, believing that it probably won't get much further until someone finally pulls the plug for good. I doubt even Warren Ellis could make this turd sandwich palatable & hopefully everyone involved realizes that too.
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I must say I hope they don't mess this up, as CV is not Adventure Time. And I really don't what to see it in that style, that's not why we Love CV. 
So I have very mixed feelings about this.

on the one hand, id love to see CV get more spotlight, and it be great if this could drum up interest in it.

But on the other hand, Last thing I what is them to turn it in to Adventure Time, as well lets face it,
 it was... ok, some times... But its not really up to CV Level, not now or ever. and I think we really don't what some kiddie Crap slapped on CV just to sell more toys.

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Say, didn't Wayforward do the Adventure Time videogames? Maybe this is their ticket to finally doing Castlevania.

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I've got to say I am surprised that people are so opposed to this.  I am actually more than a little excited.  I would be very excited if they hadn't been claiming to be getting started for about a decade now.  But given the people involved I think if it does get made it will be pretty fantastic.

A. We've got a script by Warren Ellis.  Now while it certainly does seem to deviate pretty heavily, it was clearly a jumping off point.  Almost anyone familiar with Ellis' work would attest that it is almost all pretty great.
B. Ardi Shankar, whose fashion sense I legitimately don't get, is actually a pretty stellar producer.  His short films are always simultaneously very true to their source material, and at the same time grittier and more geared towards adults.  Punisher: Dirty Laundry, and the film Dredd are just two great examples of this.
C. Frederator Studios are pretty great animators, and the idea that they would do Castlevania in the same style as Adventure Time, or even close is just laughable.  We've seen concept work of what this is supposed to look like.  You guys forget about this?

Now well yes, I am picking the best one, the other concept art we've seen for this is all pretty good, and far from anything resembling adventure time.  The Alucard one is pretty rough, but we've seen worse.

Given that this thing has been going on for 12 years now, I'm willing to bet the script has evolved.  It only ever told about how Trevor, Sypha, and Alucard got together, a point I am certain this series would go beyond.  And given Shanker's track record on adapting properties I am willing to assume it has either stayed as true to the games as it was, or gotten even closer.  I am psyched, and I hope it does come out eventually.  A kickass Netflix series could rejuvenate the franchise.  Save it from gambling machine purgatory.
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AlexCalvo's point is indeed excellent. The original point of my initial post was never to doom-and-gloom, though that seems to be how it's been taken by many here, and looking back, it does have aspects of that. I'm mostly just expressing skepticism that it will be made at all, as Castlevania has a terrible track record in the multimedia department. I mean, I remember when Sylvain White was trying to get everyone psyched about his Castlevania film that apparently made it as far as casting Jonathan Frakes as a retired Belmont hunter-become-grandfather. Then the movie was handed off to James Wan, who talked a big game about his gamer cred, but nothing ever emerged of the actual film and we later found that Wan never even had a shot at directing it because it was basically dead at the studio's behest long before it even landed in his lap.

That's what Frederator is up against. This is why I am skeptical.
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I know from what NECA has said about working with Konami on their Castlevania line of figures that getting their stamp of approval on a finished product is nightmarish. Which is why we never got a series 2 (they were pretty eager to make figures for Richter and Death) So once again we probably have Konami to thank for nothing happening.
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I know from what NECA has said about working with Konami on their Castlevania line of figures that getting their stamp of approval on a finished product is nightmarish. Which is why we never got a series 2 (they were pretty eager to make figures for Richter and Death) So once again we probably have Konami to thank for nothing happening.

Argh... so that'e the reason. Sheesh Konami.....

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