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Strike holds up Castlevania movie
Say it ain't so, Sylvain! Dearest readers, the sad duty of dream-crushing falls upon us, and we must report to you that the live action Castlevania movie (produced by Paul W.S. Anderson and directed by Stomp the Yard's Sylvain White) has been halted thanks to the ongoing writer's guild strike. You may remember that when we last heard about the film, it was being rushed to production to try to beat the start of the strike, a noble goal it apparently failed to reach. (Way to go, higher power that we now have a renewed faith in!) That said, like a recently slain Transylvanian count, we doubt we've heard the last of the movie.
Stomping the Castlevania yard with Sylvain White directing
Sylvain White is set to direct the Castlevania movie according to Variety. White is best known for directing the sleeper hit Stomp the Yard, which was a classier version of You Got Served and not even half as delusional as Center Stage. Shooting for the movie will begin this fall in South Africa and Romania and will be released in 2008.White is obviously in demand as a director and people apparently think he's got chops. He has a couple deals going currently, including the film adaptation of Ronin, originally a graphic novel by Frank Miller (Sin City, 300). The Castlevania movie was scripted by W.S. Anderson (Alien vs. Predator) and follows a "Transylvanian knight" who ends up at a gothic castle seeking refuge from the Turkish army. There they discover the castle is controlled by the "original vampire". White says he grew up playing the game and plans to work with Anderson on a rewrite of the script. Say what you will, this movie may be in better hands now -- the man made Stomp the Yard work.
