Paul W.S. Anderson Dispells ‘Castlevania’ Worries

While talking with G4’s Attack of the Show about ‘Death Race’, director Paul W.S. Anderson was asked about the rumors surrounding his next project, ‘Castlevania’.   Anderson is not directing the film, but he did write the screenplay and is acting as producer.

According to this early script review by CC2K, the film is more an ripoff of ‘Bram Stoker’s Dracula’ than it is an adaptation of the popular Nintento game.   The script review noted that the main characters of the film were Christopher and Simon Belmont and that there was no mention of the famous whip used in the video game.

When asked about this in the interview, Anderson responded sarcastically saying, “We took out the whip, we took out the castle, and we turned it into a romantic comedy.”

The man was kidding of course.   He went on to say that there was so much whip action in the film, it could be mistaken for a bondage video.

Anderson also mentioned the main character of the film as Trevor Belmont, so the review by CC2K could have been on a much earlier draft of the script.

‘Castlevania’ comes out in 2009 and is directed by Sylvain White.