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DP ServBot
06-14-2007, 02:50 PM
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http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.joystiq.com/media/2007/06/sylvainwhite.jpg (http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117966892.html?categoryid=13&cs=1)Sylvain White is set to direct (http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117966892.html?categoryid=13&cs=1) 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 (http://www.joystiq.com/2007/05/07/warren-ellis-planning-on-three-castlevania-films/) was scripted by W.S. Anderson (http://www.joystiq.com/2007/06/02/spy-hunter-movie-to-be-helmed-by-paul-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.

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heybtbm
06-14-2007, 04:14 PM
They already made this movie...it was called Van Helsing, and it sucked.

diskoboy
06-14-2007, 05:31 PM
They already made this movie...it was called Van Helsing, and it sucked.

That didn't stop him from making Stomp The Yard. I believe it was originally called "You Got Served" which in turn, was a retelling of "Drumline".

Snapple
06-14-2007, 09:36 PM
I really, really would like for the Castlevania movie to be good, but it's not. No chance.

Guru of Time and Space
06-14-2007, 11:12 PM
...it was originally called "You Got Served" which in turn, was a retelling of "Drumline".

Yeah.
Those movies have so much in common.
All those black people, right?

-GoTaS

diskoboy
06-14-2007, 11:39 PM
Yeah.
Those movies have so much in common.
All those black people, right?

-GoTaS


Try the same story line, predictable plot, and shitty acting. However, It's not my fault black people still like to exploit themselves by making the same god-awful movie over and over again, and trying to pass it off as original.

XYXZYZ
06-15-2007, 05:38 AM
Why the hell do they have to keep doing shit like this?!:bad-words:

Only ONE thing can save this movie: Dancing zombies.
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