The Foundation of a Movie

The Castlevania series has received a large audience within recent years. It is highly popular series among many gamers. In 2005, movie production company Crystal Sky Pictures under the direction Paul Anderson claimed the rights for a Castlevania film. In mid 2006, Dimension Films discussed with Crystal Sky for direction. The original concept was to follow a story based around Dracula's origins with the Belmonts relations with him. The key characters would be Simon Belmont and Dracula (of course). In late 2006, Rogue Films took over production with multiple filim locations. In early 2007, filming was postphoned until the locations of filming has snow on them. Then in june 2007, direction under Anderson shifted to Sylvain White to work on another project. Then the idea just wen on hiatus with only minor details concerning the desing of the script. However, in July 2009, it was revealed that James Wan would take over production of the script and directing of the movie. Still the movie would feature Simon Belmont and Dracula as the two central figures in the movie.

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