Is “Otaku-Man.” Geezer, give it up. You’re not writing the film, and I’m not “having trouble.” You get to wear The Turd Cape Of Shame™ for the rest of the week.
(The Turd Cape Of Shame™ is a No-Prize issued to Blog Nemeses.)
– W

Why a trilogy?
I spent a month or more pacing around the central problem of this film. Which is the format. 80 minutes. I knew, coming on board, that this was the format, and I liked it, because it was a technical challenge. But Kevin knew, when I came on board, that […]

Kevin and I have had the conversation about voice actors, yes. American actors? British actors? Eastern European actors? Any of the above doing Eastern European accents?
My own preference is for British actors, but that’s because I’m English. And besides, you know the American rule — any accent not American must […]

This production blog was started as a way for all Castlevania fans to get a behind-the-scenes, inside look, at the production of the movie and to provide a forum for discussion about it. It is a place where you can have a dialogue amongst yourselves and also with the producers, writer, artists, director, etc. […]

One big story, Castlevania III: Dracula’s Curse, told across three movies. Grant is not in the first movie. From Warren’s earlier post Cutting The Pirate, here it is again -
When he does turn up, I’ll probably use the alternate spelling of Grant DiNesti.

No, you’re not getting it.
We want to do three films.
– W

One thing that I don’t think has been made clear thus far: the CASTLEVANIA film is not, as it were, for children.
What brought me onboard, beyond the word CASTLEVANIA, was producer Kevin Kolde telling me upfront that he did not want this to be a kids’ movie. The freedom of d2DVD meant that we […]

What use is a pirate in a landlocked country anyway?
(Wallachia was cut off from the Black Sea by the Ottoman Empire by 1420 or thereabouts)
Yes. I cut Grant DaNasty out of the film. The reasons were:
* Grant DaNasty is a stupid name that I cannot take seriously. (When he does turn […]

Sypha Belnades is in the film.
Grant DaNasty is not.
So… am I going to get lynched?
Explanations forthcoming.

My name’s Warren Ellis. I mostly write graphic novels and comics series. My first prose novel, CROOKED LITTLE VEIN, is out this summer, I’ve written a little bit of animation before, and I’ve been story consultant and cut-scene writer on a few videogames. And, until they fire me, I’m the screenwriter for […]