A new trailer for Netflix's animated adaptation of
Castlevania has been released. It confirms that the series will begin streaming on July 07. Celebrated comic book writer Warren Ellis wrote the script. The project is executive produced by Adi Shankar, who's probably best known for
his Bootleg Universe series and the recent, dark & gritty
Power/Rangers short film.
The series is said to be based on the 1989 Nintendo classic,
Castlevania III: Dracula's Curse - which saw the last member of the vampire-hunting Belmont clan attempt to put down Dracula once and or all. Joining him on the quest are the sorceress Sypha Belnades, the swashbuckling Grant Danasty and the half-vampire, Alucard.
About Netflix's Castlevania
SYNOPSIS: In darkness, a hero returns. Castlevania, a Netflix original series, arrives July 7. Inspired by the classic video game series, Castlevania is a dark medieval fantasy following the last surviving member of the disgraced Belmont clan, trying to save Eastern Europe from extinction at the hand of Vlad Dracula Tepe himself. The animated series written by best-selling author and comic book icon Warren Ellis and executive produced by Warren Ellis, Kevin Kolde, Fred Seibert and Adi Shankar.