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Netflix Has Already Ordered a Second Season of “Castlevania”
Netflix just put up the entire first season of their video game-based “Castlevania” series for instant streaming, which sadly only consists of four 30-minute episodes. Chances are most of you reading this right now have already binged the season and are hungry for more, and you’ll be happy to know that more is definitely coming.
Executive producer Adi Shankar just revealed to our offshoot site Cinema Runner that a second season has been ordered!
“[Not] only has season two already been greenlit,” he told the site, “but the episode order has been doubled to eight episodes. So the chapter definitely hasn’t fully closed on this story.”
The series stars Graham McTavish (“Preacher”) as Dracula, Richard Armitage (“Hannibal”) as Trevor Belmont and James Callis (“Battlestar Galactica”) as Alucard. Fred Tatasciore, Alejandra Reynos and Emily Swallow also star.
“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 is written by best-selling author and comic book icon Warren Ellis and executive produced by Ellis, Kevin Kolde, Fred Seibert, and Adi Shankar.
All of us here at Bloody Disgusting are deeply sad to learn that The Blob director Chuck Russell has passed away at 74 years old.
Russell’s career began with his directorial debut, 1987’s A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors.
The multihyphenate film director, screenwriter, and producer is best known for helming 1994 comedy The Mask starring Jim Carrey, Arnold Schwarzenegger actioner Eraser, and adventure spinoff The Scorpion King. The latter served as the first leading role for Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson.
The filmmaker left an indelible mark on horror with his ANOES sequel, 1988’s The Blob, and 2000’s Bless the Child.
Russell’s final film credit is 2024’s Witchboard remake starring Madison Iseman (I Know What You Did Last Summer), Aaron Dominguez (Only Murders in the Building), and Jamie Campbell Bower (“Stranger Things”).
It marked Russell’s return to horror after a lengthy hiatus, and he shared sequel hopes to Bloody Disgusting in an interview ahead of the remake’s release: “I got to design the board with real mystical symbols and things that I know represent good and evil, and where that board takes us if the audiences respond to the film, and I hope they will; I know it’s out there for you guys, but the sequel is a world we’ll get to go a little further. That’s sure the intention.”
He also recently expressed interest in returning to the franchise that began his career.
TMZ notes that Russell passed away at his San Diego-area home.
We send our deepest condolences to Chuck Russell’s family, friends, and fans.
Director, Co-Writer & Producer Chuck Russell behind the scenes of the horror film, WITCHBOARD. Photo courtesy of The Avenue and Atlas Distribution
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