Netflix’s ‘Castlevania’ Series Casts ‘The Hobbit’ Star Richard Armitage, A ‘Preacher’ Actor, And More
ProducerAdi Shankar, the guy responsible for bootleg short films like theR-ratedPower/RangersandVenom: Truth in Journalism, has been hyping his upcoming animated television adaptation of the popular Nintendo video gameCastlevaniafor a while now, and when the teaser trailer was releasedlast month, fans finally got a taste of what he was talking about.
Now, in a new video, Shankar and actorGraham McTavish(whom you may recognize from his role as The Saint of Killers on AMC’sPreacher) have announced the majorCastlevaniacast members – including McTavish himself, who’s voicing Dracula, andThe Hobbittrilogy starRichard Armitage, who’s voicing the vampire hunter Trevor Belmont.
Based on the iconic video game series that began in 1986,Castlevaniafollows the adventures of the Belmont clan as they attempt to save Eastern Europe by taking down the diabolical vampire known as Dracula.
Take a look at the video (viaComingSoon) announcing the show’s cast:
James Callis(Battlestar Galactica) will play Dracula’s son, who rebels against his father and takes the name “Alucard” – which is “Dracula” in reverse – to represent how he stands at odds with his vampiric patriarch’s evil plans.Alejandra Reynoso(G.I. Joe: Renegades) has been cast as Sypha Belnades, a powerful mystic who battles against Dracula’s forces.Emily Swallow(Supernatural) will play Lisa Tepes, Alucard’s mother and Dracula’s second wife. Her fate is supremely important to the motivations of the game’s antagonist, and her level of importance will presumably carry over on the show as well.Matt Frewer(Max Headroom,Orphan Black) is playing someone known as The Bishop, andTony Amendola(Annabelle) will provide the voice of The Elder, who may be a member of an organization of knights referred to as the Brotherhood of Light.
Executive producerWarren Ellis, who’s best known for his work writing comics likeTransmetropolitanand his runs on Marvel titles likeIron ManandAstonishing X-Men, also wrote all four scripts for the first season’s episodes.
Shankar haspreviouslysaid that the show will has aGame of Thronesvibe to it, and he has some major confidence that it’s going to deliver in a big way:
“I’m personally guaranteeing that this is going to be the best fing video game adaptation ever made to date. I’ve seen it, and it’s fing amazing.”
We don’t have long to wait until we find out if he’s right about that. The first season ofCastlevaniabegins streaming on Netflix onJuly 7, 2017.
