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Castle Wolfenstein Movie Announced

The Oscar-winning co-writer of Pulp Fiction and the producer of the Silent Hill movies are teaming up to bring the classic video game Castle Wolfenstein to the big screen.

In an announcement made at the American Film Market (AFM), producer Samuel Hadida and Panorama Media said they've tapped Roger Avary (who also scripted the original Silent Hill movie for Hadida) to write and direct Castle Wolfenstein.The filmmaker had been attached to the project (then titled Return to Castle Wolfenstein) a few years ago before his prison sentence for gross vehicular manslaughter and drunken driving.

Here's the official boilerplate on the movie via today's press release: "Castle Wolfenstein is an action adventure film in the vein of Captain America and Inglourious Basterds.  The story follows a young US Army Captain and a British Special Agent on a top secret mission to Castle Wolfenstein, where Hitler will be for the unveiling of a new secret weapon.  After reaching the Castle, our heroes are confronted with Himmler’s SS Paranormal Division and must fight, not only for their survival, but for a mission that could alter the course of the War.".....
 
Es war wohl nur eine Frage der Zeit: der Klassiker Castle Wolfenstein kommt ins Kino. Laut einer Pressemitteilung von Panorama Media wird Roger Avary den Film inszenieren.
Und dabei legt Avary nicht das erste Mal Hand an einer Spieleverfilmung an, er schrieb zuvor beispielsweise das Drehbuch zu Silent Hill und arbeitete ebenfalls mit Quentin Tarantino an Reservoir Dogs und Pulp Fiction zusammen.
Als Produzent springt Samuel Hadida ein, der gemeinsam mit seinem Team Davis Films hinter diversen 'Resident Evil'-Filmen und auch den beiden Adaptionen zu Silent Hill steht. Und auch Solomon Kane (Das Kabinett des Dr. Parnassus) wird seine Finger mit im Spiel haben.....

{mosimage}....."With Roger at the helm, we expect everyone will join us for a wild and fun cinematic ride that will grab contemporary film audiences with the same irreverent, hip, over the top approach that Roger brought to Pulp Fiction and the other films he has either written or directed," said Hadida. "It is a big action adventure but also strongly character driven and based on a very solid story. ... The film involves a classic assault on the bad guys, who are nominally Nazis, more evocative of Inglourious Basterds than the actual World War II. It is a vaguely futuristic retro world as fun as Captain America, which has recently been reintroduced to the world audience with great success.”

Said Avary in a statement, "I’ve been playing the Wolfenstein games since I was a kid, and feel that their outlandish sensibility has deeply influenced my own writing and directing throughout my career.  I have always thought Wolfenstein, transformed and opened for the screen to wider audiences not familiar with the games, would be a major cinematic experience, which is why I introduced it to Samuel.  He bought the rights, and I could not be happier that we are now embarking on this adventure.”

{mosimage}.....Beschrieben wird das Filmprojekt als Action-Adventure und als eine Art Ader oder auch "Mischung" aus Captain America sowie Inglorious Basterds. Castle Wolfenstein erzählt die Geschichte eines Captains der US Army und eines britischen Special Agent, die sich auf einer geheimen Mission in Richtung Castle Wolfenstein befinden, wo Hitler eine neue Waffe enthüllen will. Allerdings laufen die Dinge nicht so wie geplant und am Ende kämpfen sich beide durch Himmlers SS Paranormal Division.
Der Film soll sich mehr an Inglorious Basterds bei der Darstellung der Thematik richten, statt den Zweiten Weltkrieg in den Vordergrund zu rücken, während alles ein wenig retro-futuristisch angehaucht ist - Stichwort Captain America.
Der Regisseur selbst sei ein Fan der Reihe und spielte die Wolfenstein-Titel schon von Kindesbeinen an [so wortwörtlich]. Er dachte schon immer darüber nach, Wolfenstein zu verfilmen und die Reihe auch denjenigen näherzubringen, die die Spiele nicht kennen.

 

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