IGN has a piece up today that talks about the Castlevania movie that is in pre-production. Apparently Rogue Pictures, Paul W.S. Anderson and Crystal Sky Entertainment are the Hollywood high-rollers who think this project just has to be made, so if it totally blows, you know who's house to burn down. Paul W.S. Anderson was the culprit behind such big-name video game-to-movie embarrassments as Resident Evil and Mortal Kombat. Does this mean that the Castlevania movie will suck? We hope not, but his name doesn't exactly inspire hope. More from the article after the jump.

Rogue Pictures has hooked up with genre filmmaker Paul W.S. Anderson and Crystal Sky Entertainment to help bring the classic videogame Castlevania to the big screen. Rogue, according to today's Variety will distribute the $50 million film in North America. Dimension Films, who had been previously linked with the project, dropped the movie after they failed to warm up to Anderson's script. A number of new details have emerged about the Resident Evil and Mortal Kombat filmmaker's approach to the project. Anderson's script reportedly spans many time periods but mostly takes place in 15th century Transylvania. The movie is described as a fresh take on the Dracula legend, taking it back to the beginning with the story of Romanian prince Vlad the Impaler. "You could almost call this movie Dracula Begins, Anderson told Variety. Rogue co-president Andrew Rona says the movie is an "action/horror project in the vein of Underworld and Blade." He adds that the studio is hoping to turn Castlevania into a franchise.

What if I don't WANT to call it Dracula Begins? What if I want to call it Castlevania? It doesn't look like us gamers actually get a choice here.