When Netflix first revealed in
2017 that they were adapting “Castlevania,” a classic Japanese videogame
franchise into an anime-style series (western studio), the reception was a bit
of confusion. There was some interest when it was revealed that veteran
comic-book writer and novelist Warren Ellis was going to be the show-runner,
but the inaugural season of four episodes left expectant fans hanging. Then “Castlevania”
season 2 blew the audience’s minds while the following third made for an okay enough
post-arc breather moment. Netflix however is ready to drive the story home with
its fourth and final season, a trailer of which has just been released.
As Comic Book Resources tells us, streaming giant Netflix has just
dropped the trailer for the fourth and concluding season of their “Castlevania”
animated series. The recent news that the show was ending with this release had
been a surprise, but with what has just been showcased in this near
two-and-a-half minutes of sneak peek is an assurance that this swan song with go
out with a nice big bang. While there are only a few tidbits brought up from
the finale of season 3, there is enough interesting developments to look
forward to here.
The trailer begins with vampire
hunting duo Trevor Belmont (Richard Armitage) and Sypha (Alejandra Reynoso) ng
to the doomed city of Wallachia where the human wife of slain vampire lord
Dracula was burned as a witch. They quickly encounter a new threat: vampires
and other fanatics using dark rituals and other means to resurrect Dracula.
Elsewhere, Dracula’s son Alucard (James Callis) finds himself drawn to battle
again, with his trust for humans having taken a blow previously. Carmilla
(Jaime Murray) and her sister vampires have succeeded in enslaving Dracula’s forgemaster
Hector (Theo James) to create a monster army for them. And Dracula loyalist
Isaac (Adetokumboh M'Cormack) is ready to carry out his own human genocide.
Netflix says it best in the
trailer description that the end times have come for the world of “Castlevania.”
Meta-wise it is also an apt explanation for ending the series at season 4, when
certain inappropriate conduct allegations regarding show-runner Warren Ellis
led to his being let go by the studio. He had finished his work in the season
at that time, and Netflix initially announced that follow-ups merely will not
have his involvement. Now it seems decided to just have the series end there.
“Castlevania” season 4 will
premiere on Netflix this May 13. Series developer Adi Shankar teased back in
2018 that he hopes to adapt another videogame franchise, perhaps even having it
share a universe with “Castlevania,” but no word has come on whether this still
holds.
Image from What’s on Netflix
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