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Comic book scribe David Goyer hired to write and direct "The Invisible Man"

The go-to scribe for comic book movies David Goyer (“Blade”, “Batman Begins”) has inked a deal to write and direct “The Invisible Man”, a new take on the H.G. Wells classic.

Goyer, whose last film was the spooky “The Invisible”, has always been a fan of the story and looks set to get to work on it after he shoots the “X-Men” spin-off, “Magneto”.

"I've always been a fan of the original H.G. Wells book as well as the Universal film and felt the property was ripe for re-imagining," Goyer said.

Conceived as a sequel to Wells' original tale, the story centers on a British nephew of the original Invisible Man. Once he discovers his uncle's formula for achieving invisibility, he is recruited by British intelligence agency MI5 during WWII.



"Castlevania" is happening

"Stomp the Yard” director Sylvain White will change gears as he signs on to direct “Castlevania," a live-action adaptation of the Konami vampire videogame that's co-produced by Rogue Pictures and Crystal Sky Entertainment.

The movie, which will shoot late fall in South Africa and Romania, has been co-financed and will be distributed by Rogue later next year.

Scripted by Paul W.S. Anderson ("Alien vs. Predator"), the drama begins as a Transylvanian knight leads his men into a gothic castle to seek refuge from the Turkish army. The knights soon discover the castle is controlled by the original vampire.

White grew up playing the game in the early 1990s, and was attracted to the chance to make a vampire film. The script sets up a generational clash between Vlad the Impaler and the Belmont family, a clan that unleashed the original vampire and battles to defeat him.

"Most of the vampire films have been present or set in the future, from 'Blade' to 'Underworld,' and I was attracted by the chance to make a dark, epic period movie that almost has an anime feel to it," White said.



(References - bloody-disgusting.com, moviehole.net)