“Ever since my brother introduced me to the Hellsing manga and anime some years ago, I’ve been obsessed with adapting it,” Kolstad said. “And when Mike Callaghan and his team managed to secure the rights to then partner us up with Brian Kavanaugh-Jones and Amazon, I mean -damn, dude- this is a dream.
“I’ve always loved the vampire genre, especially when a creator is able to put their own unique spin on it, so when Derek introduced me to Alucard and the Hellsing Organization, I knew we had something special in that tradition,” Callaghan said. “Kouta Hirano’s gonzo reimagining of the Dracula-Van Helsing mythology is an exhilarating, quirky mashup of action and horror that’s unlike anything we’ve seen before.
The feature will be produced by Brian Kavanaugh-Jones and Fred Berger of Automatik, Mike Callaghan and Reuben Liber of Ranger 7 Films, Jason Lust of Soluble Fish Productions, and Kolstad. Gemma Levinson is the executive on the project from Automatik. Executive Producers are Tetsu Fujimura of Filosophia, India Osborne, Pierre Buffin, and Jason Speer.
“Derek is an exceptional writer and we are so excited to partner with him on what he does very best – building rich mythology filled with iconic characters,” said Kavanaugh-Jones.franchise, Kolstad most recently penned the third installment of the series, starring Bob Odenkirk. He also is a staff writer on the highly-anticipated Marvel series Kolstad is repped by APA, Circle of Confusion and Behr Abramson Levy. David Fox and Derek Kroeger represented Automatik on the deal.
“I’m truly excited to work with this stellar team together with Amazon to realize a post-modern reinterpretation of the Dracula character that flips him on his head in an inventive and compelling way,” Lust said.
HELL NO they need to stop ruining anime with live action remake. Did y’all learn nothing from Death Note? stoptheremake savehellsing
Hellsing's mission statement is to basically take a sleazy offensive exploitation movie from the 1970s and dial it up to 11. I just can't see it being made faithful to the source material without pissing off a huge number of Catholics for one thing.
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Oh man, when the nazis come into play this place is done for.
John wick writer? Fuck I’m actually excited for this.
Great news!
I don’t think I’ve ever been more consciously optimistic about anything in my entire life
Oh Damn!
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