Castlevania season 3 is now on Netflix for at least a month. It's hugely popular, and not hard to see why. As ever, it's violent, bloody, gory and full of snarky wisecracks with some Gnosticism and moral ambiguity thrown in. It's a perfect show for moody Goths and angry teens – even adults who are […]
Only three weeks after its third season debut, Netflix and writer/producer/creator Warren Ellis announced that Castlevania will be returning for a fourth season. The news was posted via social media, and shared by members of the cast and creative – and though it confirms the anime's return, it (understandably) was lacking in more specific details. Here's […]
Warren Ellis, Bryan Hitch and Kevin Nowlan are halfway through their series The Batman's Grave, and are going to take a planned month's publishing break to get caught up. But that break won't be reflected in the collection. Because, it appears, rather that twp 6-issue series, DC Comics will be going for the full twelve-issue […]
FreakAngels was a post-apocalyptic webcomic created in 2008 by Castlevania showrunner Warren Ellis and artist Paul Duffield, and published online and in collected book format by Avatar Press, also publishers of Bleeding Cool. It focuses on twelve 23-year-old psychics living in Whitechapel six years after civilization in Great Britain is destroyed by flood. How timely. […]
Netflix's Castlevania has been making up for lost time ahead of its return to the streaming service on Thursday, March 5. We've seen the official poster and trailer for the third season, followed by writer/producer/creator Warren Ellis sharing a beautiful new piece of new key art (see below). This time, we're getting a look at the […]
Today sees the publication of Machine Man 2020, part of the Iron Man 2020 event – and it spins off from the main book with Machine Man, Aaron Stack, X-51, left on monitor duty during the Rick And Morty Siege, fighting his own battle – against all the other robots in the X series that came […]
For fans of Netflix's Castlevania, a little "introduction" to the time period you're residing in right now. With an official trailer released on days ago and the series staking its claim on the streaming service come March 5, you're now living in the "sweet spot" when you can expect some interesting (and sometimes random) promotional drops. […]
Okay… okay… maybe our timing wasn't so great when it came to predicting when Netflix's Castlevania would be returning for a third season. First, we thought January (more on that below) – and then we thought we'd get at least a trailer by the end of that month. I mean, it's been awhile since we […]
There is no Alfred in today's The Batman's Grave #5 by Warren Ellis and Bryan Hitch, which is a crying shame, as recent issues' highlights have revolved around just what insult, criticism or takedown Alfred Pennyworth is going to throw Bruce Wayne's way – and maybe even that he is a figment of Bruce's imagination, […]
Bleeding Cool readers will be familiar with Jude Terror's Written By A Bot series of articles in which, like CBR, he gets a bot programme to write a pop culture article by feeding in information and seeing what comes out the other end. The results can be quite amusing. At least the Bleeding Cool article […]
So remember that time last year when Netflix made that "mistake" that got eager fans waiting for news on a release date for Castlevania season 3 believing it was coming in early January 2020? The one that the streamer then revealed was a mistake? Looks like "early 2020" might still be a serious possibility – […]
So remember that time last year when Netflix made that "mistake" that got eager fans waiting for news on a release date for Castlevania season 3 believing it was coming in early January 2020? The one that the streamer then revealed was a mistake? Looks like "early 2020" might still be a serious possibility – […]
I didn't see it in The Batman's Grave first two issues but it's there if you look. And clearer in a couple of very specific panels. Because Bryan Hitch is using Sir David Niven as a model for Alfred Pennyworth. You know David Niven? That's the fellow. English actor, memoirist and novelist, notable acting […]
Yesterday I ran the theory that Bruce Wayne, in The Batman's Grave, is imagining Alfred Pennyworth. As Alfred Pennyworth is dead. Which may explain Pennyworth going a little off the rails in his commentary to Bruce Wayne – it is Bruce criticising himself. You know that was 'tits' in the first draft, right? Batman Damned […]
A few years ago, I was talking to Mike Lake, co-founder of Forbidden Planet and Titan, about his difficulty in getting a James Bond comic book published. He had the rights, worked with the Flemyng estate, but had difficulty getting anyone to take his plans seriously. So I introduced him to Nick Barrucci of Dynamite […]
Last month saw Warren Ellis, Bryan Hitch, Kevin Nolan and Alex Sinclair give us The Batman's Grave #1 from DC Comics, including an Alfred Pennyworth on the whisky who had some suggestions for Bruce Wayne. Today, the UK left-wing political movement Momentum that supports Jeremy Corbyn and the Labour Party, echoed such sentiments in a […]
The director of Terminator: Dark Fate Tim Miller talked to Screen Crush about the writing process on the new movie, and the writers involved. The reported mentioned he knew that Miller broight in sci-fi writers to brainstorm ideas in the development process. Earlier, Adi mentioned Joe Abercrombie's involvement leading to the character of Grace. And he brought […]
We looked at Warren Ellis' teasing of his new Netflix series Heaven's Forest in his newsletter last week, announced officially this week. Netflix has ordered eight episodes of Heaven's Forest, a Ramayana-inspired epic animated action drama series from Castlevania creator Warren Ellis, executive producers Adi Shankar and Kevin Kolde, and Powerhouse Animation (Castlevania, Seis Manos, […]
Do you all read Warren Ellis' newsletter? You should. Broadcaster, writer of comics and novels, screenwriter for Castlevania and much more, back in September 2018, he posted; Another tv-related project got greenlit – you won't hear anything more about this for like eighteen months, but we're going to call it PROJECT KATRA for now. Well, it seems like things […]
Noted author and Castlevania creator Warren Ellis took some time out from New York Comic Con (NYCC) 2019 to sit down with Bleeding Cool to discuss the show and the method behind crafting what many consider to be the finest video game adaptation of all time. For those new to Castlevania or not completely caught […]
