The promise of an unholy prophecy and the rise of Richter Belmont are at the undead heart of the new teaser trailer for Castlevania: Nocturne — the next chapter in the critically acclaimed adult animated series inspired by the Konami video games. The gory, gothic horror adventure begins Thursday, September 28, running for eight 25-minute episodes.
Synopsis: France, 1792 — the height of the French Revolution. In a remote part of western France, the counter-revolutionary aristocracy has forged an alliance with a terrifying Vampire Messiah, who promises to ‘eat the sun’ and unleash an army of vampires and nightcreatures to crush the revolution and enslave humanity. Annette, a sorceress from the Caribbean, seeks out Richter Belmont, last descendant of the long-fabled family of vampire hunters, to lead the resistance.
The series stars Edward Bluemel as Richter Belmong, Thuso Mbedu as Annette, Pixie Davies as Maria Renard, Sharon D. Clarke, Richard Dormer, Iain Glen, Sydney James Harcourt, Elarica Johnson as Drolta, Nastassja Kinski as Tera, Zahn McClarnon as Orlox, Aaron Neil, Franka Potente as Erzsebet Bathory and Sophie Skelton as Julia Belmont.
Castlevania: Nocturne is overseen by showrunners Kevin Kolde (Castlevania) and Clive Bradley (Trapped). Bradley also serves as creator/writer. Sam Deats and Adam Deats share directing duties. Executive producers are Bradley, Kolde, Fred Seibert and Adi Shanka, Project 51 Productions and Powerhouse Animation produce for Netflix.
netflix.com/castlevanianocturne
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