Castlevania is returning to Netflix in September with a new spin-off series, Castlevania: Nocturne.
Per Bloody Disgusting, Castlevania: Nocturne will premiere on Netflix on September 28, 2023. The first teaser trailer for the upcoming season is expected to release online on July 27, 2023. Netflix Geeked released a new poster for the series on Twitter, which includes a tagline reading, “I pray for you, Richter Belmont.”
Details surrounding Castlevania: Nocturne have largely been kept under wraps; however, the series is said to be set during the French Revolution in 1792 and will follow Richter Belmont, a descendent of Trevor, on a dangerous adventure full of vampires, monsters, and more.
Castlevania: Nocturne is created and written by Clive Bradley, with Kevin Kolde serving as the showrunner. Based on the video game created by Konami, the series is adapted from 1993’s Castlevania: Rondo of Blood and 1997’s Castlevania: Symphony of the Night.
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Created and written by Warren Ellis, the first season of Castlevania dropped on Netflix in July 2017. The animated series sees Trevor Belmont (voiced by Richard Armitage), a monster hunter with a complicated legacy, go to war with Dracula (Graham McTavish) after the undead vampire tries to destroy all of humanity with an army of demonic monsters.
Joining Trevor in battle are a powerful magician named Sypha Belnades (Alejandra Reynoso) and the son of Dracula, Alucard (James Callis), who harbors nothing but hatred for his father. The series also stars Theo James as a forger named Hector, Adetokumboh M’Cormack as a rival forger named Isaac, Jaime Murray as a vampire mistress named Carmilla, and more.
Castlevania ran for four seasons in total, with the second season coming in 2018, the third in 2020, and the fourth in 2021.
Castlevania: Nocturne premieres on Netflix on Sept. 28, 2023.
