Return to Castle Wolfenstein On Hold

Writer/director Roger Avary told SCI FI Wire that he is almost done with the script for Return to Castle Wolfenstein, his adaptation of the hit video game, which he hopes to direct, but added that everything is on hold until the writers' strike ends.

Avary, who is co-writer with Neil Gaiman of the upcoming animated film Beowulf, said in an interview Nov. 3 that he "is almost done with the script and am proud of it, but everything as far as the production date and that kind of thing won't be decided on until after all this [is] over. And I fully support the strike."

Avary said the film will be based on a Commodore 64 game and will be a lot like "a World War II old movie of guys who are out on a mission, but this one will have the addition of monsters and horror and a lot of craziness all mixed together. We will start it when it is the right time."

Avary said he did research into the paranormal, the American military and the Nazis. Avary, who won an Academy Award for Pulp Fiction with Quentin Tarantino, also wrote Silent Hill, which is also based on a video game.

- The Monster