I think they may have already screwed it up. By canceling it in favor of Lords of Shadow. =(
Lords of shadow IS castlevania. Just like Windows Vista is Longhorn.
The main character is still a belmont, and I don't think it's assuming too much (though I'd be lying if I said I was sure) to think the villain would be Dracula, or someone related. I just hope to god you get to spend loads of time in that sweet castle. I remember reading a review or whatever praising ecclesia or whatever because it was fun due to not spending so much time in 'that boring dusty old castle". wtf is that idiot reviewer smoking. Castlevania without the castle is not cool at all. It's not like it's the same exact archetecture each time, and even if it WAS the exact same, that would only add to the cool factor (if done occasionally). I remember when you played Super metroid for the SNES, and the planet layout was pretty much the same as the NES version, it was effing cool!..
gahh...idiots.
Back on lords of shadow though, the fact that they have Patrick Stewart as a voice actor is win. He's about as good a voice actor as they get IMO. Only guy better is Leonard Nemoy.