Director Roger Avary is in charge of the new film project, and he is clearly more than a little enthused by the prospect of cinematicising his childhood obsession. Despite having worked on the likes of and more recently Beowulf, it appears to be this film which really holds his interest.

Speaking to the Fangoria horror blog, he enthused: "One of the foremost experiences I had growing up was playing Wolfenstein 3D. I played the original Castle Wolfenstein game, but really it was that changed things. It was like a quantum leap in graphics at that point, and it was the first time I was transported inside another world and in control of it. My avatar was me, and when I turned it off, it was like I was leaving a very real world."

He continues: "What's not to like? You have guys shooting Nazis, storming bunkers, blowing up bridges and busting dams. To me, there's this proud tradition of guys on a mission in . I already loved that, along with monster films, and Castle Wolfenstein kind of pulls both of those together.

"So when the opportunity to do this came up-through Samuel Hadida, who produced my first film (Killing Zoe), I was like, 'Hands down, I'm in.' That's the kind of adventure for me. It's something I want to do, and I'm finishing the script now. I've kind of done the festival film circuit; I want to make a big popcorn adventure movie, and Return to Castle Wolfenstein seemed like the perfect thing for me."

So, there you have it, smiles all round.

By Luke Guttridge