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Boll Has Plate Full with $60M "Dungeon Siege," "BloodRayne 2," more
by RT Staff | January 04, 2007
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A recent interview with game-to-film auteur Uwe Boll over at GameDaily BIZ has the filmmaker discussing his plans regarding the "BloodRayne" sequel (perhaps a trilogy!), as well as the status of his epic, "In The Name of The King: A Dungeon Siege Tale," not to mention even more projects in the making.

With a $60 million budget (!), Boll has completed "Dungeon Siege" and has trimmed it from nearly three hours to a two-hour running time before it debuts in his homeland of Germany this summer. However, the most eager of fans can look forward to the original director’s cut in all its glory once the film lands on DVD. Despite a cast including Ray Liotta, Jason Statham, John Rhys-Davies, and Burt Reynolds, Boll is still seeking North American distribution.



Meanwhile, Boll has proceed with "BloodRayne 2," with leading lady Natassia Malthe replacing the original’s Kristanna Loken, who may very well return for a proposed third film, set in World War II, should the Western sequel make back its $8.5 million budget.

"Rayne's still using her swords to fight with, but she also has weapons because it's the Wild West," said Boll. "It will be a darker, creepier atmosphere with lots of vampire bloodsucking, but not the type of butchering we did with the first film."

Soon after, Boll plans to complete "Postal" (in which he appears - as himself) and "Seed," not to mention an adaptation of "Far Cry." Because of such a full workload, he has passed on directing duties for the "Alone in the Dark" sequel to its writers, Michael Roesch and Peter Scheerer. While Boll may still produce the sequel, it has to yet to be confirmed whether lead Christian Slater will return.

Boll: "If he accepts that, he's the first choice to play him as Edward Carnby again. If he doesn’t, I think we should go for someone who looks like Edward Carnby."

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Comments (1-20 of 31 posts) | Reply
bamb0o-stick
bamb0o-stick writes:
on Jan 04 2007 03:43 AM

[b]...[/b]
...I am at a loss for words.


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WorldDude
WorldDude writes:
on Jan 04 2007 03:56 AM

Who the hell keeps giving this man money to make movies?

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new12play
new12play writes:
on Jan 04 2007 05:35 AM

Just reading how serious the article takes this man (which I'm sure is intentional), makes me laugh. Boll's quotes are priceless..."Rayne's still using her swords to fight with, but she also has weapons because it's the Wild West."...If he doesn’t, I think we should go for someone who looks like Edward Carnby."

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rustdog
rustdog writes:
on Jan 04 2007 06:39 AM

[b]this guy must have one hell of a personality[/b]
what happens if Boll passes the directing duties to someone else for Alone in the Dark 2 and the movie is actually good?


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synergyred
synergyred writes:
on Jan 04 2007 07:43 AM

Dude. I had no idea that anyone actually saw Rayne besides critics.

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dylan21484nj
dylan21484nj writes:
on Jan 04 2007 07:55 AM

"However, the most eager of fans can look forward to the original director’s cut in all its glory once the film lands on DVD."

yeah, i'm sure all five of them are foaming at the bit to see that.


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taran72
taran72 writes:
on Jan 04 2007 09:11 AM

"...should the Western sequel make back its $8.5 million budget."
HAHAHAHAHA if he can't get back 8.5mil then he should be shot. Scratch that, he should be shot anyway.


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southfrisco
southfrisco writes:
on Jan 04 2007 09:26 AM

[b]Just proves[/b]
There is an audience out there for crap.

This guy is a total clown and his quotes are priceless, like described above:

"If he accepts that, he's the first choice to play him as Edward Carnby again. If he doesn’t, I think we should go for someone who looks like Edward Carnby."

That one is a keeper. Instead of Bushisms we need Bollisms for the film industry.

He is becoming a side show and I am sure there are those out there that love to see his movies to just sit and laugh at how bad they are. If you think about it, it could be kind of genius, in a craptastic kind of way.


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Holly Jolly
Holly Jolly writes:
on Jan 04 2007 09:27 AM

Thinking about it all...I just want to say I wish Germany had funded Hitler to make movies. It's through this outlet that Boll 'believes' he still rules the world, it may be best.

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Defmonkey
Defmonkey writes:
on Jan 04 2007 09:51 AM

Well there goes my day. And I thought it was gonna be a great one too........................

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Xiera
Xiera writes:
on Jan 04 2007 11:25 AM

[b]Maybe this...[/b]
I don't know, but I heard a rumor that maybe movie studios get some kind of tax break if they shell out cash to fledgling foreign flim companies. I don't know if this is true, but I'd appreciate it if someone could shed some light on this subject.

With that being said, Uwe Boll needs to die. In a fire. While being eaten by lions. Which are also on fire. And rabid.


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arpeggio191
arpeggio191 writes:
on Jan 04 2007 11:28 AM

In reply to this comment (#852271)
i saw bloodrayne. holy crap did that movie suck. i of course recommended it to every single one of my friends claiming it was awesome. It has the single worst, most awkward sex scene ever recorded too.

can't wait for more of that! (help us all)


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TitusCosminus
TitusCosminus writes:
on Jan 04 2007 12:03 PM

[b]Titus...[/b]
Well, apparently Far Cry is going to desacrated by Mr. Bowl, not a worthy end for one of my favorite PC game franchises (sigh). For some unknown reason Mr. Bowl's movies actually make quiet a lot of money although their level of crapiness, dumbness and incoherence reaches unforseen levels.

P.S Arpeggio....go fuck yourself....


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Kid_Ikarus
Kid_Ikarus writes:
on Jan 04 2007 12:10 PM

In reply to this comment (#852277)
i heard something similar to this in a previous post (dealing with Uwe Boll, coincidentaly).

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Young Turk
Young Turk writes:
on Jan 04 2007 01:37 PM

he gets money for movies due to a german tax loop hole

people who endorse the movie can write it off on their taxes if it isn't successful and if it is, god forbid they ever are, they get a cut

so no there is no stopping him


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bringing_out_the_dead
bringing_out_the_dead writes:
on Jan 04 2007 01:56 PM

i watched bloodrayne cause i had nothing else to watch on tv...i watched it out of curiosity cause i had been hearing about how bad of a director Boll is, but i still hadnt seen any of his movies, and so, i wanted to see for my self. i found out the Where's Waldo books have more intellectual fortitude than the directing abilties of Boll. also, Bloodrayne, Alone in the Dark, and House of the Dead are on IMDB's 100 worst movies ever made list.

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usedtype
usedtype writes:
on Jan 04 2007 02:28 PM

I'm just wondering why Boll makes movies of such crappy games. Bloodrayne? Crap. Postel? Crap. Alone in the Dark? The first was groundbraking for its time, the recent one crap. House of the Dead? Good as a railed shooter, but still.... Dungeon Siege? Not crap, but still over-rated and known a LOT more for its action and (at the time) cutting-edge graphics than for a story. Most video-games are just don't have good stories and the ones that do are too long to work as a movie. Why must Ewe Boll now get his hands on Far Cry? That game was actually good!

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Instructo
Instructo writes:
on Jan 04 2007 05:18 PM

Uwe Boll please just stop...

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gemini0577
gemini0577 writes:
on Jan 04 2007 06:35 PM

somehow, Boll has gotten it into his head that he is a talented film maker and to prove it he staged a boxing match between himself and his critics. Exactly what did that prove? It didn't make Blood Rayne any more interesting... it didn't erase that monstrosity "Alone in the Dark"... and it did not give me the 90 minutes of my life back wasted on "house of the Dead"... I think that anything this hack touches turnes to crap... so pray he doesn't actually get his hands on a decebt game screaming to be made into film.

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FireflyFan4evr
FireflyFan4evr writes:
on Jan 04 2007 08:59 PM

I can honestly say that I was a better filmmaker when I started making short films for my high school video production class in Grade 11. By this time, I think I've ran a marathon around him in turns of quality.

I wish someone would pass a law so he could not waste anymore celluloid and resources better suited for something else.


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