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Posted: Tue Jan 15, 2008 5:50 pm Post subject: Squishy makes a difference!!!
I'd like to thank Karazorel's negative review of the movie, along with our following of her opinion like Lemmings.
Uwe Boll, the German director the critics love to hate, will return to low-budget filmmaking now that his latest and biggest production, the $70 million fantasy epic "In the Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege Tale," bombed at the boxoffice.
The adaptation of the hit video game, which stars Jason Statham, Ron Perlman and Burt Reynolds, delivered just $3 million over the weekend, marking the third flop in a row for Boll, whose "BloodRayne" and "Alone in the Dark" also failed to deliver theatrically.
Reached at his home in Mainz, Boll said the results from "King" mean he will be unable to continue with big-budget productions.
"In the future, I will focus on small films such as (the video game adaptation) 'Postal' or (the Vietnam war drama) 'Tunnel Rats,' " he said. "These are films that represent my true passion, and they can be done with small budgets."
Despite a number of critical and commercial drubbings, Boll has been able to finance bigger budget films through German tax shelter funds. But "King" marked the last film to be bankrolled by his fund, which, like all similar tax shelters, has been banned in Germany.
Boll will now have to finance films the old-fashioned way -- with presales. Given the director's record, that could prove difficult. Despite being one of Germany's most prolific filmmakers, he is arguably most famous -- or infamous -- for the boxing match he staged with Internet critics of his movies.
"Because of the Boll reputation, it is not easy to get audiences into the cinemas," said Mychael Berg, head of distribution at 20th Century Fox in Germany, which released "King" locally. "We finally managed it, and we are quite satisfied with the abut 250,000 people who watched the movie (in Germany). We proved that you can make money with a Boll film."
But Boll himself acknowledges that will not be enough to produce another $70 million film. Instead, the German director has lined up a decidedly pulpy title for his next adaptation -- the video game shoot 'em up "Zombie Massacre." _________________
Wooohoo I hate that man. When he attempted to bid on high profile names such as Zelda, Silent Hill, and Metroid I damn near had a fit. Thank god they all turned him down. AND one of the coolest little facts: Uwe Boll's production company won the bid to make the Metal Gear Solid movie. BUT after hearing who was going to direct the movie creator Hideo Kojima had a shit fest fit, pulled the movie rights and said he'd rather have no movie created than let that retard ruin his vision. All in Japanese of course. The movie is still in extreme early production with no director chosen. The release date is still hanging in the air for 2009. _________________ It's not easy being me but I make it look damn good.
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