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Dungeon Siege Update Straight From Director Uwe Boll - August 15th 2005 (http://www.insomniacmania.com/news_default.php?id=2638)

Director Dr Uwe Boll kindly set aside some time to answer our questions on his upcoming blockbuster film, Dungeon Siege. Ray Liotta, Ron Perlman, Claire Forlani, Leelee Sobieski, Matthew Lillard, Kristanna Loken, Burt Reynolds and John Rhys-Davies are set to star in the project. Please join us in the forum to talk about the feature. The trailer is set to come out this November.

Please note that in this article the answers are as Uwe typed them, hence this is why they are so short.

1. Liotta, is apparently the main bad guy for your film. What does his costume look like?

Dr Boll - It is dark leather

2. Is Dungeon Siege still going to be made in two parts?

Dr Boll - We do not know now

3. What kind of fight sequences shall we see?

Dr Boll - Rough brutal battles combined with martial arts action. The kind that is in HERO.

4. Will we see any hot women in metal underwear?!

Dr Boll - Kristana Loken and Leelee Sobieski are warriors.

5. Will there be a new game based on the film?

Dr Boll - We are working on it.

6. Will we see any cool Dungeons?

Dr Boll - Yes - in CHRYSTWIND HOLD - the evil place.

7. What are the key scenes in this film?

Dr Boll - I can not reveal yet, but there will be many memorable scenes.

8.This film was once described as a cross between Lord of the Rings and Braveheart...how is this film different and unique?

Dr Boll - You will see, after it is finished

9.You had some jokes in House of the Dead and Alone in the Dark, what can we see in Dungeon Siege?

Dr Boll - Matthew Lillard is the great and funny Duke Fallow. Ron Pearlman has a lot of dry humor "HELLBOY" lines.

10. Dr Boll, you have made quite few films now, what do you think your trademark is?

Dr Boll - You tell me.

11. Will we see scantly clad women with swords?

Dr Boll - A few.

12.Why do you use choose to shoot many films in Vancouver?

Dr Boll - Good locations and crew. LABOUR TAX rebates

13. Will there be any characters similar to Conan or Red Sonya?

Dr Boll - Loken as Elora is the TREE WOMAN.

14. How come Will Sanderson appears in many of your films? Is he your Bill Paxton, as in James Cameron uses him for many of his films?

Dr Boll - Yes. He is a good actor and my buddy

15. What do you have to say to all those that believe this will be a bad film?

Dr Boll - Wait and see

16. Will Burt Reynolds have a moustache in this film?

Dr Boll - A full grey beard

17. Will Jason Stratham have a cockney accent?

Dr Boll - He talks normal

18. Will we see any sex scenes in the movie?

Dr Boll - There will be a few love making scenes, yes.

19. What creatures will we see?

Dr Boll - Hussars and Krugs

20. What kind of music will we hear? Are you going to use Heavy Metal or Contemporary?

Dr Boll - Classic Score with big orchestra

21.When shall we see the trailer?

Dr Boll - AFM in November

22. When are we going to see some production photographs?

Dr Boll - Soon

23. Is this film going to be shown in England?

Dr Boll - Absolutely. This movie will be a blockbuster

24. What other games have caught your eye ? What about Splinter Cell? Good idea

Dr Boll - Postal and Metal Gear

25. Does this film bear any resemblance to Legend, because it was a great film and we have not seen a film like it since?

Dr Boll - You are right.

26. What made you choose this particular cast for the movie?

Dr Boll - Everybody fits perfectly

27. Do they get on well?

Dr Boll - we have a great crew and great cast together.

4. Will we see any hot women in metal underwear?!

11. Will we see scantly clad women with swords?

18. Will we see any sex scenes in the movie?

10. Dr Boll, you have made quite few films now, what do you think your trademark is?

Dr Boll - You tell me.

15. What do you have to say to all those that believe this will be a bad film?

Dr Boll - Wait and see

25. Does this film bear any resemblance to Legend, because it was a great film and we have not seen a film like it since?

Dr Boll - You are right.

23. Is this film going to be shown in England?

Dr Boll - Absolutely. This movie will be a blockbuster

Dungeon Siege Update Straight From Director Uwe Boll - August 15th 2005 (http://www.insomniacmania.com/news_default.php?id=2638)
24. What other games have caught your eye ? What about Splinter Cell? Good idea

Dr Boll - Postal and Metal Gear

Uwe Boll

(http://www.nndb.com/people/066/000087802/boll_1.jpg)

Uwe BollBorn: 22-Jun-1965
Birthplace: Wermelskirchen, Germany

Gender: Male
Ethnicity: White
Occupation: Film Director

Level of fame: Somewhat
Executive summary: Responsible for Alone in the Dark

University: Ph.D Literature (1995)

Uwe Boll Fan site. (http://www.bollfans.com/us/index.htm)

I tried to read their message board to see what it is Uwe Boll fans talk about, but it was apparently "verfugbar", whatever that means.

Sorry, aber dieses Board ist im Moment nicht verfügbar. Probier es bitte später wieder.

I tried to read their message board to see what it is Uwe Boll fans talk about, but it was apparently "verfugbar", whatever that means.

Now, sure most of these people are not at the tops of their games right now but still. How is it that UWE BOLL can get a cast like this together?

It's like a revised Hollywood Squares...

(http://www.classicsquares.com/lyndebw.JPG)

You could've fooled me! (http://www.salon.com/books/int/2005/08/23/lynde/index_np.html)

15 minutes with director Uwe Boll (http://www.globetechnology.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20050714.gtbolljul14/BNStory/AtPlay)

By CHAD SAPIEHA

Friday, August 26, 2005 Updated at 9:08 AM EDT

Special to Globe and Mail Update

German-born film director Uwe Boll is becoming a bit of a Hollywood legend—but perhaps not in the way he might hope.

Most of his films have been rated between two and four out of 10 by users of the Internet Movie DataBase. The respected on-line film resource also reports one of his less glamorous nicknames to be "The Master of Error."

But despite his reputation, the Vancouver-based fim maker has had no problem finding work. Since 1991 he has directed several comedies, horror films and dramas, and has now apparently found a niche for himself: movies based on video games.

For better or worse, Mr. Boll already has two video game-based movies to his name: House of the Dead (2002) and Alone in the Dark (2005); both of which tanked with North American critics and audiences.

Mr. Boll is quick to point out, however, that House of the Dead did quite well in international markets — and perhaps that's why he appears to have become Hollywood's go-to guy for lower-budgeted video game properties.

BloodRayne, a movie based on the vampire/Nazi-themed video game of the same name starring Ben Kingsley and Michelle Rodriguez, has wrapped and is slated for release later this year, and Mr. Boll just began production on an "epic" adaptation of the PC role-playing game Dungeon Siege, set to star Burt Reynolds, John Rhys-Davies, Ron Perlman, and Jason Statham.

Beyond Dungeon Siege, Mr. Boll's plate is full of video game-based projects, including films based on the games Far Cry, Fear Effect, and Hunter: The Reckoning.

@play had a chance to chat with Mr. Boll by telephone in early July, the same week production began on Dungeon Siege. He explained where his adaptation of Alone in the Dark may have gone wrong, professed his love for the cult PC game Postal, and revealed — perhaps to the surprise of some — that "hardcore" gamers aren't exactly his target audience.

@Play: You're quickly becoming known as 'that director who makes movies based on video games.' Are you a fan of video games yourself?

UB: Absolutely. I think video games are a great kind of entertainment. They have replaced a lot of games people normally play with their friends and neighbours, like Monopoly. It's way more entertaining to play a racing game or golf game or whatever you do on a PlayStation or Xbox.

@Play: What kind of games do you like?

UB: I play PC and Xbox games at home, and I just got a PSP as a birthday present. My favourite game is Postal because it is so politically incorrect [he laughs]. Not for the story though. Hitman and Silent Hill are also favourites.

@Play: Let's talk about your movies. BloodRayne is being released this fall, and you have four other video game-based movies in the works. Do you plan to push ahead with all of these projects?

UB: Absolutely. We're working on Dungeon Siege right now, and we have a great script for Far Cry done already and we're hoping to go into production next year. We're looking for the star right now. I'm sure we'll get a big star … I'm hoping for The Rock.

Fear Effect needs a little more time. We are not quite sure what direction we're going to develop it in. EIDOS just released news of Fear Effect 3 and I've been trying to get them to tell me about the story because I'd like to know the game's story before having a screenplay written.

Then we have Hunter: The Reckoning, where we already have a very, very good script. But I have Mike Tinney from White Wolf (the company that created the Hunter: The Reckoning franchise) rewriting it right now because I told him I want to have a little more in the horror direction. And who else could do it better than the owner and developer of the game?

@Play: Alone in the Dark was another movie based on a horror game …

UB: I think Alone in the Dark was too much an action creature movie than a horror creature movie. The video game was more horror. I don't feel too guilty about it because Atari failed to deliver Alone in the Dark 5. Basically they promised us that Alone in the Dark 5 would be coming out together with the movie. I don't want the same thing to happen again, so I want to take Hunter: The Reckoning in more of a horror direction.

@Play: Games are often criticized for their one-dimensional plots and characters. How do you tackle the challenge of trying to craft deeper characters and more compelling plots?

UB: It's tough. Take the hardcore gamers. The characters are way more real in the world of hardcore gamers who have played the game for hundreds of hours. They have the movie in their heads, they've built it on their own. These guys are always very disappointed in the movies.

But if you actually put the game in front of you, you realize that the characters aren't fleshed out enough, you have to add stuff to them. So if you want to have a great video game-based movie you have to keep the mood of the game, use the normal character setup - but you have to flesh out the story and provide more background for the characters. Otherwise you don't have a movie. The movie should work for people who haven't played the videogame.

@play: So your goal is to capture the spirit of the game as opposed to the actual story and characters?

UB: Absolutely. But it also depends on the game. Far Cry, for example, has a great story, and we're using the actual game plot. But for Alone in the Dark I couldn't use the game's plot. I had to do something new. It was too boring otherwise. And House of the Dead … well, where is the story? [laughs] We had to make a story out of a zombie attack.

@play: Your films are starting to attract bigger names. How do serious actors and Oscar winners feel about working in a movie based on a videogame?

UB: It depends. You have people who have never played videogames, like Stephen Dorff and Tara Reid and Ben Kingsley and Ron Perlman. But there are also actors like Christian Slater, who is a big videogame fan. And Michelle Rodriguez; she played Soul Calibur with Vin Diesel while they were shooting The Fast and The Furious. It's a mixed up situation. With the younger actors I talk about the game, with Burt Reynolds I don't talk about the game. He likes his part in Dungeon Siege and doesn't give a s--- about the video game.

@play: The world seems to still be waiting for its first truly successful, critically acclaimed video game-based film. Has Hollywood given up on the idea that game licences can be converted to profitable film franchises? Do you still make a point of promoting your movies based on the fact that the source material is a video game?

UB: My movie House of the Dead made a lot of money worldwide because it's based on the video game, because everyone wanted to see the zombie movie based on the game.

With Dungeon Siege it will be different. It's an epic story we've developed — we've worked for one-and-a-half years on it. But I think 90 per cent of the people who see it will never have even heard about the video game.

With Dungeon Siege, for the first time I won't advertise the fact that it's a video game-based movie. We're doing a big epic with big emotion. If people liked Dances With Wolves or Braveheart, they'll like this movie. If fans of the game go to the theatre as well, then fine. We're happy to attract that audience. But we won't make a big deal about it … it's not going to be promoted like a new Tomb Raider.

I almost feel bad for wanting him dead.

I know there are like 500 people on the Internet pressing me always about what asshole I am or whatever

and people who did the CGI on Alone in the Dark, they worked for over a year and [are] the same people who did Fight Club and Panic Room and all the David Fincher movies like The Cell, exactly the same people.

Rumor has it the reason Kingsley took the part was because of a long desire to portray a vampire in the film, and this was the first role that came up. Bizarre.

If people liked Dances With Wolves or Braveheart, they'll like this movie.

Rumor has it the reason Kingsley took the part was because of a long desire to portray a vampire in the film, and this was the first role that came up. Bizarre.

Ever have a bad day and confuse Ute Werner with Uwe Boll?

POSTAL, the World's Most Outrageous Videogame to Become Major Motion Picture! (http://www.shacknews.com/docs/press/102405_postal_movie.x)
Infamous Film Director Uwe Boll Signs Suicide Pact with Game Developer Running With Scissors

Tucson, AZ - Start firing those AK-47s into the air because POSTAL (http://www.gopostal.com/), the game franchise that politicians, parents groups, countless cowardly reviewers and over a dozen sovereign nations don't want you to play has just become the latest game to make the transition to the big screen.

Running with Scissors (RWS), the world's most dangerous software company, has signed an appropriately apocalyptic deal with renegade filmmaker Uwe Boll (http://www.boll-kg.de/) to bring the most controversial franchise in gaming history to the screen in all its blood-drenched, ironic glory.

Despite everyone from Steven Spielberg to Microsoft announcing big money deals involving films based on video games, this new partnership between controversial figures in the game and film industries is destined to become the most incendiary game-to-film deal yet.

"Uwe Boll is the perfect producer-director to make POSTAL," affirmed Running With Scissors' CEO Vince Desi. "He understands the subject matter and has an appreciation and affinity for controversy and political incorrectness. POSTAL has always been about reason and insanity, violence and motivation; producer-director Uwe Boll is simply the right guy to bring that vision to the screen."

The man behind the camera, Hollywood outsider Uwe Boll ranks POSTAL as his personal, all-time favorite video game. "I see it like a mirror for our society -- funny, violent, absurd!" he declared. "So then the movie must be powerful, strange, and so full of the game's political incorrect outrageousness that if we do it correct, we will all probably end up in jail!"

Boll has already produced and directed a series of films inspired by videogames, including "Alone in the Dark", "House of the Dead", and the upcoming "Bloodrayne." Boll is currently on-location in Canada shooting the cinematic version of "Dungeon Siege."

The POSTAL saga extends back to 1997 when the original game was singled out by Sen. Joe Lieberman as the poster child for mindless violence in video games. This, in turn, led to it subsequently being blacklisted at retail outlets across America. Taking a no-holes barred approach the relentless crew at Running With Scissors has built the POSTAL series into a thriving licensing vehicle, from thongs and baby tees to coffee mugs and posters, while selling over a million units worldwide on PC.

In the decade since its original release, the POSTAL series has become a cult classic in America and a major success overseas in countries such as Japan and Russia. It was then followed by the even more successful sequel, POSTAL 2, as well as numerous add-on disks, including the multi-player Share the Pain and the recent Apocalypse Weekend.

POSTAL is scheduled to begin shooting in 2006 for a 2007 release, which will coincide with the 10th anniversary of the original game's debut. "Running With Scissors will be creatively involved in this film," Desi vowed, "from casting to the script."

For information on POSTAL products and gear, visit our site www.gopostal.com

Running With Scissors develops and publishes outrageous software just for the hell of it. Contact Vince Desi 520 907 1010, vince@gopostal.com or visit http://www.gopostal.com/

POSTAL™ and Running With Scissors are Trademarks and Service Marks of RWS, Inc.

Running with Scissors (RWS), the world's most dangerous software company, has signed an appropriately apocalyptic deal with  :roffle: renegade :roffle: filmmaker Uwe Boll (http://www.boll-kg.de/) to bring the most controversial franchise in gaming history to the screen in all its blood-drenched, ironic glory.

I never played Postal.

Does it have characters?

Does it have story?

If not, then this might be the perfect film for Boll to make.

Ed was hetero too. He just liked wearing women's clothes.

Ah, sorry, my mistake.

Anyway, I am still stumped that Uwe Boll's movies are so popular despite every critic and game fan mauling them.

I shudder to think what kind of aborted fetus of a movie will come out of Dungeon Siege. I can imagine Jason Statham in full woad regala screaming as he charges down a hill to the soundtrack by Limp Bizkit with special guest vocal the dead Pantera singer's rotten lungs.

Director Uwe Boll Readies New Projects (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060113/ap_en_mo/film_uwe_boll;_ylt=AndQ7_qpurMZ8s6uZ43ca_VxFb8C;_ylu=X3oDMTA5aHJvMDdwBHNlYwN5bmNhdA--)

By JEREMY HAINSWORTH, For The Associated Press Fri Jan 13, 10:09 AM ET

LOS ANGELES - With one keystroke, Uwe Boll accidentally deleted the only script for his upcoming film "Seed" from his computer.

But, he told The Associated Press, hes managed to recreate a third of the script so far — and is happier with the rewrite than the original.

With one movie in theaters, several upcoming projects and a simmering battle against Hollywood, the rebellious German director has a full plate these days.

"I hate Hollywood," Boll declared to the audience last week at the premiere of his vampire film "Bloodrayne."

Boll told The AP that the Hollywood system is corrupt, runs on fear of those with power and the struggle of others to get that power, and destroys anyone who refuses to play the game.

"A little controversy isn't the worst thing in Hollywood," said Billy Zane, whose Romar Entertainment (which he owns with James Schramm) financed the $60 million "Bloodrayne." Romar provides distribution and advertising while directors retain ownership of their films.

But the controversy may have been the worst thing for "Bloodrayne." It was supposed to open in 1,890 U.S. theaters last weekend, but instead made it to only about 800, bringing in $1.5 million at the box office instead of the hoped-for $10-$15 million.

Boll will try again with his next projects. The "super-horror" film "Seed" is due to go into production in Vancouver later this year.

"Theres a rule that if youre electrocuted three times and youre still alive ... you go free," Boll said. In "Seed," the main character is subject to a failed electrocution, and desperate officials bury him alive. "He digs himself out of the grave and goes on a revenge trip," Boll said.

Boll's "In the Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege Tale" will hit theaters later this year. Like "Bloodrayne," it's based on a video game — as are Boll's upcoming "Far Cry" (2006) and "Postal" (2007).

"Dungeon Siege" follows the hard life of a lowly farmer, played by
Jason Statham, whos on a mission to save his kidnapped wife and avenge the death of his child. The story line is woven into a fantasy backdrop of war in the Kingdom of Ehb between the evil sorcerer Gallian and the ruling King Konreid.

The film also stars Leelee Sobieski, Ray Liotta, John Rhys-Davies, Burt Reynolds and Kristanna Loken.

"I think hes got huge determination," said Rhys-Davies, who played dwarf Gimli in the "Lord of the Rings" blockbuster. "He reminds me of another Hollywood rebel in his own way. I mean George Lucas."

"Theres a rule that if youre electrocuted three times and youre still alive ... you go free," Boll said. In "Seed," the main character is subject to a failed electrocution, and desperate officials bury him alive. "He digs himself out of the grave and goes on a revenge trip," Boll said.

Has that German tax loophole closed yet, by the way?

Seriously.

Uwe Boll touching Metal Gear would open a hole in the fabric of space time which even Vin Diesel could not repair.

Uwe Boll is featured frequently :)

O RLY?

I used to think Zane was cool.

If he was featured more than 4 times, there's a problem.

Tasty. That looks like what Aeon Flux should have been.

Uwe Boll touching Metal Gear would open a hole in the fabric of space time which even Vin Diesel could not repair.

No Dr. Boll on Metal Gear Solid movie: Kojima on Uwe Boll: "It's impossible" (http://www.joystiq.com/2006/02/03/kojima-on-uwe-boll-its-impossible/)

[rerail] (kind of)

I thank this thread for my new avatar.
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You were expecting horns, a forked tongue and slitted pupils perhaps?

I totally thought that was a picture of you until I read this.  He looks like a normal guy.

Somehow I feel insulted :evil:

Because I hate you all.

Dungeon Siege Trailer (http://www.joystiq.com/2006/01/27/dungeon-siege-trailer-overdoses-on-lotr/)

Suffer, bitches.

how is darknesss worse then madness?

After Far Cry, maybe I'll go away from videogame-based movies. And everybody can be really happy about it.

Because I hate you all.

Dungeon Siege Trailer (http://www.joystiq.com/2006/01/27/dungeon-siege-trailer-overdoses-on-lotr/)

Suffer, bitches.

"I'm in the movie - Uwe Boll will play a minor part. I get killed by my 'Boll haters'," he explains. So will he be getting real, er, Boll haters to play themselves?

"Absolutely! I don't have a problem with that," Boll says. "I think I'd get thousands of extras doing that, coming to the set to track me down and lynch me!"

I kept thinking two things during that trailor:

1) Master Thespian-  "Acting!"

2) When they were swinging on the vines: "I'm coming!"  (MST3K fans will understand and know the voice to use with this)

THE MAN IS FUCKING PSYCHO. SERIOUSLY. (http://www.eurogamer.net/article.php?article_id=62899)

Uwe Boll makes Serek Dmart and SirBruce look sane by comparison.

... it's not that I'm happy with the theatrical performance of my movies in the U.S. It's always interesting for me to see that outside the U.S. the movie is working. Dungeon Siege, like every single country it got released in, stayed three weeks in the top ten: Germany, Austria, Russia, Greece, Turkey...we stayed three weeks in the top ten in Germany and beat American Gangster, for example, and smashed Beowulf in the same weekend -- it's kind of strange, right? This is what I think: in the U.S. I don't get a decent release at all from the beginning on. If you would put $50 million in advertising in Dungeon Siege and have a real studio releasing it, it would also make a $50- or $60 million box office.