Uwe Boll Secures Rights for Unreleased Game

Universally scorned filmmaker Uwe Boll has acquired the rights for the film adaptation of under-the-radar action-RPG Legend: Hand of God (PC). He's not even waiting to see how the relatively unknown game fares at retail--the title from German studio Master Creating doesn't hit shelves until the first quarter of 2008 in the U.S., although the game retails in Germany on October 12. With the great success of Boll's previous films intimately tied to his choice of outstanding retail performers like Sega's House of the Dead and Terminal Reality's BloodRayne, it will be interesting to see if the director/producer's gamble pays off. "I think Legend will be very successful because of its unique blend of high fantasy and dark atmosphere," the announcement attributed to Boll, quoting him from the Vancouver set of his film adaptation for Crytek's jungle-shooter Far Cry (PC). "The world of Legend contains major crossover potential and was already adapted as novel and audio book." According to the press release, the film will have an approximately $40 million budget, and Boll will begin filming the adaptation in 2009. Boll began shooting Far Cry in June, and his next theatrical release will be an adaptation of Running With Scissors' Postal 2 (PC), arriving in theaters later this month. Most recently, Boll announced the funding of a game based on his upcoming original Vietnam flick Tunnel Rats, with German developer Replay Studios helming the development. The game will feature the studio's own Replay Engine, also used in the developer's upcoming Gamecock-published WWII stealth game Sabotage (PC, X360), and retail simultaneously with the movie's release in 2008.