Uwe Boll Bows Out of Big-Budget Production

by Aaron Linde, Jan 15, 2008 12:59pm PST

Infamous director Uwe Boll (pictured left) will return to low-budget filmmaking after his latest film, In The Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege Tale brought in just $3 million in its opening weekend—just a smidge behind its $70m budget.

"In the future, I will focus on small films such as (the video game adaptation) 'Postal' or (the Vietnam war drama) 'Tunnel Rats.' These are films that represent my true passion, and they can be done with small budgets," Boll told the Hollywood Reporter.

Uwe Boll dodged financial ruin in the wake of poorly-received films like BloodRayne and House of the Dead through the use of German tax shelter funds, which have been recently banned in Germany. In The Name of the King was the last of his films to be financed in such a way, ensuring that Boll's future crimes against gaming history will be just as dependent on critical and commercial success as anything else.

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As usual, I have to ask the community here: How many of you have ever actually seen an Uwe Boll film? And which ones? I'm always curious, meaning no slight against anyone here.

For the record, I have seen House of the Dead, Bloodrayne, Alone in the Dark, and yes, In the Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege Tale.

I would never have seen Bloodrayne or King had I not started up a website for movie reviews back in Sept. It's fun to write negative criticism =) Not so much fun to sit through his movies though... =(

(shameless self-plug) www.ZeroSpoilers.com, if anyone's wondering... (/shameless self-plug)

Jan 15, 2008 2:11pm PST

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As usual, I have to ask the community here: How many of you have ever actually seen an Uwe Boll film? A... : kallanta
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- I saw Bloodrayne (mildly regular) and Alone in the Dark (plain boring...bad movie). : omontero
- I've seen House of the Dead and Alone in the Dark and they were both horrible. : Begawkiness
- I saw maybe half of House of the Dead. It was pretty bad, but then I don't watch a lot of "bad" movies. : nurglich
- http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=11413129#itemanchor_11413129 : Super Sparker
- Alone in the Dark - bad : razorblade79

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I saw the Postal movie at a film fest last year, and the actor who played the main character did a Q & A after the movie. Paraphrasing, but he said "Uwe Boll is an excellent producer, and as a director, he is an excellent producer."

I actually enjoyed the schlockness of Postal, but I've never ever seen of of his other movies, and I don't think I ever will.

Jan 15, 2008 5:54pm PST

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- That's exactly how I've described him. He's an amazing producer, securing money and talent from seemingly... : Super Sparker

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I think it'd be a lot of fun to make horrendously bad huge-budget movies. I'd go to sleep at night with a smile on my face.

Jan 15, 2008 1:20pm PST

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  Oh, one more thing: I formally predict that Boll will create a low-budget film that receives a ton of cr... : aasyranth
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    I'd addendum that by saying that the movie will share nothing of the Game's story ... having only one thi... : AhmNee
    - test in reply Well I'm still with my lady friend but its never gotten easy. For the first two w... : handofthrawn

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Oh and this is probably why it cost 70 million to make.

http://www.slate.com/id/2117309/

Jan 15, 2008 1:53pm PST

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Oh and this is probably why it cost 70 million to make. http://www.slate.com/id/2117309/ : skitzo
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Thank you!

Jan 16, 2008 7:20am PST

Thank you! : Vash108

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By: Dan 101 x Show Full Post

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I bet that the film makers in Germany that used that law to help them make some true art and not worry about financial ruin hate that guy for exploiting something that was there to help.

Jan 15, 2008 11:32pm PST

I bet that the film makers in Germany that used that law to help them make some true art and not worry ab... : Dan 101

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Praise be to Allah. I hope this kills his future prospects when people realize that they won't be able to make their money back.

Jan 15, 2008 11:30pm PST

Praise be to Allah. I hope this kills his future prospects when people realize that they won't be able to... : Dan 101

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Thank christ

Jan 15, 2008 5:14pm PST

Thank christ : tomservo

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By: rosewood x Show Full Post

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Can he just bow out of life?

PS I hate you mr. Fatal error: Allowed memory size of 8388608 bytes exhausted (tried to allocate 30720 bytes) in /data/www/www.shacknews.com/htdocs/include/jazz/jazzview_fullpost.x on line 46

Jan 15, 2008 4:27pm PST

Can he just bow out of life? PS I hate you mr. Fatal error: Allowed memory size of 8388608 bytes exhau... : rosewood

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Now if only he would bow out of movie making altogether and take up something like underwater basket weaving tuna fishing or anything that would keep him away from Video Game IP and film equipment.

Jan 15, 2008 2:11pm PST

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- Then WaterWeaversRag.com would be full of indignant posts of how he'd shitted up the time-honored craft o... : Dave-A

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I really wish that skinny-ass Lowtax had slapped him with a girlish fluke jab and gently joggled some kind of self-awareness gland into position.

At that precise moment he'd be painfully aware of what he'd done with his life. A momentary look of horror and self-loathing would turn to a high piched wail. Then he'd tear his own balls out and hurl them at the crowd before rolling around on the floor, shitting and squealing.

Jan 15, 2008 4:09pm PST

I really wish that skinny-ass Lowtax had slapped him with a girlish fluke jab and gently joggled some kin... : Dave-A

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thanks moviegoers for gouging evil from it's shell by not supporting this guy's movies.

Jan 15, 2008 3:15pm PST

thanks moviegoers for gouging evil from it's shell by not supporting this guy's movies. : the_Nizz

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It should be telling that since he can no longer cash in making a bunch of money from German tax loopholes for failing movies, he's decided to go back to attempting to bilk investors out of small amounts of money rather than trying to just make a good movie on a big budget like real, honest film directors.

Jan 15, 2008 3:06pm PST

It should be telling that since he can no longer cash in making a bunch of money from German tax loophole... : BlackCat9

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A) Germany must of closed some of the german tax shelter loopholes.
B) Why in the fuck did certain gaming companies give this guy the go ahead to ruin a franchise.(this is the only part I can't figure out, sure it's a lot of money, but it's horrible publicity for them.)

Jan 15, 2008 1:52pm PST

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A) Germany must of closed some of the german tax shelter loopholes. B) Why in the fuck did certain gamin... : skitzo
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  - I admit Dungeon Siege is not parangon. But Bloodrayne and Alone in the dark are fine franchises taht allo... : omontero

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This is the only good news I've heard all day.

Jan 15, 2008 2:10pm PST

This is the only good news I've heard all day. : jad3d

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It's astonishing that real good and talent filmmakers will never have the opportunity to work on a big budget film. Yet Hollywood executives continue to support and fund hacks like Boll.

If I wasn't a filmmaker myself, I would wish a complete crash and disembowelment of Hollywood.

Jan 15, 2008 1:53pm PST

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- Don't think he was funded by hollywood execs, and afaik his other movies made his investors money. : imperator

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A friend of mine told me that In The Name Of The King cost 70 million to make. Not sure if that's true or not, but it looked like it cost 50 bucks or so. Some friends and I got drunk and saw it last night; well worth the ten bucks price of admission if you treat it as a comedy, especially to see Matthew Lillard and Ray Liotta chew the scenery.

Jan 15, 2008 1:48pm PST

A friend of mine told me that In The Name Of The King cost 70 million to make. Not sure if that's true or... : azshack

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Uwe Boll who? lol.

Jan 15, 2008 1:42pm PST

Uwe Boll who? lol. : Hidden Key

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Oh this man is far from done.
http://uk.media.movies.ign.com/media/661/661417/imgs_1.html

Jan 15, 2008 1:22pm PST

Oh this man is far from done. http://uk.media.movies.ign.com/media/661/661417/imgs_1.html : JasonReece

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Bummer. Not many people can make movies as bad as Uwe. He has a gift.

Jan 15, 2008 1:22pm PST

Bummer. Not many people can make movies as bad as Uwe. He has a gift. : Sludgehead

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This is like saying a cure for cancer is freely available to everyone on the planet.

Jan 15, 2008 1:15pm PST

This is like saying a cure for cancer is freely available to everyone on the planet. : stelth

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Uwe Boll dodged financial ruin in the wake of poorly-received films like BloodRayne and House of the Dead through the use of German tax shelter funds, which have been recently banned in Germany

See? You all read that, boys? You did? Great. Go back to sleep.

Jan 15, 2008 1:15pm PST

Uwe Boll dodged financial ruin in the wake of poorly-received films like BloodRayne and House of the Dead : Mad Brahmin Disease

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