Uwe Boll
Uwe Boll
Uwe Boll is a German director, producer, screenwriter and occasional actor based in Canada, whose work includes several films adapted from video games. He finances his own films through his Boll KG and Event Film Productions production companies. Many of his films are produced on low budgets and have received highly negative reviews from critics, with Alone in the Dark being considered one of the worst films ever made. However, Boll's Rampage film series, Tunnel Rats, Stoic, Assault on Wall...
NationalityGerman
ProfessionDirector
Date of Birth22 June 1965
CityWermelskirchen, Germany
CountryGermany
Yes, Tron is an interesting choice because it created a universe that sucks you in - like if you were playing a video game while watching the film.
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.
House was the first film where I had no influence on the script. I had to buy the script with the game rights.
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.
My favourite game is Postal because it is so politically incorrect.
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.
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.
Today, I looked out at the word of mouth on Alone in the Dark and there seems to be a lot of medium, okay and good reviews coming out.
If they invest in film funds they have zero on their account, so every movie must recoup money otherwise the investment didn't made sense.
My funds have grown every year and this is because my movies got the investors most of their money back, more than all the other funds.
Now while the German money is over for Hollywood, I still have $80 million to make movies, and we will have two things coming up: less major movies and the price for actors will go down.
We work very cost effective and I sell my movies in 100 territories on my own.
I do think Hostel will be a good movie.
A movie like House of the Dead with around $7 million budget or Alone in the Dark with around $16 million budget are much easier to make profit than the typical $50 million major motion picture.