Ah, hell.

sonicherosfan1 Wrote: Ben Kingsley has officially joined the Must Have Been Drunk Club by signing on to star in Uwe Boll's upcoming adaptation of the video game, BLOODRAYNE.

OH MAN! He doesn't need another Thunderbirds on his hands! He's better than this!


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Uwe Boll never ceases to amaze me- never. Besides announcing Ben Kingsley, Kristanna Loken and Michelle Rodriguez to the cast of his video game adaptation of BloodRayne, he announced some MAJOR changes in the games storyline, which will upset serious fans. Will I ever loosen the leash, not until he makes a good movie. So read on for more on this disaster in the making (At least I added a super sexy picture to brighten the mood)...




Variety reports:
Ben Kingsley, Kristanna Loken and Michelle Rodriguez will star in "BloodRayne," Uwe Boll's $25 million adaptation of Majesco's hit videogame about a fearless vampire killer who happens to be half-vampire herself.

Boll also has landed rights to White Wolf's demon-killing game "Hunter: The Reckoning," which is likely to become the helmer's next project after "BloodRayne."

In a move that surely will twist the knickers of the game's fans, "BloodRayne" will be set in 18th-century Transylvania. The game takes place in 1930s Germany, pitting the heroine against Nazi vampire hordes.

In the film, written by Guinevere Turner ("The Ballad of Bettie Page," "American Psycho""American Psycho"), Loken plays BloodRayne, a half-human/half-vampire who grows up as a circus freak until she is saved by the mysterious Brimstone Society. The org's objective is to exterminate the legion of the undead headed by Kagan, the vampire poobah played by Kingsley.

It's Loken's second major role in a German production after Tandem Communications' Nibelungen saga "Kingdom in Twilight."

Rodriguez, along with Will Sanderson ("Alone in the Dark") and Matt Davis ("Legally Blonde""Legally Blonde"), play fellow ghoul hunters in the war against vampirism.

Boll told Daily Variety the story's changes were necessary for its adaptation to film. "We wanted to do without the whole ultramodern, latex-clad, ass-kicking vampire-hunter thing seen in 'Underworld' or 'Matrix.' We figured it would play much better in Transylvania in the 18th century without the whole Nazi angle, without modern transportation conveniences like planes and automobiles."

Boll said the pic will be less seek-and-kill vidgame and more like "Brotherhood of the Wolf""Brotherhood Of The Wolf" or Roman Polanski's "Fearless Vampire Killers."

Pic is set to start shooting Monday at the Mediapro Studios in Buftea, Romania, and on location in the Transylvanian Alps, including Bran Castle, popularly known as Castle Dracula.

Boll, who will direct and execexec produce, is financing the pic through his $47 million private film fund 3rd Boll KG, which bankrolled the upcoming "Alone in the Dark," based on the Atari game, and "House of the Dead," an adaptation of the Sega franchise. Shawn Williamson of Canada's Brightlight Pictures is producing.

That's all fine and dandy with me, but you do realize that there is no sexy picture?

And by the way, a huge flaw on your part. You didn't say "Fearless Vampire Killers" twice.

Oh god... Uwe Boll... AAAGHHH!

"poobah"

Marked as new favorite word.

Who cares about a Bloodrayne movie if there were to be a vampire videogame to movie I would like to have the Legacy of Kain games turned into one. Or even Castlevania Symphony of the Night.

That guy that did the House of the Dead is just aweful. . . by the time he's done with Bloodrayne, it won't even be near the video game storyline. . .

Aw this is all bad news...I don't know what to think or say. Best thing to do is cross our fingers and hope for the best.

If anything though, it probably would have been better to do a plot based on BR1's, rather than making one up out of the blue.

I don't know what to think about this. I never seen House of the Dead, so I don't know exactly how bad of a director Uwe Boll is. But if this movie does suck, Kristanna Loken is a good enough reason to watch it, I guess.

thats not too bad...i like Loken, but the fact that the director of House of the Dead is doin this movie worries me. that had to be the worst video game movie on the planet...hopefully he wont make the same mistake w/bloodryane, he better not, this was suppose to be a kick ass movie!

Anyone remember a little p.o.s. called vamperella? Had Talisa Soto? Garbage. This will be do. Then again, so are 95% of movies made now days.

I'm not sure what to think, but Kristana looks the part, and has amazing acting ability. Oh, and did I mention she looks the part?

You all realize, of course, that Uwe Boll is not DIRECTING Blood Rayne, just FINANCING it?

I think there are too many people that want to see this project fail. I disagree; The cast is amazing. The story, although not 100% faithful to the game, is based on it regardless of some changes; And honestly, these changes are probably for the best.

Zentile Wrote: You all realize, of course, that Uwe Boll is not DIRECTING Blood Rayne, just FINANCING it?