I’ve rhapsodized at length about the virtues of Dr. Uwe Boll* and he never lets me down on one particular trait: Tenacity. Fresh from corralling a crew featuring other Teutonic wonders Ralf Moeller and Til Schweiger on Farcry, the good doctor has acquired the rights to yet another video game. This time out, however, he won’t be violating a mediocre one that a handful of unfortunate gamers bought a few years back. No, Boll’s started picking them up in the development phase with the grab of the European-based action RPG Legend: Hand of God (Hopefully, they name the inevitable sequel Manos).
For those unfamiliar with the loooooong-in-development title, it tells the story of a young recruit to an ancient order who is sent far away on an initiation rite. When he returns for his promised acclaim, however, the young buck finds that an evil force has slaughtered the order and left absolute carnage in its wake. Thus begins his adventure. Typical stuff, but the game’s intricate plot is being written by Susan O’Connor, who’s written for Gears of War and other action and RPG games. She’s been working with the magnificently-titled development studio Master Creating on the title since 2004.
Uwe apparently expects big things from the game, assuming it meets its late fall 2007 release date for Europe, as he expects to start shooting the film in early 2009 with a $40 million budget, no less. There’s no telling which of the Boll regulars (Michael Paré? Ralf Moeller? P.J. Soles? Chris Coppola? Don S. Davis?) if any will make the cut for casting, but it’s guaranteed to be a hoot either way. Plus, he’ll be riding high from the all-but guaranteed bulldozing that In the Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege Tale does at the boxoffice in January. The film was recently moved up one week to January 11 because – as my inside sources tell me – Paramount paid Uwe big money in order to save the fate of its January stalwart, 1-18-08/Cloverfield (tired of moving those fake photos yet?). Who can blame them? Mayeb even a week removed isn’t enough…
11 comments:
He looks fake.
isn't that mickey dolenz?
It is indeed Mickey, good catch. I just think he looks a lot like Boll so I amuse myself by always posting Dolenz pics when I post Boll stories.
Good old Mickey - I once "slapped him five"
You slapped Mickey Dolenz "five?!" Where is that post?
I've seen The Monkees in concert a few times with Johnny (it's a secret shame) and at one show Davey, Mickey, and Peter walked past us and we slapped them all five while Johnny unexpectedly screamed, "DAVEY!" in Jones' ear.
Now I have Last Train to Clarksville stuck in my head.
That picture is priceless! Makes me want to invite him over for dinner.
By the way JPX, it's not really a secret if you keep telling everyone about it. But yeah, the Monkees was the first concert I ever went to. I used to lie and tell people it was Duran Duran, which I now find even more embarrassing.
Duran Duran was my first concert!
Duran Duran was my first concert as well. Wait, did I see that with you, Octo?
I WISH my first concert was Duran Duran! Jeez, I can't believe all you boys went to see Duran Duran.
johnny must have been standing there the whole time thinking, "when's ace frehley going to come in with his guitar doom and rid the world of these pansies?"
speaking of concerts and jsp, i still haven't formulated a plan for meeting up tomorrow. i should do that sometime, shouldn't i?
for others' information, jsp and i are going to the treasure island music festival tomorrow. MIA, Thievery Corporation, Cut Chemist. yes, we rule.
That's cool, just give me a head's up and I'll BART it in. And you raised a very interesting point that's worthy of further discussion - we totally rule.
Re: The Space Ace - I put an Ace action figure on my desk at work hoping to lure other KISS fans out of the closet. So far I've only gotten a couple of raised eyebrows but I haven't lost hope. Someone's bound to say "Hey man, like the Ace fig. KISS totally rules!" He or she would of course, be correct.
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