io9: Uwe Boll

Boll To Zane: "I'll See You In Court!"

Graeme McMillan — Thu, 01 May 2008 06:30:00 PDT

Director Uwe Boll may have been the willing butt of many jokes - as is befitting the man who brought the world Seed, Postal and the upcoming Zombie Massacre - but if there's one thing he's not ready to put up with, it's being ripped off by Billy Zane. That's why he's taking the former Charmed and Pochahontas II star to court in a lawsuit that may be more entertaining than their entire output of the last five years combined.

The problem, according to the April 30th filing, is that Zane has been withholding profits from Boll's 2005 movie Bloodrayne via his relationship with distribution company Romar Entertainment. It was at Zane's recommendation that Boll released the movie - which only grossed $4,000,000 worldwide after costing $25,000,000 to make - through Romar, and according to Boll, Zane pocketed $900,000 for the suggestion. Boll also claims that an initial promise of the movie appearing in 2000 US theaters proved to be false, as the movie only bowed on 950 unfortunate screens nationwide.

Boll is suing for "at least" $700,000 in missing revenue for the movie. In response, Zane is said to be considering a countersuit for his reputation back after appearing in the movie.

Okay, maybe not that last part.

Uwe Boll sues Billy Zane [Hollywood Reporter]

New Battlestar Clip: The Gods Hate Gaius Baltar

Charlie Jane Anders — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 14:00:00 PDT

Even as the once-solid Cylon unity starts to splinter, a religious war is looming on Battlestar Galactica, judging from this clip from tomorrow night's episode. Baltar's been a traitor, an arrogant scientist, and a corrupt politician... but apparently there are third, fourth and fifth acts in Caprican life. (And maybe sixth, if Baltar's mental Cylon companion has her way.) "Escape Velocity" will be streaming hourly at Scifi.com starting at noon EST tomorrow, and airing at 10 PM on Sci Fi tomorrow night. (And meanwhile, it looks like Sci Fi is also featuring the cable premiere of Uwe Boll's Bloodrayne II: Deliverance on Saturday night. Wha?)

Boll to Spielberg: I Will Crush You Like The Hack You Are

Graeme McMillan — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 16:30:56 PST

It had to happen - Uwe Boll has finally gone completely insane. After spending years directing such classics as Bloodrayne, Bloodrayne II and the forthcoming Bloodrayne 3, Boll has laid down the ultimate challenge with new movie Postal: It's going to open head to head with Indiana Jones and The Kingdom of the Crystal Skull... and beat it at the box office. Wild claims and smack talking await under the jump.

In an email reprinted over at Bloody Disgusting, Boll lays down the challenge in his own particular manner:

On the Indiana Jones weekend - May 23 - we will go out and destroy Indiana Jones in the Box Office! We all know that Harrison Ford is older as my grandpa and his time is up - would Michael Moore say!

Michael Moore? What? Wait, it gets better:

Spielberg gets sloppy. We saw that with War of the Worlds (why the fuck the older brother survived?) and also in parts of Jaws, E.T., Munich etc.! My performance in Postal as 'Nazi Theme Park Owner' outperforms easily Ben Kingsley in Schindler's List!

I love that Jaws is proof of Spielberg getting sloppy. "See? Even in his first real movie, he was getting worse!" Now, Boll isn't the kind of guy to react well to bad press (responding to a bad review by telling a reviewer "you dont see courage because you are nothing. and no go to your mum and fuck her ...because she cooks for you now since 30 years ..so she deserves it," for example), so here's hoping that he's prepared for the disappointment that's undoubtedly due on May 23rd, when both movies open.

Uwe Boll Sets 'Postal' to Release Against Indiana Jones [Bloody Disgusting]