Topic: BloodRayne Movie in the Works

[WindyMan]

Obvious joke alert: This movie is already doomed to suck.

Majesco's 'BloodRayne' Goes Hollywood as Boll KG Acquires Film Rights to Popular Video Game Franchise; $30 Million Budget to Back Hollywood's New Femme Fatale

EDISON, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 4, 2003--Continuing its strategy of developing cornerstone franchise properties with widespread commercial appeal, Majesco, one of the fastest-growing publishers of interactive entertainment software, today announced a deal that will take their popular action/horror video game, BloodRayne to the silver screen. Vierte Boll Kino Beteiligungs-GmbH & Co. KG (Boll KG), the production company responsible for several film adaptations of video games including Alone in the Dark and House of the Dead, has purchased the theatrical film and merchandise rights for the game.

Executive producer and director Dr. Uwe Boll, expects to begin filming BloodRayne sometime in 2004 and estimates a budget in the $30 million range. Shawn Williamson (White Noise, Alone in the Dark) of Brightlight Pictures is set to produce.

"BloodRayne is one of the select interactive entertainment franchises that transcends the video game genre and appeals to mainstream entertainment audiences," said Jesse Sutton, President of Majesco. "With its unique blend of action, horror, and sex appeal, BloodRayne contains major crossover potential and we are continuing to explore additional licensing opportunities."

"We think BloodRayne is a dynamic, compelling anti-hero and a contemporary, smart standard bearer for the genre" says Boll from the set of Alone in the Dark, currently wrapping production with Brightlight Pictures in Vancouver with Christian Slater, Tara Reid and Stephen Dorff. "We look forward to bringing her--and the game--to life on film."

Williamson adds, "I'm looking forward to continuing my collaboration with Uwe, and to continuing to build Brighlight's reputation in producing terrific entertainment with these films."

Originally released for console on October 2002, with a PC release scheduled for September 9 of this year, BloodRayne features the sexy, supernatural, huntress BloodRayne, an unholy breed of human and vampire. An explosive force with gymnastic dexterity and an intense lust for blood and action, BloodRayne was raised and trained by a secret agency to hunt down and eliminate supernatural threats around the globe.

Consumers looking for more information on BloodRayne can visit the official Majesco site at www.BloodRayne.com. The site contains movies and screen shots from the game; additional background on the interactive world's most deliciously wicked hunter of evil; unique downloads and other special features.

[Djunknown]

30 million? Didn't Arnold Schwazenager get 30 million just to do T3? Wonder what they can pull off...

Seriously though, who's idea is it to get lesser known franchises on the big screen? Granted, Blood Rayne had a killer ad campaign last year, but reviews simply touted it as an ordinary 3rd person adventure. Its not Splinter Cell or Metroid Prime which people still talk about pushing 1 year later. It had a cute idea, they advertised like hell for it, but still, it had elements that could be found in better games (Max Payne, Soul Reaver, Ratchet and Clank, dare I say Mario Sunshine?). Oh well, its Hollywood trying to win that losing battle of appealing to gamers and movie goers alike...

Speaking of House of the Dead, what happened to it? I remember Gamespot doing a blurb on it a while back, but have since fell off the radar. Its a worth a look if nothing else, how they can stay true to the source material.

[KDR_11k]

Star Wars cost some 20 million USD and was considered low budget back then. Add inflation and you have an instant B-Movie likely to be listed under Something Awful's reviews...

[BrianSLA]

>> 30 million? Didn't Arnold Schwazenager get 30 million just to do T3? Wonder what they can pull off <<

Underworld cost $22 million.