Post by Mr.HoRrOr on Aug 11, 2004 17:22:09 GMT -5
From Variety...
Ben Kingsley, Kristanna Loken and Michelle Rodriguez will star in "BloodRayne," Uwe Boll's adaptation of Majesco's hit videogame about a fearless vampire killer who happens to be half-vampire herself.
In a move that surely will anger 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, 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.
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.
Ben Kingsley, Kristanna Loken and Michelle Rodriguez will star in "BloodRayne," Uwe Boll's adaptation of Majesco's hit videogame about a fearless vampire killer who happens to be half-vampire herself.
In a move that surely will anger 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, 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.
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.