By Uwe Boll has always been a name to inspire gamers and filmgoers alike into a frenzied froth of hatred, yet his appetite for cynical controversy has kept his name in the headlines and no doubt been the catalyst for his latest cinematic atrocities finding financing where more talented directors struggle. How else would a sequel to In The Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege Tale, a film that only just scraped back half its $60m production budget even taking DVD sales into account, be considered a worthwhile investment?
Judging by the newly released poster for his upcoming sequel In The Name Of The King 2, he’s once again mining his reputation for attention. Having ‘The New Movie From Uwe Boll’ plastered along the top is prime geek-baiting and the cheapness of the image below – check out that claymation dragon and tower! The title font! – plays into his image of not being someone who puts much effort into production values. Hard to deny the strategy’s working though: for one thing, he’s snagged a news story here, where coverage of your average no-budget fantasy is not exactly a priority.
As is often the case, none of the…
Uwe Boll has always been a name to inspire gamers and filmgoers alike into a frenzied froth of hatred, yet his appetite for cynical controversy has kept his name in the headlines and no doubt been the catalyst for his latest cinematic atrocities finding financing where more talented directors struggle. How else would a sequel to In The Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege Tale, a film that only just scraped back half its $60m production budget even taking DVD sales into account, be considered a worthwhile investment?
Judging by the newly released poster for his upcoming sequel In The Name Of The King 2, he's once again mining his reputation for attention. Having 'The New Movie From Uwe Boll' plastered along the top is prime geek-baiting and the cheapness of the image below – check out that claymation dragon and tower! The title font! – plays into his image of not being someone who puts much effort into production values. Hard to deny the strategy's working though: for one thing, he's snagged a news story here, where coverage of your average no-budget fantasy is not exactly a priority.
As is often the case, none of the original cast are returning. While Boll has a habit of luring high profile actors to his table, including the likes of Ben Kingsley, Jason Statham, John Rhys-Davies, Christian Slater and Michelle Rodriguez, few have stuck around for a second serving of Bolliciousness. The lead roles will be taken over by Dolph Lundgren (sigh) and Natassia Malthe, one of Boll's few veterans after making appearances in no fewer than four – four! – of his films since her career high of planting a gratuitous snog on Jessica Garner in Elektra. Do you think her career is trying to tell her something?
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