Uwe Boll gets Razzie nod

By Tor Thorsen, GameSpotPosted Feb 1, 2006 1:24 pm PT

Infamous director of game-based films gets a Golden Raspberry nomination for Worst Director, thanks to Alone in the Dark.

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Each February, the film industry honors its best and brightest by unveiling the nominations for the Academy Awards, otherwise known as the Oscars. Around the same time, the worst films of the year are nominated for the Golden Raspberry Awards, otherwise known as the Razzies.

One of this year's nominees is infamous for his critically lambasted film adaptations of games. For his 2005 thriller Alone in the Dark, based on the horror-action series, German director Uwe Boll garnered a Worst Director nomination. His competition in the category includes: John Asher (Dirty Love), Jay Chandrasekhar (The Dukes of Hazzard), Nora Ephron (Bewitched), and Lawrence Gutterman (Son of the Mask).

But even if Boll doesn't get the not-so-coveted award on Saturday, March 4, he will likely have another chance next year. His latest game-to-film project, BloodRayne, was poorly received by critics and audiences last month.

Boll is currently filming his big-screen take on Dungeon Siege, titled In the Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege Tale, starring Burt Reynolds and Matthew Lillard. He also owns the film rights to the Far Cry franchise.

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  • KravenZero1

    Posted Jun 25, 2008 4:10 pm PT

    I can only hope that Uwe Boll is killed in a fiery car crash so I can stop hearing about his disgustingly terrible "films". Seriously though, who the hell names their kid Uwe? His parents were either intoxicated or just simply as retarded as he is.

  • skitchrick

    Posted Jul 25, 2007 9:12 pm PT

    House of the Dead - BEST MOVIE EVER .......... just kidding; it sucked eggs. Maybe Uwe will challenge me to a boxing match..... lol....

  • CaptainLunchbox

    Posted May 14, 2007 8:44 am PT

    Burt Reynolds AND Matthew Lillard in DUNGEON SEIGE?!? Do not sign me up. I will kill you if you do.

  • mattxavier

    Posted Feb 4, 2007 1:19 am PT

    He owns the filming rights to Far cry? He will probably sell the rights to someone else who will make an even worse movie.

  • zeus_gb

    Posted Jan 18, 2007 7:26 am PT

    I recently watched Bloodrayne and it was every bit as awful as everybody told me it was. This guy needs to be banned from not just directing films but having anything to do with the production of films.

    Maybe the European court of human rights could help us out by banning him under human rights laws!

  • GiantWoulfe

    Posted Jan 3, 2007 8:07 am PT

    The folks in charge the Razzies should go ahead and give Uwe Boll the lifetime achevement award for worst director ever, thus placeing Ed Wood higher on the scale as a direct result.

    I mean really, Ed Wood at least had an idea what he was doing, and he loved doing what he was doing, so we have to place Ed way above Uwe just for that alone.

    Tim Burton's not gonna do a tribute film to Uwe Boll.

  • Jebril

    Posted Dec 21, 2006 7:20 am PT

    He thinks its funny.....

  • gamefreakwill

    Posted Jun 28, 2006 7:48 pm PT

    Seen the trailer? The Dungeon Siege movie looks pretty awsome!

  • FPDuck

    Posted May 12, 2006 7:41 am PT

    Why, oh god why do they let this guy get film rights? He's systematically destroyed every game he's placed his hand on... apparently he even owns the rights to the Hunter: The Reckoning games... But now FarCry? Someone, please, knock some sense into this guy...

  • reaver11

    Posted Mar 29, 2006 5:31 pm PT

    I swear, if this guy gets anywhere near MGS, LOK, or DMC, I am gonna hunt him down and choke him with a role of film. He does NOT have the right to ruin excellent game franchises with these mediocre movies. Wait. Mediocre is too good of a word. How about horrendous? Abyssmal? Atrocious? Piss Poor? Pick what you wish. Bottom line--this guys sucks at what he is trying to do.

  • FallenAngel

    Posted Mar 27, 2006 7:30 pm PT

    Well arjnav, I think he loves the notriety of it all, he knows people hates his movies, but he's gonna keep making them as long as people keep talking about them. As someone once said, "There's no such thing as bad publicity". I honestly think we're giving him more credit than he deserves by even spending so much time trashtalking him. The best thing to do is just ignore him, once he realises no one gives a f*** what he does, he's gonna realise he's not gonna get anymore publicity and he'll disappear by himself.

    PS: Here's to hoping the Silent Hill movie KICKS ASS!!

  • arjnav

    Posted Feb 6, 2006 1:08 pm PT

    what does this guy think of his movies? critics hate them, movie-goers hate them, gamers hate them....how is he STILL making movies??

  • kruegersc4

    Posted Feb 4, 2006 8:45 pm PT

    It's stupid that this guy even gets the rights to any franchises. I hope BloodRayne is his last movie.

  • Fable68

    Posted Feb 3, 2006 9:06 pm PT

    You would think they would understand stop letting this dumbass make movies.....But i guess not

  • SavoyPrime

    Posted Feb 2, 2006 7:10 pm PT

    This dude should just become the Razzie's official poster boy. Everything he puts out is crap!

  • DrKill09

    Posted Feb 2, 2006 11:54 am PT

    What a loser!

  • Timstuff

    Posted Feb 2, 2006 11:12 am PT

    Postal is an aweful game, so really there's no-one better to make it into a movie than Uwe Boll.

  • ShockerD19

    Posted Feb 2, 2006 10:59 am PT

    damnit just checked imdb.com about what all movies hes done and i see he has the license to Postal also and is set for work in 2007 =( poor Postal

  • Timstuff

    Posted Feb 2, 2006 10:20 am PT

    Uwe Boll is not really just a hack director with more ambition than talent, but actually very cunning con-artist. When his movies loose money, he gets payed money by the German Government to recoup his losses at the taxpayers' expense, thanks to a dandy loophole he discovered and is exploiting. He's actually a lot more clever than we give him credit for, the evil bas****.

  • jaefrmbk2k

    Posted Feb 2, 2006 9:18 am PT

    i'm glad he sucks cuz now we get to make fun of him here all at the same time! it's like a roast but nobody knows or cares! So, Wicked Fresh! and Buggers to Uwe Boll!

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