Defamer
On one hand we're sick to near-death of German provocateur Uwe Boll, whose perverse viral antics have amused us barely enough to keep us watching over the last month. But today the son of a bitch is making actual news: First by suing his Bloodrayne star Billy Zane for misleading him on the film's failed distribution in 2006, and then by actually confirming his proposed boxing match with flaxen fauxteur Michael Bay. So topical! So... angry! Find out where he's coming from (sort of) after the jump.
On one hand we're sick to near-death of German provocateur We don't necessarily believe for a second that Bay has green lit a boxing match with Uwe Boll, but that's kind of the best part: Within a few days we'll either see Boll sued for the unauthorized use of Bay's likeness to promote Postal, or we'll hear Bay is fighting Boll this fall — the culmination of a dream beating we've anticipated since way, way back six days ago. (And Bay will still sue Boll in the interim.) We literally cannot lose.
A natural opportunist, Boll is hedging his bets in the Los Angeles County courts, where he and Zane will also square off in a civil contest seeking restitution for a distribution deal gone bad —
Director Uwe Boll has sued actor Billy Zane in Los Angeles Superior Court, claiming he's owed at least $700,000 in revenues from the 2006 boxoffice flop Bloodrayne.Boll claims in the April 30 filing that Zane was the one who suggested Romar Entertainment handle distribution of the film. Zane and Romar principal James Schramm allegedly promised the film would open in 2,000 theaters and that a $10 million advance from Boll would be used for advertising and promotion. But at least $900,000 was paid out to Zane and Schramm and the movie opened in only 950 theaters, Boll claims.
Wait — a $10 million advance from Boll. A typo, no? This guy was interviewed about pudding yesterday on MTV.com. Either way, we hope that $700,000 offsets the damages he's sure to face once Bay sics his
- Uwe Boll Sues Billy Zane [THR]
- Postal [Movieset]
Comments
I wish I could smack Michael Bay around a few times for Transformers. WTF indeed.
Gosh. I just love that Billy Zane. You know he played a hooligan in TWO Back to the Futures?
In other news, sometimes Uwe Boll news makes me feel like the sickest, silliest section of my brain is controlling the real world.
"First, you front us a bunch of money, we guarantee a huge profit."
Uwe makes his movies via Nigerian-email-scam-style financing? That explains a lot.
If Bay is allowed to direct the newscasts covering his lawsuit against Boll, then he's sure to win based on the logo effects alone.
@Sleepyhead: Of course, Uwe's leaving out the part wherein he agreed to beat the crap out of the managers of every one of those 2,000 theaters to convince them to show his film. In the end, he only got around to four or five of them before getting distracted by a video game kiosk at Circuit City.
I don't believe that I am about to say this, but God help me, I'll never forgive Michael Bay for the pathetic and shitty CGI in Transformers: Team Boll.
How long before Boll goes really apeshit and challenges Jerry Bruckheimer?
This is so win-win, I may have to cancel all my future plans to work around this.
I'm joking, of course. I have no future plans. Apart from this.
The world is not READY for an Uwe Boll interview about pudding.
If this guy promoted his movies half as well as he promotes himself, he'd be HUGE.
Director: F
Self Promotion: A++
Figured this was bullshit, decided to check it out. From a stickied thread in Michael Bay's forum:
"Just spoke to Mike, and it's false. This guy is really creepy, he's creeping me out.
BTW, Michael has never spoken to him and won't speak to him. Mike has a movie to deliver for June 2009, unlike this idiot.
Boll doesn't deserve press for his lame movie, so this is the last we talk about him in these forums. This press stunt will tank."
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