Fear Effect, Hunter The Reckoning Movies Optioned

Thanks to GameGossip for pointing to a Hollywood Reporter article revealing that German uber-producer Uwe Boll has optioned the rights to movies based on Fear Effect and Hunter: The Reckoning. Boll, who had previously claimed his planned Dungeon Siege film had "major crossover potential because of its unique blend of action and fantasy, on the order of Lord of the Rings", and is behind the House Of The Dead and Alone In The Dark movies, says Hunter: The Reckoning (originally from the White Wolf pen-and-paper RPG) will be a "hard, brutal, fast-paced ensemble film in the tradition of 'X-Men.'" Hunter will "shoot this summer in downtown Vancouver", with budgets for the 2 movies "ranging from $15 million-$25 million", but it's not known why Eidos' Fear Effect was optioned.