Why Does Uwe Boll Keep Making Films?

Kotaku Editor Brian Crecente has an article in the Rocky Mountain news discussing the seemingly unending wave of bad movies based on videogames being created by director Uwe Boll. From the article: "Gas Powered isn't concerned about his previous failures because his other movies were 'so low-budget,' he added. 'I think BloodRayne was his first budget over $10 million. The Dungeon Siege budget is over $60 million, so we have high hopes for the film.' Vince Desi has equally high hopes for Boll's upcoming film based on his game, Postal. Desi - outspoken founder of Running with Scissors, creator of what is considered the most violent mainstream game in history - contends things will be different when Boll creates a movie based on his game."

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German Tax Loophole

[hambonewilkins]

IIRC, I read an article (on slate?) that discussed Uwe's continuing career was the result of a German Tax loophole, and that companies looking to write off losses for the year would provide him funds for his various efforts.

Basically his career continues because he is a guaranteed money loser. It boggles the mind.

Re:German Tax Loophole

[Crimsane]

/. link to the article discussing the tax loophole

Link to last bloodrayne thread because every time I saw the title it made me smile

Re:German Tax Loophole

[Scorchio]

I remember that, too... I think this was it. Ah yes, it was discussed here, too. That's probably where I ran into it. This bit suggests the tax loophole has now been closed.

Re:Hmmm...

[mahdi13]

I believe Gary Coleman had a small part in-game in Postal 2

And what a great scene that was, you get his autograph and the police storm the mall to arrest Gary. So Gary gets all pissed off, pulls out an assault rifle and the fun begins!

Gamers that have not played Postal 2 should really pick it up and give it whirl, just keep it away from the young children as it gets really weird quite often...unless you want to explain what a 'gimp suit' is to your kids :)