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Counter-Strike movie was a fake
Yesterday we and a lot of other gaming sites reported that infamous director Uwe Boll was going to do a Counter-Strike movie. The press release was hilarious and offered us excellent ranting-material, but it turned out that it was just an early April's Fools joke. Since we all enjoy a good laugh here at Boomtown, we let the original news text live on here. Maybe that will serve as a warning to any director trying to make crappy game-based movies:
Search for the name “Uwe Boll” on IMDB.com and you’ll see that the man currently has four gaming related movie projects underway:
Far Cry (2006) (announced)
Hunter: The Reckoning (2006) (pre-production)
Bloodrayne (2005) (post-production)
Alone in the Dark (2005)
Well, you can now add a fifth movie(!) to that list: Counter-Strike. Sony Pictures are going to produce the movie and they have chosen Uwe Boll as director (why didn’t they just dig up Ed Wood for he....n’s sake, ed.). Apparently Ben Affleck and Colin Farrell have expressed interest in the project – they must be getting desperate.
“When I picked up the project, I sat down and played the game to get in touch with its soul," the director explained. "Trust me, this is going to be the most honest, true conversion ever. Everything you love about the game will be in there. The action, the group dynamics, the excitement.”
Counter-Strike the movie will focus on an international SWAT team assembled to stop a group of terrorists. However, before successfully foiling a bombing, the group must first face the internal challenges that threaten to tear it apart: The loudmouth beginner struggling for acceptance, the Team Killer who must face the consequences of a fatal accident, and the insecure wonder-kid accused of being gay. Oh boy, this is really original script material!
Now for the most hilarious part about the project. Believe it or not, Sony is in favour of not using actors. Apparently they are thinking about using using animatronic animals instead… (I can’t stop laughing, ed.)
"The terrorism issue is still rather sensitive in America," said one studio executive who wished to remain anonymous. "Killing an animatronic goat is much more palatable to the American public. And it should also keep it PG-13, maybe lower."
Oh boy, can someone call the guys who hand out the Oscars? They gotta watch this one…
Source: Worthplaying
Search for the name “Uwe Boll” on IMDB.com and you’ll see that the man currently has four gaming related movie projects underway:
Far Cry (2006) (announced)
Hunter: The Reckoning (2006) (pre-production)
Bloodrayne (2005) (post-production)
Alone in the Dark (2005)
Well, you can now add a fifth movie(!) to that list: Counter-Strike. Sony Pictures are going to produce the movie and they have chosen Uwe Boll as director (why didn’t they just dig up Ed Wood for he....n’s sake, ed.). Apparently Ben Affleck and Colin Farrell have expressed interest in the project – they must be getting desperate.
“When I picked up the project, I sat down and played the game to get in touch with its soul," the director explained. "Trust me, this is going to be the most honest, true conversion ever. Everything you love about the game will be in there. The action, the group dynamics, the excitement.”
Counter-Strike the movie will focus on an international SWAT team assembled to stop a group of terrorists. However, before successfully foiling a bombing, the group must first face the internal challenges that threaten to tear it apart: The loudmouth beginner struggling for acceptance, the Team Killer who must face the consequences of a fatal accident, and the insecure wonder-kid accused of being gay. Oh boy, this is really original script material!
Now for the most hilarious part about the project. Believe it or not, Sony is in favour of not using actors. Apparently they are thinking about using using animatronic animals instead… (I can’t stop laughing, ed.)
"The terrorism issue is still rather sensitive in America," said one studio executive who wished to remain anonymous. "Killing an animatronic goat is much more palatable to the American public. And it should also keep it PG-13, maybe lower."
Oh boy, can someone call the guys who hand out the Oscars? They gotta watch this one…
Source: Worthplaying
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