News Room Contributor Posts: 8044 Joined: 12 Nov 2002 | Uwe Boll Sues Billy Zane
Film director and all-around maniac Uwe Boll is suing Billy Zane, claiming the actor failed to live up to an agreement with Boll regarding promotion and distribution of the 2005 film Bloodrayne.
In the suit, Boll claimed Zane suggested Bloodrayne's U.S. theatrical distribution should be handled by Romar Entertainment, and that along with Romar founder James Schramm, promised the movie would open in 2000 theaters across the country. A $10 million advance paid to Romar was intended to be used for advertising and promotion, according to the Hollywood Reporter, but Boll said the movie only opened in 950 screens. Despite this, Zane and Schramm received "at least" $900,000 in payments from the deal. Romar Entertainment's website indicates the company is no longer is business.
Zane appeared in Bloodrayne as Elrich, alongside other notable talents including Kristianna Loken, Michael Madsen, Udo Kier, Meat Loaf and utterly inexplicably, Oscar winner Ben Kingsley. Zane has appeared in numerous movies and television shows over the course of career spanning more than 20 years, but is widely regarded by critics as being particularly awesome in 1995's Tales From the Crypt: Demon Knight. Despite speculation to the contrary, he was in fact not the bald guy from The Mummy.
Boll is well-known to videogamers and movie fans alike for making shockingly bad movies based on videogames, with previous efforts including Alone in the Dark and In the Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege Tale. Unsurprisingly, Bloodrayne flopped badly upon release, and ended up making only $4 million in worldwide box-office sales. The movie cost $25 million to make.
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Press Junketeer Posts: 377 Joined: 7 Nov 2007 | Sounds like he knows no-one is going to give him any more money for films after repeated loses so he's trying to recoup as much as possible by suing everyone else. |
Time Lord Posts: 9978 Joined: 13 Feb 2008 | The movie cost $25 million to make.
HOW? |
BANNED Posts: 681 Joined: 6 Dec 2007 | Billy Zane deserves it.
I mean come on; he should have known better. |
Paperboy Posts: 21 Joined: 11 Aug 2006 | HalfShadow:
Billy Zane deserves it.
I mean come on; he should have known better.
Man, that's what I was going to post! Something to the effect that he deserves to sued for participating in that monstrosity, but the gist is the same. |
News Room Contributor Posts: 8044 Joined: 12 Nov 2002 | HEY!
Don't be talking shit about Billy Zane. |
BANNED Posts: 681 Joined: 6 Dec 2007 | Zane signed up for a Uwe Boll movie.
That's like signing up to get AIDS. |
Press Junketeer Posts: 443 Joined: 1 Feb 2008 | Bloodrayne wasn't that bad, I distinctly remember tits. :P |
Muckraker Posts: 237 Joined: 22 Jan 2008 | Malygris:
HEY!
Don't be talking shit about Billy Zane.
HalfShadow:
Zane signed up for a Uwe Boll movie.
That's like signing up to get AIDS.
both valid points but i must say complaining about billy zane being in a bad movie is like complaining about christopher walking showing up in the middle of random movies, it's kinda what they do, sometimes it's a good thing, sometimes it sucks big time. |
Pulitzer Laureate Posts: 983 Joined: 21 Feb 2008 | Since when was Billy Zane a "notable talent"? |
On the Record Posts: 5674 Joined: 2 Dec 2007 | HalfShadow:
Zane signed up for a Uwe Boll movie.
That's like signing up to get AIDS.
Best quote I've ever heard. It's so true. You want to ruin your career and get sued by your own director? Work with Uwe Boll. |
Uwe Boll Sues Billy Zane
Film director and all-around maniac Uwe Boll is suing Billy Zane, claiming the actor failed to live up to an agreement with Boll regarding promotion and distribution of the 2005 film Bloodrayne.
In the suit, Boll claimed Zane suggested Bloodrayne's U.S. theatrical distribution should be handled by Romar Entertainment, and that along with Romar founder James Schramm, promised the movie would open in 2000 theaters across the country. A $10 million advance paid to Romar was intended to be used for advertising and promotion, according to the Hollywood Reporter, but Boll said the movie only opened in 950 screens. Despite this, Zane and Schramm received "at least" $900,000 in payments from the deal. Romar Entertainment's website indicates the company is no longer is business.
Zane appeared in Bloodrayne as Elrich, alongside other notable talents including Kristianna Loken, Michael Madsen, Udo Kier, Meat Loaf and utterly inexplicably, Oscar winner Ben Kingsley. Zane has appeared in numerous movies and television shows over the course of career spanning more than 20 years, but is widely regarded by critics as being particularly awesome in 1995's Tales From the Crypt: Demon Knight. Despite speculation to the contrary, he was in fact not the bald guy from The Mummy.
Boll is well-known to videogamers and movie fans alike for making shockingly bad movies based on videogames, with previous efforts including Alone in the Dark and In the Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege Tale. Unsurprisingly, Bloodrayne flopped badly upon release, and ended up making only $4 million in worldwide box-office sales. The movie cost $25 million to make.
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