Kristanna Loken In BloodRayne

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http://www.bloodrayne2.com/news/16/

 

Terminator 3 star Kristanna Loken signs on as lead in film adaptation of BloodRayne Video Game

 

For Immediate Release

August 3rd, 2004

 

Boll KG and Brightlight Pictures to begin shooting in August 2004

 

(Vancouver, BC) – Kristanna Loken, best known for her role opposite Arnold Schwarzenegger in T3: Rise of the Machines, has signed on as the title character in the film adaptation of the popular Majesco action-horror video game BloodRayne.

 

Loken will begin work on BloodRayne in August 2004 shooting in locations throughout Romania. As the film’s lead, Loken will play the title character who is half human and half vampire, driven by vengeance to overthrow her father, Kagan, king of all vampires.

 

A former model, Kristanna Loken first caught worldwide attention with her role as the villainous T-X in the highly anticipated T3 sequel. Loken has also appeared in the feature films Academy Boyz (2001) and Panic (2001) and just completed Uli Edel’s feature film Kingdom in Twilight.

 

Of Loken’s casting, Producer Shawn Williamson said, “I loved Kristanna in T3 and am excited to see how she brings the character of Rayne to life.”

 

BloodRayne marks the sixth collaboration between Shawn Williamson, principal and producer of Vancouver-based film production company Brightlight Pictures and German Director/Producer Uwe Boll. Boll directs the picture that is written by Guinevere Turner (American Psycho).

 

BloodRayne Director, Uwe Boll, said, “Kristanna Loken is perfect for BloodRayne. She is strong, tall, athletic, sexy – everything that BloodRayne is.”

 

Loken is represented by Eddy Yablans at International Creative Management and managed by Miles Levy.

 

About BloodRayne

Majesco’s popular action-horror video game series features the sexy, super-natural BloodRayne, the most deliciously wicked action heroine ever to grace a console game. This October, Rayne is challenged with her most personal battle yet in BloodRayne 2, for the Xbox® video game system from Microsoft, Sony PlayStation®2 computer entertainment system, and PC. More information can be found at http://www.bloodrayne2.com.

 

About Majesco

Established in 1986 and headquartered in Edison, NJ, with offices in the United Kingdom, Majesco Holdings Inc., operating through its wholly owned subsidiary, Majesco Sales Inc., is a leading developer, publisher and distributor of interactive entertainment products for the Xbox® video game system from Microsoft, Sony PlayStation®2 computer entertainment system, and Nintendo GameCube™ and Game Boy® Advance systems, as well as the personal computer. The Company’s 2004 lineup includes BloodRayne 2, the sequel to its popular action/horror series, and the launch of its Game Boy® Advance Video product line, which utilizes the Company’s proprietary video compression technology to enable consumers to view commercial-grade video on a standard Nintendo Game Boy Advance system. Advent Rising, the first in a trilogy of action/adventure games, will ship to stores in 2005. More information about our Company can be found online at www.majescogames.com.

 

About Boll KG:

With 78 million dollars in production funds raised in the past two years, Boll KG is a fast-growing film production entity based in Frankfurt, Germany under the aegis of Dr. Uwe Boll. With this most recent acquisition, Boll has emerged as a pre-eminent director and producer of films based on video games. Artisan Entertainment released House of the Dead, based on the Sega franchise, in Fall 2003; Boll is in post-production on a film adaptation of Atari’s Alone in the Dark (Christian Slater, Tara Reid and Stephen Dorff) in Vancouver.

 

About Brightlight Pictures:

A feature film and television production company based in Vancouver and Victoria, BC, Brightlight Pictures develops, finances and produces independent feature films and television projects for the domestic and international marketplace. Company principals and producers, Stephen Hegyes and Shawn Williamson, have produced over 50 productions in the last 10 years, including Bruce Sweeney’s Last Wedding which opened the 2001 Toronto International Film Festival and starred Molly Parker and The Long Weekend a Canada / UK co-production between Brightlight Pictures and Gold Circle Films UK starring Chris Klein and Brendan Fehr. Brightlight Pictures recently Line Produced Edison for Millennium Films and Emmett Furla Films starring Kevin Spacey, Morgan Freeman, LL Cool J and Justin Timberlake. Brightlight is currently producing Bloodrayne, set to shoot in Romania. More information on Brightlight Pictures can be found at www.brightlightpictures.com.

[AndrewTS 0]

Bloodrayne is a "popular series?" The 2nd game isn't even out, and I didn't think the first sold all that well.

 

Really odd choice for a video game movie.

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Female Vampire who kills Nazi's... I'll wait for it to come on HBO.

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I'll download it, and hope Kristanna Loken shows tits...I'd definitely marry...well basically just fuck that chick. She's on my list of hottest women.

[Guest Urine Sane]

Uwe Boll sucks ass, House of The Dead is one of the worst movies ever made, and he thinks it's great.

[Guest Agent of Oblivion]

Mmm. Chick Terminator.

[Guest Vitamin X]

I'd let her suck me dry

[Vyce 0]

I didn't have a clue who she was until I clicked on this thread and was reminded that she was in T3.

[Exslade ZX 0]

She was also this chick...

 

 

She's definitely come a long way.. heh..when I first saw her, like when she started appearing in movies..I swear I thought she was like black..or mixed. And then when I saw pics, and saw her on Boy Meets world it was just like . That's her. But anyways, she's always been hot.

[Guest Vitamin X]

Ah, Unhappily Ever After. My favorite Married with Children ripoff.

 

Good lord Nikki Cox is hot as hell. My favorite redhead.

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Speaking of which, why isn't Nikki Cox playing BloodRayne. They are both red heads and have big boobs. It could work.

[Guest Vitamin X]

She doesn't look quite evil enough, and I think she's a bit too feminine and curvy. I think BloodRayne should be tall and more athletic, which fits Loken perfectly, so long as she dyes her hair red.

[Ravenbomb 0]

she had red hair in Mortal Kombat: Conquest

 

 

wasn't Unhappily Ever After the one where the dad had the stuffed rabbit in the basement?

[AndrewTS 0]

"wasn't Unhappily Ever After the one where the dad had the stuffed rabbit in the basement? "

 

Yeah, it was on WB. I guess you could call it a Married...with Children rip-off--even though the MWC writers actually made it.

[Guest Vitamin X]

That doesn't protect it from being a complete ripoff of the original with different actors and the children's roles reversed (as Nikki Cox's character was the intelligent one, and the boy was the braindead one).

 

I did love the stuffed rabbit though, wasn't Bobcat Goldwaith(sp?) the voice for it?

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yea

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Speaking of which, why isn't Nikki Cox playing BloodRayne. They are both red heads and have big boobs. It could work.

Because Loken actually looks like the BloodRayne character. Heck look at that MK pic.

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I did love the stuffed rabbit though, wasn't Bobcat Goldwaith(sp?) the voice for it?

Bobcat & Nikki Coxx got married after meeting on that show.

 

Lucky Bobcat.

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she had red hair in Mortal Kombat: Conquest

whoa whoa whoa, hold up a sec...Mortal Kombat: Conquest???

 

what the hell was this and when did it come out? was this a movie or a short-lived series?

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I did love the stuffed rabbit though, wasn't Bobcat Goldwaith(sp?) the voice for it?

Bobcat & Nikki Coxx got married after meeting on that show.

 

Lucky Bobcat.

And you know Nikki Cox and the guy that played Ryan her brother were dating each other the first year or two year on the show before she went out with Bobcat.

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Nikki Cox has an uggo fetish. Poor, deluded girl.

 

Anyway, Cinescape just put up this bit of info:

Actor Ben Kingsley, currently on screen as The Hood in THUNDERBIRDS, will play the villain in the $50 million dollar feature film BLOODRAYNE that's based on the video game property. Kingsley will play Kagan, a half-human, half-vampire leader of an army of undead that wants to rule the world. His daughter is BloodRayne (to be played by TERMINATOR 3's Kristanna Loken), his own flesh and blood whose sworn to destroy him.

 

BLOODRAYNE director Uwe Boll confirmed the casting of Kingsley on Insomniac Mania as well as said that Michelle Rodriguez (THE FAST AND THE FURIOUS, RESIDENT EVIL) is also in the cast. A longtime friend and regular cast member in Boll's films, actor Will Sanderson will also have a part in BLOODRAYNE.

 

The German-born director also confirmed that the picture's special effects will be done by Toybox, Upstart and Doug Oddy, and that the story for the movie borrows the game's search for three talismans that were once part of an ancient and powerful vampire.

 

Filming on BLOODRAYNE is scheduled to commence this month in Romania.

[Soja 0]

whoa whoa whoa, hold up a sec...Mortal Kombat: Conquest???

 

what the hell was this and when did it come out?  was this a movie or a short-lived series?

Short-lived TV series on TNT. Often it was paired with Nitro, but never did anything worthwhile ratings-wise.

 

Not too remarkable of a show, save a few things.

 

Haku powerbombing people.

Jaime Pressly actually wearing some clothes.

Reptile bumping uglies with Alotta Fagina.

 

Then Shao Khan descended down, beats the proverbial piss out of Rayden, and then proceeds to murder the entire cast (including Kung Lao, Reptile, Kitana, Quan Chi & Shang Tsung himself). The End.

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So THAT's how it ended. Thanks I remembered what happened just not the circumstances that led to it. Yeah I was kinda "WTF?" after that last episode, then laughed for some strange reason.

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I hate it for anyone looking forward to this flick, but it's going to suck every which way to Sunday. Uwe Boll should be aborted before he commits anymore filmmaking blasphemy.

 

 

 

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Oh wow, so THIS is what a piece of shit looks like in film form:

 

http://media.cinema-post.de/BRay_TTeas.mpg

 

Someone should take Uwe Boll out back, beat the living hell out of him, and force him out of the film industry.

 

http://filmforce.ign.com/articles/583/5835....html?fromint=1

 

"It's really brutal and there is stuff in it, we have a really, really hot sex scene with Lokken where she is completely naked."

 

 

Seriously, this guy has got to be the biggest joke in the history of Hollywood, if not THE biggest, then he's up near the top.

 

-BOLL: Alone in the Dark will definitely make much more money that House of the Dead so my weight goes up in that matter.

 

IGNFF: How many theaters does Alone reach this weekend?

 

BOLL: 2,200. Hide and Seek has 3,100 or something like that, so they will make more box office, but the question is did they make also a better screen per screen average… The estimates right now are eight million for the weekend if you go to [box office prediction] websites. Eight million would not be great but would be good. Let's say this way, I would not be disappointed...

 

Weekend Box office:

 

Hide & Seek: $21.9m (PTA: $7307)

 

Alone in the Dark: $2.8m (PTA: $1334)

 

I doubt AitD will even reach 8 million for the FINAL total.

 

Here is one of the greatest quotes from a director about a film...EVER. Here he is talking about AitD:

 

It's really brutal and there is stuff in it...

 

Holy crap, it's really brutal AND there is stuff in it!???

 

And then we have this gem of a quote:

 

Here's the thing, I always try to, [if you] say it negative, I steal from other movies...

 

"It's proven that a lot of people in the theater, they have problems in a lot of cases, if the movie has two plots or something, if a movie gets a little complicated, then it's too much for the audience."

 

"Yes, I'm going tomorrow to the theater. (Laughs) Don't tell it to the people, they will chase me and track me down and kill me. (Laughs)"

 

"It's not like, that I give a s*** what the fans say, but it's tough… A lot of people who are trashing me, they don't know that it's absolutely not easy to get videogame-based movies made and distributed."

 

Just check out the interview, it's full of bullshit from this hack.

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Already saw the interview and commented about it on another board. After seeing Alone in the Dark (for free, for mocking purposes only ) I wonder just how horrible Bloodrayne can be.

 

Well...I guess I could look at it this way--he cast Tara Reid in AitD and apparently thought it would be able to stand up enough on it's own merits that she didn't have to get naked or show any skin on screen for that "sex scene."

 

However, *this* movie...oh, it's gonna hurt.

 

Wait a minute--okay, Alone in the Dark cost 20 million bucks in production budget alone, opened to just over 10% of that, and they gave him a 50 million dollar production budget?!?!

 

Okay, I guess it's a little late for anything to be done about it (BR's in post now, I believe), but...damn.

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I hope www.stopuweboll.com starts up soon.

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I hope www.stopuweboll.com starts up soon.

http://www.uweboll.com/

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Nothing can stop Uwe Boll.

As long as he doesn't touch anything I care about then all is well.

 

Right now he is just lying dead franchises to rest. It'll be fun to see what happens when he touches a series on top of the charts.

 

Like say, Halo.

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The reviews and various thoughts are starting to trickle in:

 

http://www.bloody-disgusting.com/review.php?id=463

 

Uwe Boll is becoming a man of legend, and has quickly become a household name among horror fans. Like I've said many times before, his vision is one that only one man in history can compete with- Ed Wood. He has a heart of gold and is quite the producer, but when it comes to directing a million dollar picture, one must wonder, can anyone truly be that bad? Sometimes I wonder what I could do with $25 million bucks- let alone $60 (Dungeon Siege), and I'm not saying I could do any better- what I'm saying is, when is enough, enough?

 

In eighteenth century Romania, Rayne (Kristanna Loken), a dhampir (half-human, half-vampire), prone to fits of blind blood rage but saddled with a compunction for humans, strives to avenge her mother's rape by her father, Kagan (Ben Kingsley), King of Vampires. Two vampire hunters, Sebastian (Matthew Davis) and Vladimir (Michael Madsen), from the Brimstone Society persuade her to join their cause.

 

Starting on a positive note, BloodRayne is by far a superior film to both Alone in the Dark and House of the Dead. Although still terrible in just about every way, there are some salvageable highlights. First off there are some sequences with Kristanna Loken where she has what they call 'Blood Rage'. Basically when you're an inexperienced vampire you lash out in an uncontrolled fashion seeking blood. There are a few scenes in which Loken has these fits and they are shot beautifully- they're racy, violent and turbo-charged. These scenes are the equivalent to the awesome 'firing squad in the dark' scene in AITD. Another highlight to the film is the amount of blood that gets drained. Every single time there's a vampire bite we see chunks of flesh fly off and blood spilling everywhere. There are tons of throats slit and stomachs slashed open, which seem to all be inspired by Tarantino's Kill Bill. The only downfall to this is that at times Uwe shows too much, and/or the CGI blood looks too campy and fake.

 

The final thing that Uwe did well was capture the essence of the world the movie takes place in. There are some extraordinary shots from the sky of the hills and landscape, which were obviously inspired by Lord of the Rings (Uwe likes to use other directors visions in his movies). But alas, all good must eventually come to an end- let's begin with the horrid wardrobe and set design. One sequence Loken battles an ogre/vampire of some sort in a small dungeon. The bricks look ridiculously fake, especially when they are broken apart by the club of the ogre/vampire. Oh my god, and the ridiculous outfits and wigs worn by the stars! Ben Kingsly and Meat Loaf must have felt like complete jack-asses whenever the camera was on them. Then there was mullet boy and tattoo man (that's the guy with the stupid ass 'I'm too cool for words' haircut). And the weapondry- every time we catch a close up of the swords I couldn't believe how fake they looked, and this is a $25 million pic! I'm not going to even get into the outfits (even though Loken looked HOT in her little leather piece).

 

Speaking of sexy leather outfits, Uwe always manages to squeeze a sex scene into his opus of events. This sex scene was just as random as Tara Reid climbing into bed with a sleeping Christian Slater and waking him up with a little ‘shwing’ action in AITD. In BloodRayne Rayne is sleeping and having nightmares about lashing out at victims (the blood rage sequences) and then she wakes up. The second she wakes up she runs over to mullet boy and tears his clothes off- I think her breasts were exposed quicker than any porn I've ever seen. I felt bad laughing but it was so incredibly random. The main problem when you disect it all? There's a lack of build up and no sexual tension early on; Uwe doesn't know how to build a character for sh-t. He just lumps big stars into a movie and tells them to read their lines (or so it appears) without any motivation whatsoever.

 

I wonder if Christopher Walken was approached for a role in this movie- Michael Madsen's role to be exact. I also wonder if after Walken turned down the part if Uwe told Michael to make sure he acts like Christopher Walken would? The entire movie Madsen speaks just like you'd expect Walken to, I often questioned if it was just Michael trying to remember his lines. Udo Kier was wonderful as always and so was Ben Kingsley. I've always been a big fan of Michelle Rodriguez and think she also did a tremendous job for being in an Uwe Boll flick. But I still want to know, what was the point of Billy Zane's character? I guess it was in his best interests to not be in much of the film anyways. What annoyed the hell out of me the most was how often the accents came and went, especially the gypsy woman (she was incredibly out of place). Why would you attempt to make a period piece if you can't even get your actors to keep their accents? Sheesh.

 

The action sequences ranged from terrible to excellent. Some of the swordfights came off quite well, especially in the midst of a larger battle- but when Uwe stuck two stars face to face they often ran long and boring- not to mention all the tiresome dialogue mixed in (think something like- "I’m the best, no I'm the best!").

 

In the end the movie felt way too long (even at 96 minutes) and had me bored to tears (just watch the trailer and times it by 10). In addition, the screenplay was loaded with useless dialogue and characters (Bill Zane). BloodRayne was your typical Boll style filled with tired action sequences and lack of motivation (or preparation?). If you want to shell out $10 to see a $25 million dollar student film, this is the time to do it. As much as I think Uwe's films are terrible, I can't wait to see what he does with $60 million dollars!!

 

The following was posted on DVDTalk:

 

I saw this tonight (according to Boll, it was the first time that even he'd seen the finished product, with all of the effects and music in place).  It was probably Uwe Boll's best film to date...and it was absolutely horrible.  I must say, though, the Q&A after the film (with Uwe Boll and Will Sanderson) was the most entertaining I've ever seen.  Some quotes:

 

Boll: "I didn't like this script at all.  In fact, when we were filming...I just took chunks of it out.  Instead of the bad dialogue, you just get straight down to somebody getting smashed in the head or something."

 

Boll: "It was an honor working with Siu-Tung Ching on "In the Name of the King."  He's done such great work in movies like House of Flying Daggers and Hero, that it's just something else to watch him work.  I mean, like, Michael Madsen is just drunk all of the time.  [long pause]  Don't get me wrong, I like him, but when he stumbles onto the set everyday drunk...it's just an honor to work with somebody like Siu-Tung Ching."

 

Sanderson: "Uwe is just somebody that it's so much fun to...that you just love to hate."

 

Q&A Moderator: "You're...with all of the people talking about you on the internet, I mean...it seems like a lot of people don't really like, or appreciate...  Um, it just seems like your work is very...it's very love or hate."

 

Boll: "I don't really like the movies I make.  I mean, they're...well I don't have a production company.  So, we get our financing from elsewhere.  So, when the movie does well, we get 40% of what it makes.  And like, Alone in the Dark was a bomb in the theaters.  But worldwide, it makes money, and it sold a lot on DVD too.  So when it turns a profit, it's just...well you have to keep doing what pays well, especially when you're not independently financed."

 

I could go on and on.  The Q&A was comparable to...what analogy can I make here?  Okay, when you're parked at a red light, and you look over and see some guy picking his nose.  The poor guy is making a complete fool of himself, and you're sitting there watching it...and he doesn't have the slightest clue.  It was really quite fascinating.

 

Anyway, horrible movie...but if you get a chance to see a free advanced screening (or if it's part of a film festival you've gotten a badge to) and there's a Uwe Boll Q&A afterwards, GO.  Show up after the film if you must, but my god, it was the most entertaining thing I've seen in a movie theater in my entire life.

 

-JP

 

Haha, reading over Harry Knowles' review at AICN, I found a few more Uwe Boll Q&A quotes that I left out of my earlier post...

 

Uwe, in response to the moderator's question regarding people making fun of him: "Stop.  Please, stop."  It was the most pitiful plea for mercy I've ever seen.

 

Uwe, dead serious, in response to Will Sanderson's claim that he's fun to make fun of: "Yes, it's fun to make fun of the German, because I Nazi and make movie with that Nazi money."  The audience couldn't contain their laughter after that one.

 

"A lot of times, people who make movies, one of the first things they do is get a cast.  I don't think that's wise.  Me, I don't care who my cast is...I wait until the very last minute.  It's worked for me, because by doing that, I get big name stars who have holes in their schedules.  Every movie, I wait later and later, and the cast keeps getting more and more recognizable.  On this one, we cast it two weeks before we started filming."

 

Sanderson: "In that scene with Meat Loaf...those are whores.  [audience laughs]  No...I mean actual Romanian mafia-owned whores."

 

Uwe, about the Romanian whores: "They were better than actors. We looked for local Romanian actresses, but there they are all from the theater and act very broadly. For 150 euros apiece the whores would be naked and do as they were told. It was better."

 

So fucking entertaining.

 

-JP

 

And then some news on yet another Uwe Boll project:

 

By John Gaudiosi

Tue Oct 25, 1:26 AM ET

 

LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - The controversial video game "Postal," which has sold more than 1 million units despite being banned in 13 countries and publicly condemned by U.S. Sen. Joe Lieberman, is heading to the big screen.

 

Producer-director Uwe Boll has optioned the game from developer Running With Scissors with plans to film the $10 million-$15 million feature in late 2006 for a 2007 theatrical release that would mark the 10th anniversary of the game's release.

 

Boll, a fan of the "Postal" game franchise, sees the film as "Pulp Fiction" meets "Falling Down," the Michael Douglas film about a crazed working stiff.

 

"The film will have all the political incorrectness and American craziness from the game, wrapped around an action-thriller story line," Boll said.

 

Vince Desi, CEO of independent game developer Running With Scissors, said the film will introduce the mainstream audience to its lead character, the Postal Dude, and the story will include elements from both titles in the franchise.

 

Desi describes Postal Dude as "an average white-trash guy living in a trailer who smokes pot, drinks beer and hates his wife." The character in the first-person shooter "is more concerned with getting through the day than saving the world," Desi said.

 

Gary Coleman appeared as himself in the game "Postal 2" and is set to make an appearance in the film version.

 

"Oh my god, if the game was any indication, Running With Scissors' 'Postal' movie will leave an indelible scar on Hollywood," Coleman said. "I can't wait."

 

Although the film is expected to earn an R rating, Desi said a lot has changed in the decade since "Postal" was introduced.

 

"I don't see a backlash from this film because for whatever reason, the mainstream media only single out the games industry when it comes to violence," Desi said. "Filmmakers can pretty much do what they please."

 

Running With Scissors is developing "Postal 3" for Microsoft's Xbox 360 and PC with an expected release date of first-quarter 2008. Desi said the film or DVD release likely will tie into the launch of the new game.

 

Reuters/Hollywood Reporter