Cannes: Uwe Boll Plans Return to Filmmaking With ‘Ness’ (Exclusive)

The notorious director of 'Rampage,' 'Postal' and 'Far Cry' is planning a $25 million film on legendary 'The Untouchables' agent Eliot Ness post-'The Untouchables.'

filmmaking with a $25 million movie on crime fighter Eliot Ness, the special agent who famously took down Al Capone, a story told in Brian de Palma’s, will pick up the story later in Eliot Ness’ career, as he tries to catch a serial killer known as “The Butcher of Kingsbury Run,” responsible for a number of grisly

murders in Cleveland’s Kingsbury Run shantytown. Whitney Scott Bain wrote the screenplay, basing the story on the true-life case. Boll plans to direct and produce through his Event Film shingle, with Michael Roesch executive producing. Boll said he is currently casting the film and plans to begin principal photography in 2023.

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