The German B-movie filmmaker appears to be trolling 'Resident Evil' director Paul W.S. Anderson, who is planning an official reboot of the zombie franchise, adapted from the hit video game.
Boll is set to begin principle photography of the film on September 5 in Germany, with Jonathan Cherry and Ona Grauer, the original stars offrom a script co-written by Lutz Geiger, with long-term partner Michael Roesch producing.
Boris Wolffgardt is a co-producer on the project.film follows a group of students who book a boat trip to an island to attend a rave only to discover the place is infested by zombies centered. The bulk of the action takes place in a derilict house where the survivors hold up to fight off the undead onslaught.will be based in a castle.
“So in a way,” said Roesch, “we’re upgrading from a house full of zombies to a castle full of zombies. ”, like most Boll movies, was trashed by critics on release but went on to gross more than $10 million on domestic release and, according to Boll, has earned over $100 million on home video and VOD worldwide to date.
Michael Hurst directed a straight-to-video sequel,, I immediately knew that it will be a soulless CGI orgy”, said Boll in a statement.
“And I want to do a completely different zombie movie: Bloody, gory and handmade. ”, another of his early video game adaptations. Boll´s Event Films has optioned the film rights to survival horror video game series from publisher THQ Nordic. The original Alone in the Dark starred Christian Slater and Tara Reid.
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