POSTAL, the World's Most Outrageous Videogame
to Become Major Motion Picture!
Infamous Film Director Uwe Boll Signs
Suicide
Pact with Game Developer Running With Scissors.
Tucson, AZ Start firing those AK-47s into the air
because POSTAL (
http://www.gopostal.com/),
the game franchise that politicians, parents
groups, countless cowardly reviewers and over a
dozen sovereign nations don't want you to play
has just become the latest game to make the
transition to the big screen.
Running with Scissors (RWS), the world's most
dangerous software company, has signed an
appropriately apocalyptic deal with renegade
filmmaker Uwe Boll (
http://www.boll-kg.de/) to
bring the most controversial franchise in gaming
history to the screen in all its blood-drenched,
ironic glory.
Das ist in der Tat ein Pakt mit dem Teufel - und ich glaube, so ironisch und bekloppt wie RWS sind, war das volle Absicht...!
Despite everyone from Steven Spielberg to
Microsoft announcing big money deals involving
films based on video games, this new partnership
between controversial figures in the game and
film industries is destined to become the most
incendiary game-to-film deal yet.
"Uwe Boll is the perfect producer-director to
make POSTAL," affirmed Running With Scissors'
CEO Vince Desi.
"He understands the subject
matter and has an appreciation and affinity for
controversy and political incorrectness. POSTAL
has always been about reason and insanity,
violence and motivation; producer-director Uwe
Boll is simply the right guy to bring that vision to
the screen."
Stimmt in der Tat, Boll kümmert nicht, was die Leute sagen, der Mann macht was er will, und ich beneide ihn darum - wenn er nur nicht so hemmungslos MÜLL machen würde!
The man behind the camera, Hollywood outsider
Uwe Boll ranks POSTAL as his personal, all-time
favorite video game. "I see it like a mirror for our
society -- funny, violent, absurd!" he declared.
"So then the movie must be powerful, strange,
and so full of the game's political incorrect
outrageousness that
if we do it correct, we will
all probably end up in jail!"
Ich bitte inständig darum. Steckt ihn irgendwo hin und gebt ihm nie wieder eine Kamera...
Boll has already produced and directed a series of
films inspired by videogames, including "Alone in
the Dark", "House of the Dead", and the
upcoming "Bloodrayne." Boll is currently on-
location in Canada shooting the cinematic version
of "Dungeon Siege."
The POSTAL saga extends back to 1997 when the
original game was singled out by Sen. Joe
Lieberman as the poster child for mindless
violence in video games. This, in turn, led to it
subsequently being blacklisted at retail outlets
across America. Taking a no-holes barred
approach the relentless crew at Running With
Scissors has built the POSTAL series into a
thriving licensing vehicle, from thongs and baby
tees to coffee mugs and posters, while selling
over a million units worldwide on PC.
In the decade since its original release, the
POSTAL series has become a cult classic in
America and a major success overseas in
countries such as Japan and Russia. It was then
followed by the even more successful sequel,
POSTAL 2, as well as numerous add-on disks,
including the multi-player Share the Pain and the
recent Apocalypse Weekend.
POSTAL is scheduled to begin shooting in 2006
for a 2007 release, which will coincide with the
10th anniversary of the original game's debut.
"Running With Scissors will be creatively involved
in this film," Desi vowed, "from casting to the
script."
For information on POSTAL products and gear,
visit our site GoPostal.Com