He’s also a ninja when it comes to video game adaptations. He loves them. He’s done three already, and now he’s gettin’ ready for number four: DUNGEON SIEGE.
We just got word that Tony Ching, the action choreographer from such films as HOUSE OF FLYING DAGGERS and HERO, has signed on to lead the choreographing for SIEGE. Is Boll excited?
“I’m excited to have Tony and his team choreographing the action in my movie in not a typical Hollywood kind of way. We’ve developed action sequences never seen before.”
You heard right. Never Seen Before. Wow. That’s quite a statement. And for one who likes Boll (not his movies, but damn, the guy just sounds so nice), I hope he’s right, and he finally rocks our socks off. Wondering what SIEGE is all about? Check it out:
Mining the game’s rich action to weave a classic fable of sword and sorcery, the story begins when Farmer’s wife, Solana, takes their only son to town to sell their harvest, and are attacked by Krugs, ferocious animal-warriors controlled by the evil magus, Gallian. In the battle, their son is killed and Solana is kidnapped. Farmer arrives too late to save her.
Consumed with revenge but holding onto the hope that she may be still alive, Farmer sets out with his old friend, Norick, to find her. What he doesn’t realize is that his very world is being threatened by Gallian who wants to overthrow the ruling leader, King Konreid. Farmer must ally himself with Merick, the only other surviving magus, and take part in a war to end Gallian’s domination and destruction as the King’s traitorous nephew, Duke Fallow, commits treason and launches a coup. Only when Farmer, orphaned as a child, gets close to saving his wife is he told that he not just an ordinary man but the son of the King and heir to the throne, and must choose between loyalty to his family and the duty of prince.
Who else but Boll could pimp a movie like this out? I hope it works, I hope Ching helps Boll get out of his rut, and above all, I hope it doesn’t suck.