I had some contact with German filmmaker Uwe Boll when I was at Generation: Gamerz and we ran a film month with contests and sponsorship of a film festival up in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

So when I saw the rumor over at MinusWorld about him having the rights to a LittleBigPlanet film, well, I had to contact him.

The much maligned Boll is a favorite target of wild and baseless rumors and has been the center of controversy for years due to his films thanks to his unique outlook. His recent success with the Postal film has done little to dissuade many that he should not continue to make films. But 20th Century Fox must have some faith in him as they are attached to Far Cry which is slated for release 02 October 2008 in Germany featuring Udo Kier and Til Schweiger.

So I felt it my journalistic duty to contact Mr. Boll about this latest in a long line of rumors and see if it was true. Of course I shouldn’t even have had to do it but well, rumor mongering is at an all time high these days and so one less rumor means one more news article.

Mr. Boll sent me back a quick reply stating that he did not in fact have rights to the film and is not working on the project. He is actually hard at work on several other projects including:

1. Zombie Massacre (2010) (in production) (producer)
2. BloodRayne 3 (2009) (in production) (producer)
3. Sabotage 1943 (2009) (in production) (producer)
4. Alone in the Dark II (2009)  (post-production) (producer)
5. Stoic (2009) (post-production) (producer)

(List Courtesy of IMDB)

Now I can’t say that I have enjoyed all of Mr. Boll’s films. But some were entertaining. I’m not personally looking forward to BloodRayne 3 unless it’s a huge improvement on the first two, but that’s just my opinion. Obviously there must be a cult following because the 3rd film is in production.

Keep an eye out for a Five Questions With... Uwe Boll as I have asked if he would be interested.