Wherein, I rewrote frantically in a conference room at the studio and in various cafes around Vancouver. Then they filmed it the next week. Not nominated for any awards that I’m aware of but possibly passed over for a Golden Raspberry.
Yeah, I’ve done a little writing for the movies. Though I’ve never actually watched them, I’m perversely proud of having two produced screenwriting credits. Both were for the infamous German director, Uwe Boll. (You know, that guy who challenged his critics to a boxing match, then pounded them into the canvas.) He’s an auteur, so scripts — when there is one — are merely a suggestion.
His formula is to acquire the movie rights to a video game franchise, hire some name brand talent (Sir Ben Kingsley was in the first BloodRayne) or at least some nice-to-look-at talent, then assemble an A-list production crew to help him realize these fine works of cinematic art.
You might recognize the guy with the Glock in the Far Cry poster. That’s Til Schweiger, a respected and prolific filmmaker/actor. He played Sgt. Hugo Stiglitz in Tarantino’s Inglorious Basterds.
I also ended up writing a magazine piece tangentially related to these experiences. I joined a film’s military advisor on his annual training course for extras acting like tactical units or soldiers on-screen. Fully-automatic, door-kicking fun.