Uwe Paul is back from the dead.
The famous B movie director started production on After 23 years — Castle of the Deada zombie horror film, which the German director describes as an “unofficial sequel” to his 2003 video game adaptation. House of the dead.
Paul is scheduled to begin principal photography on September 5 in Germany, with Jonathan Cherry and Una Grauer, the film’s original stars. House of the deadAnd back to the new feature. Officially, the film has nothing to do with Sega House of the dead Video game because Boll doesn’t have the adaptation rights.
Paul directs After 23 years From a script co-written by Lutz Geiger, with long-term partner Michael Rösch producing. Boris Wolfgardt is an associate producer on the project.
the first House of the dead The film follows a group of students who book a boat trip to an island for a concert only to discover that the place is infested with zombies. The bulk of the events take place in an abandoned house where the survivors stand up to fight off the attack of the undead.
Paul is keeping the plot of the new film under wraps, but he said: After 23 years He will be based in the castle. “So, in a way, we’re upgrading from a house full of zombies to a castle full of zombies,” Roche said.
House of the deadlike most of Boll’s films, was panned by critics upon release but grossed over $10 million on domestic release and, according to Boll, has earned over $100 million from home video and video on demand worldwide to date. Michael Hirst directed a direct-to-video sequel, House of the Dead 2 (2005).
The new zombie movie comes amid news that Paul W. S. Anderson is working on an official movie House of the dead Reboot for Sega. Paul’s impressive move looks like a deliberate trolling of Vampire exit.
“When I heard Paul Anderson was doing a reboot House of the dead“I knew immediately it was going to be a soulless CGI orgy. And I wanted to make a completely different zombie movie: bloody, gory, and handcrafted,” Paul said in a statement.
Paul also announced plans for an official reboot of Alone in the dark (2005), one of his early video game adaptations. Boll´s Event Films has optioned the film rights to a survival horror video game series from publisher THQ Nordic. The original Alone in the Dark starred Christian Slater and Tara Reid.
The prolific Paul enjoys excitement and suspense Vigilant citizenstarring Armie Hammer, will be released this summer via Quiver, and is in post-production on two sequels to his 2024 cop thriller. First transformationwhich was a surprise hit on Paramount+.
