A visit to theblackoutfilm.com will take you to the website for Blackout: The Film where Mr Boll is apparently asking for donations of 33 Euros from punters (or co-producers) in order to achieve the mighty sum of, wait for it… $18,500,000! Yes, that’s eighteen and a half million dollars, folks; just think of the movie Uwe could make with that… To be frank, I’d rather spend 33 Euros on a decent night out, or a colonic irrigation than fund another Boll movie, but at least this project has nothing to do with games, for once, which should please gamers around the globe. Quite what develops from this we’ll have to wait and see, but the closing informational statement on the site of “in case the full budget cannot be reached on time, but a minimum of 43% of the mentioned amount at least, the management decides whether the film will be produced with the reduced budget or the closing date of the present offer will be extended” doesn’t bode well.
