Majesco's 'Bloodrayne' goes Hollywood
EDISON, NJ, September 04, 2003 - Continuing its strategy of developing
cornerstone franchise properties with widespread commercial appeal, Majesco,
one of the fastest-growing publishers of interactive entertainment software,
today announced a deal that will take their popular action/horror video
game, BloodRayne to the silver screen. Vierte Boll Kino Beteiligungs-GmbH &
Co. KG (Boll KG), the production company responsible for several film
adaptations of video games including Alone in the Dark and House of the
Dead, has purchased the theatrical film and merchandise rights for the game.
Executive producer and director Dr. Uwe Boll, expects to begin filming
BloodRayne sometime in 2004 and estimates a budget in the $30 million range.
Shawn Williamson (White Noise, Alone in the Dark) of Brightlight Pictures is
set to produce.
"BloodRayne is one of the select interactive entertainment franchises that
transcends the video game genre and appeals to mainstream entertainment
audiences," said Jesse Sutton, President of Majesco. "With its unique blend
of action, horror, and sex appeal, BloodRayne contains major crossover
potential and we are continuing to explore additional licensing
opportunities."
"We think BloodRayne is a dynamic, compelling anti-hero and a contemporary,
smart standard bearer for the genre" says Boll from the set of Alone in the
Dark, currently wrapping production with Brightlight Pictures in Vancouver
with Christian Slater, Tara Reid and Stephen Dorff. "We look forward to
bringing her-and the game--to life on film."
Williamson adds, "I'm looking forward to continuing my collaboration with
Uwe, and to continuing to build Brighlight's reputation in producing
terrific entertainment with these films."
Originally released for console on October 2002, with a PC release scheduled
for September 9 of this year, BloodRayne features the sexy, supernatural,
huntress BloodRayne, an unholy breed of human and vampire. An explosive
force with gymnastic dexterity and an intense lust for blood and action,
BloodRayne was raised and trained by a secret agency to hunt down and
eliminate supernatural threats around the globe.
Consumers looking for more information on BloodRayne can visit the official
Majesco site at www.BloodRayne.com . The site
contains movies and screen shots from the game; additional background on the
interactive world's most deliciously wicked hunter of evil; unique downloads
and other special features.
About Majesco
Headquartered in Edison, NJ, with offices in the United Kingdom, Majesco was
founded in 1986 and is a leading international developer, publisher and
distributor of interactive entertainment products for the Xbox(r),
PlayStation(r)2 computer entertainment system, Nintendo GameCube(tm) and
Game Boy(r) Advance systems, as well as the personal computer. Included
among these are Majesco's Drake, a comic book-styled shooter for Xbox(r) and
PC, and Black9, an original action/RPG for console and PC, both scheduled
for release this fall. Already scheduled for a spring 2004 release is
Majesco's highly-anticipated Advent Rising, the first in a trilogy of
intergalactic action/adventure games and novels, scheduled for Xbox(r) and
PC. Majesco can be found on the World Wide Web at
http://www.majescogames.com/ .
About Boll KG
With $US29 million in production funds raised in the past year, Boll KG is a
fast-growing upstart film production entity based in Frankfurt, Germany
under the aegis of Dr. Uwe Boll. With this most recent acquisition, Boll
has emerged as a pre-eminent developer and producer of films based on video
games. Artisan will release House of the Dead, based on the Sega franchise,
this Fall; Boll is about to wrap production on a film adaptation of Atari's
Alone in the Dark in Vancouver. Both films were produced with Shawn
Williamson's Brightlight Pictures.
cornerstone franchise properties with widespread commercial appeal, Majesco,
one of the fastest-growing publishers of interactive entertainment software,
today announced a deal that will take their popular action/horror video
game, BloodRayne to the silver screen. Vierte Boll Kino Beteiligungs-GmbH &
Co. KG (Boll KG), the production company responsible for several film
adaptations of video games including Alone in the Dark and House of the
Dead, has purchased the theatrical film and merchandise rights for the game.
Executive producer and director Dr. Uwe Boll, expects to begin filming
BloodRayne sometime in 2004 and estimates a budget in the $30 million range.
Shawn Williamson (White Noise, Alone in the Dark) of Brightlight Pictures is
set to produce.
"BloodRayne is one of the select interactive entertainment franchises that
transcends the video game genre and appeals to mainstream entertainment
audiences," said Jesse Sutton, President of Majesco. "With its unique blend
of action, horror, and sex appeal, BloodRayne contains major crossover
potential and we are continuing to explore additional licensing
opportunities."
"We think BloodRayne is a dynamic, compelling anti-hero and a contemporary,
smart standard bearer for the genre" says Boll from the set of Alone in the
Dark, currently wrapping production with Brightlight Pictures in Vancouver
with Christian Slater, Tara Reid and Stephen Dorff. "We look forward to
bringing her-and the game--to life on film."
Williamson adds, "I'm looking forward to continuing my collaboration with
Uwe, and to continuing to build Brighlight's reputation in producing
terrific entertainment with these films."
Originally released for console on October 2002, with a PC release scheduled
for September 9 of this year, BloodRayne features the sexy, supernatural,
huntress BloodRayne, an unholy breed of human and vampire. An explosive
force with gymnastic dexterity and an intense lust for blood and action,
BloodRayne was raised and trained by a secret agency to hunt down and
eliminate supernatural threats around the globe.
Consumers looking for more information on BloodRayne can visit the official
Majesco site at www.BloodRayne.com . The site
contains movies and screen shots from the game; additional background on the
interactive world's most deliciously wicked hunter of evil; unique downloads
and other special features.
About Majesco
Headquartered in Edison, NJ, with offices in the United Kingdom, Majesco was
founded in 1986 and is a leading international developer, publisher and
distributor of interactive entertainment products for the Xbox(r),
PlayStation(r)2 computer entertainment system, Nintendo GameCube(tm) and
Game Boy(r) Advance systems, as well as the personal computer. Included
among these are Majesco's Drake, a comic book-styled shooter for Xbox(r) and
PC, and Black9, an original action/RPG for console and PC, both scheduled
for release this fall. Already scheduled for a spring 2004 release is
Majesco's highly-anticipated Advent Rising, the first in a trilogy of
intergalactic action/adventure games and novels, scheduled for Xbox(r) and
PC. Majesco can be found on the World Wide Web at
http://www.majescogames.com/ .
About Boll KG
With $US29 million in production funds raised in the past year, Boll KG is a
fast-growing upstart film production entity based in Frankfurt, Germany
under the aegis of Dr. Uwe Boll. With this most recent acquisition, Boll
has emerged as a pre-eminent developer and producer of films based on video
games. Artisan will release House of the Dead, based on the Sega franchise,
this Fall; Boll is about to wrap production on a film adaptation of Atari's
Alone in the Dark in Vancouver. Both films were produced with Shawn
Williamson's Brightlight Pictures.