New Uwe Boll Zombie Movie Riffs On House Of The Dead And 28 Years Later

"Despite the crowdfunding push for the movie failing--no funds were collected from the whopping 39 backers who initially pledged $14,000 to the project--filming will kick off on September 5 in Germany. Jonathan Cherry and Ona Grauer, who starred in the original House of the Dead, are back for this project and Boll has teamed up with his longtime producer Michael Roesch to bring it to life."

"Plot details are being kept under wraps, but Roesch said to THR that the film will be an upgrade when compared to House of the Dead, which was mostly set inside of a derelict home that was besieged by zombies. "We're upgrading from a house full of zombies to a castle full of zombies," Roesch said."

"When the project was first announced, Boll spoke about how he couldn't make a House of the Dead film because of "somebody else" at the time. That someone else is Resident Evil and Event Horizon director Paul W.S. Anderson, who is adapting a new House of the Dead film that will feature The Last of Us star Isabela Merced."

""When I heard that Paul Anderson is rebooting House of the Dead, I immediately knew that it will be a soulless CGI orgy," said Boll in a statement. "And I want to do a completely different zombie movie: Bloody, gory, and handmade.""

23 Years Later: The Castle of the Dead is being produced as a spiritual successor to a 2003 House of the Dead adaptation. The project’s crowdfunding effort failed to raise funds from 39 backers who pledged $14,000, but filming is scheduled to start September 5 in Germany. Jonathan Cherry and Ona Grauer, who starred in the original House of the Dead, are returning. Plot details remain undisclosed. Producer Michael Roesch says the film will be an upgrade from the earlier movie’s derelict home setting by moving to a castle full of zombies. Uwe Boll previously said he could not make a House of the Dead film due to Paul W.S. Anderson’s plans, and Boll criticized Anderson’s reboot as soulless CGI while aiming for a bloody, gory, handmade zombie movie.

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