After winning an Oscar for the Pulp Fiction screenplay, Roger Avary kicked off his directing career with The Rules Of Attraction. However his career took a major hit when he was locked up on vehicular manslaughter charges (his pic to the right is his mugshot). He was released in 2010 and now it appears he’s hoping to get back into the director’s chair.
He’s signed up to write and direct an action-adventure film, inspired by the iconic game franchise Castle Wolfenstein. While the game is famously violent (at least for its time), the producers are billing this as an action adventure film in the vein of Captain America and Inglourious Basterds.
The story follows a young US Army Captain and a British Special Agent on a top secret mission to Castle Wolfenstein, where Hitler will be for the unveiling of a new secret weapon. After reaching the Castle, our heroes are confronted with Himmler’s SS Paranormal Division and must fight, not only for their survival, but for a mission that could alter the course of the War.
Avary commented, “I’ve been playing the Wolfenstein games since I was a kid, and feel that their outlandish sensibility has deeply influenced my own writing and directing throughout my career. I have always thought Wolfenstein, transformed and opened for the screen to wider audiences not familiar with the games, would be a major cinematic experience, which is why I introduced it to Samuel [Hadida, producer]. He bought the rights, and I could not be happier that we are now embarking on this adventure.”
Distribution rights are currently being sold at the American Film Market. (Source: Variety)
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