Uwe Boll's pledge drive

 

He's Germany's schlockmeister version of Ed Wood, but a whole lot more offensive and not half as clever, and he's set to get the Razzie Award this weekend for a lifetime of disgracing the big screen.

Now Uwe Boll wants you to help him keep doing more of the same.

Don't fall for it, people!

According to a completely horrifying story in a recent THR, Boll is looking for financing for his gestating piece o' crap, the terrorist disaster tale "Blackout." For $49, anyone can become a co-producer. No word on how much it'll cost you to light enough holy candles to purify yourself afterward.

Boll is looking for $18.5 million to make "Blackout," but he'll consider cutting that figure if he doesn't have much response on his specially created Web site (TheBlackoutFilm.com). If there's a little but not enough cash bailout to go forward, he'll send you most of your investment back. You read that right -- most.

If this God-forsaken project comes to fruition, and you've had a hand in that, you'll get a special edition DVD, a chance to win a trip to the set and other Boll-centric swag. And, of course, you'll go straight to hell.

Heard enough? We sure have.

Just remember, if you're even thinking about tossing some ducats at this "filmmaker," that his Razzie nominated "In the Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege Tale," grossed an embarrassing $5 million on a $60 million budget last year. The violent videogame-based "Postal" launched on 13 screens this past summer and had such a dismal opening weekend the distributor didn't even report the numbers. Boll had said pre-premiere that his movie would blow the doors off competitor "Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull." Um, yeah.

Arrogant, greedy and soulless. This guy's so money. Why does he need any of ours?