Far Cry - Page 2

quote It Has Begun!

June 15, 2007 - Principal photography begins today on Boll KG and Brightlight Pictures' $30 million dollar action adventure Far Cry, based on Ubisofts/Crytek's bestselling first person shooter video game of the same name.

Til Schweiger (King Arthur) stars in the role of the charismatic ex-elite soldier Jack Carver, Emmanuelle Vaugier (Blonde & Blonder, CSI:NY) will play reporter Valerie Cardinal and Craig Fairbrass (The Bank Job) has been cast as Parker.

Udo Kier (Grindhouse, Blade, BloodRayne) will reign as the evil and arrogant Dr. Krieger, the obsessive madman behind many mysteries and deadly secrets of the Krieger Corporation and its creature. Natalia Avelon, Ralf Moeller, Michael Pare (Eddie and the Cruisers), Michael Eklund, Don Davis, Jay Brazeau and Chris Coppola (Postal) round out the cast.

Far Cry is filming in and around Vancouver and the greater Vancouver area. Dan Clarke and Shawn Williamson are the producers. Uwe Boll directs, while his director of photography Mathias Neumann is once again behind the camera. Other key crewmembers include production designer Tink and costume designer Carla Hetland. The screenplay was written by Michael Roesch, Peter Scheerer and Masaji Takei. Original music will be composed by Jessica de Rooij.

Brightlight's Williamson has said, "This is a very exciting project and we are thrilled to have Til Schweiger and Emmanuelle Vaugier headlining this wonderful cast. They are a dynamic combination that will balance the action, wit and look of Far Cry."