It's no secret that most creative projects get their funding with the help of Kickstarter. The online crowdsourcing platform has aided several filmmakers and other talents to give their projects the much needed boost. There is currently a documentary called 'For the Love of Spock' that was famously started by Leonard Nimoy's son Adam and has already garnered 31% of its requirement.
Despite all its success, director Uwe Boll is not impressed with Kickstarter. The director recently made a video that slammed the platform as well as several Hollywood stars and even his own fans.
[Warning, video contains foul language]
The video starts out with a calm Boll introducing himself and speaking about the progress of his Kickstarter campaign for 'Rampage 3: No Mercy.' The 'House of the Dead' director states that the project only has four days to go then gives a message, "F-ck yourself." He continues by saying that the website and its staff "absurd" and that the idea of "crowdfunding is dead."
Boll also says that he will no longer work on 'Rampage' since he doesn't need the money. "I have enough money to play golf until I'm dead," he said.
However, he also claims that although he wants to work on the movie because it is an important film. The director then lashes out at his fans who he says would rather watch the "Marvel Avengers bulls-t dirt." With that he ends his rant by saying, "Goodbye Hollywood."
The director is known for producing film adaptations of video games like the 'Bloodrayne' movie series, 'In the Name of the King,' 'Postal' and 'Far Cry.' He is also famous for responding to negative criticisms on his movies and has even challenged his critics to a 10-round boxing match.
In 2008, Boll was in the news for claiming that he will only retire from Hollywood if there is a petition with one million signatures that should require it. The failure of his Kickstarter campaign seems to be enough for the director to bid Hollywood goodbye.