An End To Uwe?

Ah, some genuinely good news on the Uwe Boll front ...

We've wondered aloud on more than one occassion on just how exactly it is that Uwe Boll continues to find financing for his films considering that they just flop abysmally, one after the other. Turns out the answer is simple enough ... Boll has been utilizing a loophole in German tax law that allows private investors a hefty tax write off on funds invested into failed films. Boll's films are proven failures, that's for damn sure, so he has no problems whatsoever attracting savvy German investors looking to turn a tax profit by losing money on his films.

Notice the past tense in 'has been utilizing'? That's because the good German people have seen fit to close that particular tax loophole. Effective January 2006 German films that lose money will be only that, German films that lose money. No more incentive to invest in bad films means Boll's stream of investors has just dried up. Better learn to make a decent film that turns a profit, Doc, or your career just went up in smoke ...

Thanks to Roraz for pointing out this, which in turn is based on this entry in the Wikipedia.