Actor Michael Madsen is a wanted man after police issued a warrant for his arrest over alleged child support debts.

The BloodRayne star failed to show up at a court hearing regarding his child and spousal support case earlier this month, prompting a judge to find him in contempt, according to documents obtained by TMZ.com.

A warrant was subsequently issued for Madsen's arrest and his bail has been set at $26,000.

Madsen is said to owe around $570,000 in back payments for child and spousal support.

He has been married three times - to actress Georganne LaPiere, Jeannine Bisignano, mother...

Moviemaker Uwe Boll has lashed out at Hollywood's Darfur devotees for failing to help him land a proper release for his harrowing film about the massacres in the Sudan.

In an open letter, printed in industry magazine The Hollywood Reporter, the much-maligned Boll targets George Clooney, Matt Damon, Mia Farrow and "Hotel Rwanda" director Terry George for refusing to back his film "Attack on Darfur."

Angry Boll, the director of movie flops "In the Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege Tale" and "BloodRayne," claims he has reached out to those celebrities who seem to share his concerns for the t...

Sure, many movies based on video games are just that- game play on screen without a controller. We could spend all day listing more than twenty years' worth of these films including 'Super Mario Brothers', 'Mortal Kombat' films, a slew of 'Pokemon' releases, the 'Tomb Raider' films, 'Final Fantasy', 'Resident Evil' films, 'Silent Hill', 'Doom', 'Bloodrayne', 'Hitman', 'Max Payne', and 'Street Fighter' films. The larger question asks, do they have the potential to be more than just idle game play on screen? The answer is sometimes.

The release of 'Gamer', the next in line for the gen...

With Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li arriving in theaters February 27, it’s time to take a look back at the video game movies that brought us to this point.

While video games run the gamut of quality - from very good to very bad - video game movies have typically been on the “poor” side of the critical spectrum. Games are written with interactivity in mind, and thus their storylines don’t always mesh with the film medium.

Still, there are a few titles one could argue are at least passable – even if fans of the video games they are based on do not find them loyal to the ori...

British heartthrob Robert Pattinson has been named the hottest male movie vampire of all time, trumping big screen bloodsuckers Brad Pitt, Antonio Banderas and Tom Cruise. The 22-year-old star is poised to set teenage girls' hearts a-flutter in the adaptation of hit novel Twilight; released in theaters today.

And Pattinson is already movie fans' favorite vampire - before he has even sunk his teeth in a victim on the big screen.

He has topped a Moviefone poll to find the best batty biter.

From Dusk Till Dawn star Salma Hayek topped the female poll, ahead of Kate Beckinsale, wh...

Hollywood tough guy Michael Madsen will think twice before signing up to star in another Uwe Boll movie after getting a taste of the German director's bizarre film techniques on the set of BloodRayne.

The Reservoir Dogs star thought he'd worked with the strangest guys in the business before he signed on to play a part in Boll's "crazy" action film in Romania.

Madsen was left with a series of injuries and was attacked by gnats and bees on the jungle set of the 2005 film - but it was Boll's collection of stunt horses that caused him the biggest headaches.

He tells WENN, "He put...

Three shocks from the electric chair and the murder's heart still keeps beating…bound, gagged and buried alive and the killer still survives… Legendary horror Director Uwe Boll unleashes his gory tale, Seed, Unrated on DVD September 9 from Vivendi Entertainment. The film is Boll's latest commentary focusing on capital punishment, starring Michael Pare (BloodRayne 2) and Will Sanderson (In the Name of the King, Alone in the Dark). The release is loaded with killer bonus features including commentary by Boll, behind-the-scenes with the cast and crew, deleted scenes and more.

Boll is k...

Terminator 3: Rise Of The Machines star Kristanna Loken has wed the son of late artist Ken Danby.

The actress, who was previously linked romantically to Bloodrayne co-star Michelle Rodriguez after speaking candidly about her bisexuality in gay publication The Advocate, exchanged vows with Noah Dalton Danby at her family's Love Apple Farm in upstate New York last month.

Wedding photos taken by the bride's friend Barry J. Holmes and posted on LiveJournal.com show Loken dancing with her new husband and sporting a strange floral headdress.

Reporting on the big day on her website ...

German film director Uwe Boll has challenged Hollywood rival Michael Bay to a boxing match to settle their differences after an internet war of words.

The battle started after much-criticized BloodRayne director Boll vowed to quit making movies if one million people signed an online petition asking him to do so.

Boll reacted furiously to news film fans were flocking to the petition, and posted an online rant, demanding a petition in his favor, and attacking Bay and fellow directors Eli Roth and George Clooney.

He said, "I'm not a f---ing retard like Michael Bay or other p...

Uwe Boll, director of such box-office losers as In the Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege Tale and Alone In The Dark, says that he'll stop making movies if an online petition asking him to reaches a million signatures.

The German director recently spoke with FEARnet, saying that the mere 18,000 names currently on the list are "not enough to convince me."

When asked how many names it would take for him to consider giving up his art, Boll said that a million would be the "new goal."

Since the BloodRayne director's chat with the horror site the number of names on the petition h...

Two-time Oscar winner Robert De Niro has topped a new poll naming the "Most Shameless Paycheck Role Of All Time."

De Niro's turn as Fearless Leader in cartoon series spin-off The Adventures Of Rocky & Bulwinkle (2000) comes in at number one on Entertainment Weekly's online countdown of respected actors who starred in films so dismal, they must have done so for the money.

At two is Richard Burton's role as a priest in 1977's poorly-received Exorcist II: The Heretic, while Ben Kingsley is at three with Bloodrayne (2005).

Rounding out the top five are Tony Curtis and Dennis H...

There are some things in Hollywood that just do not work: Lindsay Lohan and sobriety, most marriages, Tim Allen tackling roles not involving Christmas, and successfully adapting a video game into a movie. Why is this so hard?

The powers that be can take a 700-page book and trim it down to a two-hour story. Either they are picking really bad video games to adapt or the people involved just suck. There has yet to be a quality adaptation. So why do studios keep insisting on producing them? They even screwed up Doom, a story that involves Marines fighting aliens. How is that even possible...

Happy Birthday to Avenged Sevenfold singer Matthew Sanders (1981), actress Annie Parisse (1976), English actress Emilia Fox (1974), "Lois and Clark" star Dean Cain (1966), "Harry Potter" author J.K. Rowling> (1965), The Corrs singer Jim Corr (1964), "Blade" star Wesley Snipes (1962), Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban (1958), R.E.M. drummer Bill Berry (1958), pianist Hank Jones (1918), "BloodRayne" actress Geraldine Chaplin (1944), jazz guitarist Kenny Burrell (1931), and "Knots Landing" actor Don Murray (1929).

Bisexual Bloodrayne star Kristanna Loken is planning to become a mum - and already has a sperm donor who has offered to father the child.

The 27-year-old actress, who has been romantically linked with former Lost star Michelle Rodriguez, has motherhood on her mind.

She says, "I would definitely like to have a family, and whether that's with a man or a woman doesn't really matter to me. I've already got my friend who's going to be the donor, so that's taken care of. Just give me a few years and we'll go from there."

Visit Kristanna Loken's Starpulse Page for a gallery of photo...

Voters for this year's 27th Annual RAZZIE Awards had dozens of films to choose from. Heading the list of "Worst Achievements in Film" this year is Sharon Stone in Basic Instinct 2 and Shawn and Marlon Wayans in Little Man. Joining these films in the "Worst Picture" category are M. Night Shyamalan's Lady In The Water, Wicker Man and Bloodrayne.

The Wayans brothers and 'Wicker Man's Nicolas Cage will be competing for "Worst Actor" of 2006 against last year's "winner" Rob Schneider in Benchwarmers, former TV funnyman Tim Allen, with a trio of terrible titles (Santa Clause 3, Shaggy Dog a...

Robert De Niro has been named and shamed in a magazine after topping a new poll to find the "25 Most Shameless Paycheck Grabbing Roles In History." The revered actor's odd role in critically-panned family film The Adventures Of Rocky & Bullwinkle 'beat' Richard Burton's priestly portrayal in Exorcist II: The Heretic to top the Entertainment Weekly list.

Oscar winner Ben Kingsley's role as a vampire king in 2005 film Bloodrayne came in third, ahead of Tony Curtis' turn in 1978's The Bad News Bears Go To Japan.

The full top 10 is:

1. Robert De Niro In The Adventures Of Rocky...

Terminator 3 star Kristanna Loken has given her biggest hint yet she is dating Lost actress Michelle Rodriguez. Loken was recently interviewed by gay publication The Advocate, where she was asked about stories linking her with her sexy co-star on the set of Bloodrayne.

When asked about rumors that the two hooked up during the shoot, Loken laughed and took a deep breath before replying, "There is the $64,000 question. Um...I don't even know how to answer that."

She was then asked if the two had fun partying together, Loken replied, "Uh-huh", while smiling slyly. When the intervie...

Happy Birthday to Avenged Sevenfold singer Matthew Sanders (1981), actress Annie Parisse (1976), English actress Emilia Fox (1974), "Lois and Clark" star Dean Cain (1966), "Harry Potter" author J.K. Rowling (1965), The Corrs singer Jim Corr (1964), "Blade" star Wesley Snipes (1962), Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban (1958), R.E.M. drummer Bill Berry (1958), pianist Hank Jones (1918), "BloodRayne" actress Geraldine Chaplin (1944), jazz guitarist Kenny Burrell (1931), and "Knots Landing" actor Don Murray (1929).

Steve Martin's hilarious comedy Cheaper By The Dozen 2 hits video stores this week. The film centers on the Baker family, who takes a vacation and finds themselves competing with a family of eight children, headed by Jimmy Murtaugh (Eugene Levy). Also new this week: the gender-bending Transamerica, video game spawn Bloodrayne and teen Disney favorite High School Musical.

Move over Elektra, here comes Rayne! Join the adventure on May 23, when Visual Entertainment presents Bloodrayne on a Special Edition Two-Disc DVD set that includes the complete Interactive Bloodrayne 2 PC game in what is a DVD industry first. Based on the popular comic book and available in unrated director's cut and original theatrical versions, the Bloodrayne DVD includes a treasure trove of action packed bonus features including a "Dinner With Uwe" interview feature, stunt outtakes, deleted scenes and a knockout alternative ending. Bloodrayne is in a genre all to itself, full of roma...

"The horror audience will be very happy with the gore effects in BloodRayne", says director/ producer Uwe Boll. He continues: "We tried to get the hardest R as possible, and to our surprise the MPAA approved it without any changes."

So the horror aficionados will see the gore feast they´re waiting for: German goremeister Olaf Ittenbach ("Beyond the limits") was responsible for the blood´n´gore effects in BloodRayne. "It was the bloodiest movie I´ve ever made", explains Boll, "we've used hundreds of gallons of Blood."

BloodRayne will be released this Friday, January 6, in mor...