Silent Hill screenwriter arrested for suspected manslaughter

by Ross Miller { Jan 14th 2008 at 3:30PM }

Film director and screenwriter Roger Avary, whose game-related work includes the Silent Hill, Driver and Return to Castle Woflenstein adaptations, has been arrested in Ventura, California on suspicion of driving under the influence and manslaughter.

Avary was driving the car with his wife Gretchen and friend Andreas Zini when the car crashed. Avary's wife was injured and Zini later died at the hospital from injuries related to the crash. Avary is also known for co-writing Pulp Fiction and Beowulf. He has been released on $50,000 bail. The film adaptation of Return to Castle Wolfenstein has been on hold since the beginning of the Writer's Guild of America strike.

Tags: driver, film, movie, return-to-castle-woflenstein, roger-avary, silent-hill, wolfenstein

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Poisoned Al @ Jan 14th 2008 3:49PM

I think there's more then a few hints that that film should never, EVER be made!

aristokrat @ Jan 14th 2008 4:05PM

Wow, we need to get these writers back in the studios were they are safe! Soon they will all fall victim, drinking too much swill on their slim strike paychecks, getting into trouble. Unless we get them back, how else will we get more awesome content featuring tired plot lines, old jokes, and hackneyed characters. Man, do I not miss TV.

aristokrat @ Jan 14th 2008 4:06PM

Dammit. Ever notice a typo after you hit "add" but before the page reloads? That one second of remorse, saying "Looks like I'm going to have to add an addendum again...."

driven2sin @ Jan 14th 2008 11:05PM

what a pompus c*nt - just because writers have the balls to stick with a union to not get screwed you act like they're not worth a dime. I wish musicians had the same guts but they are cheaper whores than pornstars

Yes, lets have for free anything done with talent but charge $30 to park at a fucking concert

StrangeBum @ Jan 14th 2008 4:06PM

While I'm not trying to make light of this at all, maybe a bit, just let it be...

Thank god that one of them may not be able to make these abysmal movies any longer. Now who wants to pony up and step in front of a drunk driving Uwe Boll?

sjenky @ Jan 14th 2008 4:20PM

Silent Hill was pretty sweet.. for what it was..

Delgado @ Jan 15th 2008 9:39PM

Wait... you DO realize that you are, with that statement, categorizing Pulp Fiction in with "abysmal movies?"

You're right, good riddance to all those Oscar winning (and worthy) screenwriters.

Idiot.

StrangeBum @ Jan 16th 2008 3:59PM

Hey Delgado. In reference to you calling me an idiot.

By abysmal movies, I meant game related films. It's not my fault that you took my words out of context. So shut the hell up.

And beside, I like Pulp Fiction, but it's not saying that it isn't a bit overrated.

Ryoga Vee @ Jan 14th 2008 5:44PM

Did he drop any good loot?

colin @ Jan 14th 2008 8:39PM

oh, that is terrible ...
funny, but terrible.

bm @ Jan 14th 2008 9:50PM

No, it's not. The very reason it was funny when that WoW played died is because of the context. Here it's just someone who heard a joke on the internet that he apparently didn't understand, but used in a different situation anyway because he couldn't come up with anything himself.

colin @ Jan 14th 2008 10:26PM

it was still funny to me because i'd never heard it before.

bm @ Jan 14th 2008 11:22PM

It's not about whether you heard it before. The MMORPG connection is missing. Now it just sounds retarded.

Ryoga Vee @ Jan 14th 2008 11:48PM

Someone dies, they drop loot, MMO or not. would you rather me comment on the amazing Rag Doll physics that took place after he was hit?

colin @ Jan 15th 2008 1:26AM

when you kill a hooker in GTA, she drops loot. when you kill a russian in goldeneye, they drop loot. the term "loot" was not invented by wow or mmorpg's. it was just popularized by it. i had a friend who used to call anything valuable "loot". when it was payday, he went to the bank to get some "phat loot". he was a little odd, but this was six years ago and he didn't play videogames.

... just saying

bm @ Jan 16th 2008 1:03AM

Oh god, I knew I shouldn't even have replied to this. You bunch of retards.

colin @ Jan 19th 2008 3:33AM

o, bm ... you are so corny ..........

MED @ Jan 14th 2008 6:22PM

the video game movies he did weren't that great but he did co-write pulp fiction which is fucking awesome.

julio @ Jan 14th 2008 7:03PM

Way to make a story by not mentioning dui in the headline, and making it sound like the guy's a psychopathic killer. Love you joystiq, but I hate that you're trying to create traffic by inflating the news.

colin @ Jan 14th 2008 8:46PM

get over it

chispito @ Jan 14th 2008 9:04PM

It's manslaughter because DUI equates to placing others' lives at mortal risk. If he were a psychopathic killer, he would be charged with murder.

Roto13 @ Jan 14th 2008 9:12PM

... Do you even know what "manslaughter" means?

Kazi @ Jan 14th 2008 10:58PM

It certainly doesn't mean you wear a cloak made from man-flesh or bathe in the blood of your next door neighbor cats. This I am sure of.

Man-flesh. I love using that.

Man-flesh.

On another note, I thought women named Gretchen only existed in old college/high school movies and fairy tales.

Rocketboy @ Jan 15th 2008 9:43AM

Roto... Man's Laughter?

Rob Accomando @ Jan 14th 2008 7:04PM

Lawyer: The violent content in his video game adaptations made him do it.

DJTyrant @ Jan 14th 2008 7:21PM

Hey Ventura, that's where I live!

Roto13 @ Jan 14th 2008 9:12PM

I hate drunk (assuming that's what he was) drivers.

Organic_Shadow @ Jan 14th 2008 9:50PM

SCORE! Hopefully the movie gets canned! :)

Alex @ Jan 16th 2008 4:40AM

karma has repaid him for his trespassings. unfortunately his wife was injured and his friend killed. but avary had it coming, he stepped on too many people on his way up, and caused a LOT of negative energy in the universe.

karma and darwin are working together to equal the score once again.