Eli Roth Talks Turkey and Science Fiction Blockbusters

Posted by Rob Hunter (rob@filmschoolrejects.com) on April 16, 2009

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Director/actor Eli Roth recently spoke with MTV about his upcoming plans which include a “revolutionary double-barreled” idea to film two movies back to back!

Roth is currently polishing a turd script set to be his previously announced, big-budget science fiction blockbuster. He won’t reveal the title yet, but he can say the movie will be “really fun with lots of mass destruction.”

I wanted to do something along the lines of Transformers or Cloverfield that was a little more science fiction-based, and with lots of chaos and mass destruction. I don’t want to say what [the monster is] yet,” Roth added. “Once it gets set up, I will let everyone know. It is not aliens or robots or a virus – it’s a little more grounded. But when people hear it they are going to be like ‘That is going to be insane!’.”

The revolutionary part of Roth’s diabolical plan is that he plans to film two movies from a single collective budget. The sci-fi extravaganza would be followed by his hotly anticipated slasher film Thanksgiving. That film’s genesis of course came as one of the faux trailers attached to Quentin Tarantino and Robert Rodriguez’ 2007 double-feature Grindhouse. Roth expects it to be “the sickest, bloodiest, most violent slasher movie… I want to make the highest body count slasher film I can.” How do you say no to that?

The plan is this: I want to do a huge budget movie, but tack on three weeks to the end of it and shoot ‘Thanksgiving’,” he revealed. “I want to do an $80 million dollar movie, and then schedule three weeks at the end to quickly shoot a $5 million dollar movie.”

Roth’s films (Cabin Fever, Hostel) have so far been mildly entertaining, albeit fairly stupid, but I think his idea here is pretty interesting. The trick now is finding a studio to front him the $85 million…

What do you think of Roth’s plan?

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RobertFure

I dont think anyone will give him $85 million considering his track record. Cabin Fever did well for its budget, Hostel did well, and Hostel II tanked. So he's not 2 for 3. He's like 1.5 for 3.

A side note: The polishing a turd line made me laugh.

David G

Dont think I'm the only one who thought Cabin Fever was a stupid movie. SciFi Channel quality. Agree that no one will shell out that kind of gamble on Roth. Is he kidding?! He wants that kind of a lend and doesn't even know what kind of "monster" he wants for a film! Studios must be laughing.

Chris

He's good buddies with Tarantino, so I think based on that, he'll get the budget he wants. Or if not, at least close to it.

Nagroc

I like how casual he makes tacking on a $5 million dollar movie seem..

Jim_Rohner

I'll see Thanksgiving. The trailer alone was worth the price of admission for Grindhouse.

Janet

Polished turd line was pure gold. I couldn't have done better if I was in junior high.
Respond however you want, I'm sure it'll be side-splittingly witty, I've just always felt it reflected poorly on the writer's for sites like this when they completely tear down a director, actor, etc. Not liking them is one thing, having to get your jollys by completely ripping them apart is on a whole lesser, pathetic level. God forbid Eli Roth be optimistic or do what he loves doing :
Film School Rejects goes a step beyond most movie news site in that instead of being frequented by trolls, it's run and written for by trolls. But hey, what do I know about quality?

Rob_Hunter

Hey Janet, I'll do my best to keep this reply witless in the hopes that you approve and understand. You have a point, in general, but I don't think it applies here. I didn't completely tear Roth down... I called his films mildly entertaining and his idea here pretty interesting. I do think he's an incredibly mediocre director though, and since this is an opinion site as opposed to a strictly news site I'm allowed to voice that opinion. Also, your claim would have more merit if all we wrote were slams and insults. We don't. There are plenty of things we love that we voice positive views on too. For example, I have a very positive film review elsewhere on this site for a Japanese movie about a senile old man who tries in vain to milk his daughter-in-law's naked breasts every morning. It's a touching film made by a talented director and that's reflected by the absence of "turd" jokes in the review.

Thanks for commenting!

The_Kid

I wouldn't give him that much money if I was a studio head and truth be told he probably doesn't even need that much,, I would put out like 3 mil to see Thanksgiving made though.

Cole_Abaius

For the record, I could have done it better if I was in junior high.

David G

Seriously, is this gonna be the Manson family at Thanksgiving dinner? It seem as such since all of his so called monsters are just torture loving psychotics. How many times has that been done before? His movies have never been original and he seems to take a page out of other horror scripts. Writer my ANUS!

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