Roth goes PG-13 | Movie News
After putting his promising career on the line with HOSTEL 2, you’re damn right Eli Roth wants to make a PG-13 blockbuster next. The horror director told reporters backstage at the NME awards that he’s two weeks away from finishing a script inspired by the recent success of CLOVERFIELD and TRANSFORMERS. "This will be my first big-budget, PG-13, mass-destruction movie," Roth said. "I went total chaos and pandemonium." I love Roth’s confidence. He feels like all he has to do is put the words on the page and the movie is as good as made. But Roth won’t be going to Lionsgate, the indie shingle who made CABIN FEVER and his HOSTEL movies. Roth is bringing this to the “big guns” as he puts it. Roth also had this to say:
"I feel like I pushed the violence in R movies about as far as I can push it. I feel like I'm bled out. I wanna switch it up. Everyone I know has been saying 'When are you gonna do a movie my kids can see?' And finally, I'm gonna make a movie that 13-year-old kids can see."
What do you think? Does Roth have blockbuster chops, or will he be lost once he finds himself out of the hard R horror world?
Source: Yahoo!
Extra Tidbit: Roth hinted towards a big announcement on this film next month.
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There is nothing to make of this movie yet, but Transformers + Cloverfield? Unusual.
I can only say I'm not digging it right now because besides Thanksgiving, I've only thought of Roth as a talentless hack. Who knows though.
There is nothing to make of this movie yet, but Transformers + Cloverfield? Unusual.
I can only say I'm not digging it right now because besides Thanksgiving, I've only thought of Roth as a talentless hack. Who knows though.
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he's no Ratner
he's no Ratner
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You may think he is a hack, but he is one of the greatest modern horror directors to some of us. Or maybe just me, but I am pretty sure there are more of us.
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But really: "EVERYONE he knows has been saying 'When are you going to...?'" Really? Everyone?
So much for TRAILER TRASH, I guess. And CELL, for that matter (I seriously DOUBT it could be damped-down to being PG-13...that is, unless he...
But really: "EVERYONE he knows has been saying 'When are you going to...?'" Really? Everyone?
So much for TRAILER TRASH, I guess. And CELL, for that matter (I seriously DOUBT it could be damped-down to being PG-13...that is, unless he films it to be rated-R or beyond, *then* cuts it down to 13).
Why am I even talking about this?
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And if Roth is putting SK's Cell on the back burner for this bullshit, uh yeah...HEADS. WILL. ROLL.
And if Roth is putting SK's Cell on the back burner for this bullshit, uh yeah...HEADS. WILL. ROLL.
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I can't wait to see what Eli Roth comes up with. It may not be the best product that could have been made, but he gets major kudos from me for actually attempting to veer away from hard-R territory.
I am hoping for the best, but...
I can't wait to see what Eli Roth comes up with. It may not be the best product that could have been made, but he gets major kudos from me for actually attempting to veer away from hard-R territory.
I am hoping for the best, but anticipating the worst.
Can't be any worse than Nick Palumbo, at least... ugh.
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Then again, Roth always talks a lot, but his...
Then again, Roth always talks a lot, but his films are nowhere near as good as he makes them out to be. I guess we’ll wait and see, but I’ll keep an open mind until we hear more about this. I've always thought Roth was a decent director, he's just made some terrible movies.