Looks like all those rumors about Eli Roth having troubles with Lions Gate were really just a result of speculation and rumor. Roth more or less said the story was crap when it came out, but now our friends at Dread Central have found a statement on the Official Site for HATCHET that sheds a bit of light on how it all came about.
Writer Adam Green has this to say: “During a HATCHET set visit…I was candidly asked for a status report on CABIN FEVER 2… I speculated on some theories as to why there has not been an update on the project since I turned my draft in last Fall and did not realize that my comments would be posted on line and taken so literally or seriously. I have no personal knowledge as to what exactly is going on with the project and my theories are based on the same rumors that have been circulating the internet and industry for the past year…I can’t thank Eli Roth enough for his comedic rebuttal towards the story and would have expected nothing less from him…Ultimately it is my fault for not understanding when I was actually being interviewed and when I was shooting the breeze with the reporter.”
He’s got lots more to say on the matter which you should definitely check out here, and then click on the UPDATES link on the left.
Hopefully everyone will be more careful in the future, because the pic below is an example of things Roth does to people he likes!