Yesterday it was reported HERE that Eli Roth was in some sort of legal court custody battle with Lions Gate over CABIN FEVER 2.
Today, Roth was nice enough to clear this rumor up, and to talk about what’s really going down with CABIN FEVER 2, as well as some cool photos (that’s Takashi Miike, baby!!!) from the set of his latest flick HOSTEL.
Here’s what Roth had to say:
I am here in Prague finishing up HOSTEL, and I got a weird call from my
friend Eythor in Iceland, who’s reading on line that I’m in a legal
dispute with Lion’s Gate. This was strange news to me, because I have
absolutely no legal battle with them whatsoever about anything. I love
everyone over at Lion’s Gate and have had nothing but great experiences
working with them. I have a very full plate with HOSTEL and numerous
other projects so I’m not involved with CABIN FEVER 2.
My concept for
the sequel was a SONG OF THE SOUTH-style half-animated film where
Deputy Winston sings songs (ones I was forced to learn in Hebrew
school) to imaginary creatures in his head, and has sex with the
burned, rotted corpses of everyone who died in the original, but they
didn’t go for it. Go figure. However, my CABIN FEVER co-writer Randy
Pearlstein had a KICK ASS idea for the sequel, and I believe they are
going to shoot that draft, so I want nothing more than for it to be a
great film. I told them all it should be better than the first one,
and with Randy’s script, if they get the right director that’s a real
possibility.
But I was never considering directing the sequel unless
it was an animated musical about a corpse-raping deputy, and even I
recognize that’s probably not the most accessible idea. (Watch the
last easter egg with Deputy Winston on the DVD and you will see the
first installment of this concept…)
So there you have it folks, straight from the horses mouth. Man, and the thought of an animated musical is just so damn amusing! Oh well…
Thanks for the 411 Eli, and thanks for these sweet set pics!
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