The Bear Jew himself, Eli Roth (Hostel, Cabin Fever) has finally pushed through the media madness that followed Inglourious Basterds and is now showcasing the two simultaneous projects he’s been talking up for a while.
He’s wrapping up the script for his sci-fi flick Endangered Species while he gets ready for his Louisiana exorcism movie Cotton, directed by Daniel Stamm. One of these titles is boring, the other is seemingly nonsensical. Roth is shooting for the former to be completed by November alongside his expanded script of Thanksgiving (which we saw a glimpse of in 2007′s Grindhouse).
The writer/producer/director is tight-lipped about Endangered Species, only revealing to Variety that he intends to maintain his “sick sense of humor.” Also, his mentor Quentin Tarantino has supervised the script for Species and given notes along the way. Details on Cotton are sparse, but Roth told Bloody-Disgusting.com a while back that the script by Huck Botko and Andrew Gurland was “the scariest script I’ve read in years.” Uh-oh.
Eli’s also busy developing a script with RZA of the Wu-Tang Clan for a kung-fu film titled The Man With the Iron Fist.
I’m as excited about all these projects as I am wary of their quality. Time will soon tell if Tarantino’s leadership has developed Roth’s skill as a filmmaker since the abysmal Hostel: Part II.
