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Eli Roth, director of Cabin Fever and Hostel, is returning to the director’s chair after a lengthy hiatus spent producing and acting and such. Worldview Entertainment has signed on to produce and finance his new horror thriller The Green Inferno. Production will begin in Peru and Chile this Fall.
“I’ve had an amazing few years producing, writing and acting, and am very excited to get back in the director’s chair. I’ve been working on this idea for several years, and was inspired by filming in Chile and cannot wait to get back,” said writer-director Eli Roth. “Worldview backs my vision and believes in me, and is giving me the support I need and the freedom to take risks and make something daring and terrifying. I believe this will be the scariest and most intense film I have made to date. I want to audiences worldwide to feel my return to directing was worth the wait.”
The story is being kept under wraps so all that is left is for us to presume what it will be about. What do you think? Central America. Jungles. Ancient evil. Indigenous Indian tribes long thought extinct preying on stupid young Americans and sacrificing them to their gods. (Source)
Back in January, Eli Roth, who produced the 2010 hit The Last Exorcism, revealed that a sequel was in the works and was to be shot in February in New Orleans. We knew that Ashley Bell would return to play Nell Sweetzer, the possessed young girl, but now Bloody-Disgusting has a few more details from the new film.
The site says: “The sequel follows Nell (Bell) who, six months after the first film’s events, has moved to a halfway house only to realize that the demon that has ruined her life is still after her. Without giving anything away, the sequel takes an interesting romantic approach that’s focused on Nell’s new boyfriend, Chris. A subplot is that Bell is also targeted by a group of rogue Reverends who mean to kill her. The twist is something never before seen in an exorcism film.”
The Last Exorcism director Daniel Stamm didn’t return for the sequel. Instead, Ed Gass-Donnely (This Beautiful City) was brought on. The new movie is expected to be released late this year and to get an R rating.
“The first film worked great as a PG-13 psychological film, but now we want to go R-rated and show the true horror of what this subject matter offers,” explained Roth.
Despite the creative freedom Netflix has given Eli Roth (executive producer) and Brian McGreevy (author of novel the show is based on), Eli made it clear that while Hemlock Grove will be shocking at times, he’s putting story before gory. Take a look at what he had to say below:
“We want to make a show that’s accessible, and I think there’s a place for movies like Human Centipede and Serbian Film, but we’re not doing that. What’s great about the medium is we have the freedom to do whatever we want, and it’s really up to our own creative boundaries and tastes. And this is why it’s really good to have other tastes in there like Deran Sarafian and Mark Verheiden [Hemlock Grove’s showrunner, previously on Battlestar Galactica and Heroes] and Sheila Callaghan [the wrtiting staff’s first hire, playwright of That Pretty Pretty; or, The Rape Play]. It’s really whatever best serves the story, and that’s how it should be. [Netflix and Gaumont] are letting us do what we want, but it’s up to us to censor ourselves. We don’t want to make a show where you watch one epsiode and go, ‘Oh God, why did I see that?’ I want people to watch the show and go, ‘Holy fuck, I can’t believe what they did on Hemlock Grove. Did you see that transformation scene? That was awesome, I want to watch more.’ I think there’s a fine line between kicking an audience’s ass and making them feel like they’ve been kicked in the balls.”
Read the Complete Interview: www.shocktillyoudrop.com
And the casting news for Eli Roth’s Netflix project Hemlock Grove continues as yet another familiar face has joined the frightful fold that will soon be streaming near you! According to Deadline, Dougray Scott is in negotiations to play the male lead opposite Famke Janssen in Netflix’s new original series from Roth and Gaumont International TV.
If signed, he’ll join the previously announced Janssen, Bill Skarsgard, Landon Liboiron, Freya Tingley, and Penelope Mitchell.
Written by Brian McGreevey and Lee Shipman based on McGreevy’s upcoming Gothic horror novel, Hemlock Grove revolves around the murder of a young girl found close to the former Godfrey steel mill. The suspects in her killing include Peter (Landon Liboiron), a 17-year-old Gypsy kid from the wrong side of the tracks, and Roman (Bill Skarsgard), the arrogant Godfrey scion, whose sister Shelley is disturbingly deformed and whose mother, Olivia (Janssen), is the beautiful and controlling grand dame of Hemlock Grove. Scott will play Norman Godfrey, the older brother of Olivia’s late husband, JR, one of the founders of the Godfrey Center for Biomedical Technologies. Wealthy, but with modest tastes and an equally modest home, Norman is sickened by Olivia’s displays of ostentation and the way in which she spoils her son. (Source)
There’s been another addition to the cast of Eli Roth’s horror project for Netflix, Hemlock Grove, and we’ve got the latest for you right here! That’s how we roll. (Prior sentence used as a means to connect with kids today.)
Deadline reports that Australian actress Penelope Mitchell has been cast in a regular role in Netflix’s new original series Hemlock Grove from Eli Roth and Gaumont International TV, joining the previously announced Famke Janssen, Bill Skarsgard and Landon Liboiron.
Written by Brian McGreevey and Lee Shipman based on McGreevy’s upcoming goth horror novel, Hemlock Grove revolves around the murder of a young girl found close to the former Godfrey steel mill. The suspects in her killing include Peter (Liboiron), a 17-year-old Gypsy kid from the wrong side of the tracks, and Roman (Skarsgard), the arrogant Godfrey scion, whose sister, Shelley, is disturbingly deformed and whose mother, Olivia (Janssen), is the beautiful and controlling grand dame of Hemlock Grove. In the end Peter and Roman decide to find the killer themselves. (Source)
Eli Roth‘s first venture into an ongoing series is not set to be released until early 2013, but two names have emerged that will be joining him on the upcoming Netflix series, Hemlock Grove. Famke Janssen (X-Men, Goldeneye) and Bill Skarsgard will both play recurring roles in the 13 episode murder-mystery series that follows the investigation of a dead girl in a steel mill town. Netflix seems to be making a shift of sorts recently towards being seen as a provider of original programs and not just a source to watch tv shows and movies. Hemlock Grove will be the fourth series for the company which also includes the recently released Lilyhammer and the upcoming shows “House of Cards” and “Orange is the New Black.” Eli Roth said this about how he views the upcoming series:
“What’s most exciting to me is creating the series for Netflix, which as a feature filmmaker is like telling a story in a new medium. Netflix as a platform is the perfect hybrid of cinema, television, and social networking, with the creative freedom to go as dark as the story needs.”
Brian McGreevy, the original book’s writer, will be working with Roth as a writer and executive producer on the project. Check out the synopsis below to see how Janssen and Skarsgard will fit into the story. It certainly seems the material is right for the popular horror director. After reading this summary I’m guessing you will agree as well.
“Hemlock Grove” starts with the body of a young girl, mangled and murdered in the shadow of the former Godfrey steel mill. Some suspect an escapee from the White Tower, a biotech facility owned by the former steel magnates. Others believe the killer could be Peter, a 17-year-old Gypsy kid from the wrong side of the tracks, who tells his classmates he’s a werewolf. Or it could be Roman (Skarsgard), the arrogant Godfrey scion, whose sister Shelley is disturbingly deformed and whose mother, Olivia (Janssen), the otherworldly beautiful and controlling grand dame of Hemlock Grove.
As the crime goes unsolved and outlandish rumors mount, Peter and Roman decide to find the killer themselves, confronting unspeakable truths about themselves and Hemlock Grove as the mystery unfolds. (Source)
I’ve added over 350 screen captures of Eli’s appearance on the Food Network show, Cupcake Wars into the gallery. Eli appeared as a guest judge in an episode titled, Scream Fest. The contestants competed for a chance to showcase their cupcakes at Screamfest 2011 and receive $10,000. Head over to the gallery for the latest additions.
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Edgar Ramirez, whose first English-language film was the Richard Kelly-scripted Domino, is set to topline the filmmaker’s next project Corpus Christi, which Robert Rodriguez’s Quick Draw Prods. will produce and finance.
A Darko Entertainment production, the thriller set in 2014 will find Ramirez playing Paciencia De La Rosa, an Iraqi war veteran with severe post-traumatic stress disorder who forges a dangerous alliance with a wealthy industrialist in Texas.
Producers include writer-director Kelly and his Darko partner Sean McKittrick, their longtime friend Eli Roth, and Rodriguez, as well as his Quick Draw partners Aaron Kaufman and Iliana Nikolic.
“I started Quick Draw with the idea that it would be a home for innovative filmmakers who would be given the chance to take chances and surprise audiences. I think that a movie like ‘Corpus Christi’ could only be done justice by doing it independently,” said Rodriguez.
“I was blown away by Edgar’s performance in ‘Carlos’ and could not be more excited to have him playing the lead,” said Roth. “Edgar’s the perfect choice, and the combination of Edgar and Richard collaborating is electric. Having Robert Rodriguez as a producing partner rounds out an amazing creative team to support Richard in what I feel is his most compelling and exciting script to date.”
Ramirez, who parlayed the success ofCarlos into a co-starring role in Kathryn Bigelow’s untitled thriller about the hunt for Osama bin Laden, signed on to “Corpus Christi” because the project will give him a chance to showcase his range as an actor. The Venezuelan thesp next stars as Ares in Warner Bros.’ “Wrath of the Titans.” (Source
It’s cupcake vs. cupcake in Food Network’s tastiest competition yet! Each week on Cupcake Wars, four of the country’s top cupcake bakers face off in three elimination challenges until only one decorator remains. The sweet prize: $10,000 and the opportunity to showcase their cupcakes at the winning gig.
Tonight, the show welcome’s guest judge Eli Roth!
@eliroth Do you like horror? Do you like cupcakes? If so then watch me be a judge on Cupcake Wars! It airs Sunday the 26th on The Food Network. I think there’s something else on that night so set those DVRs.
Check your local listings for channels and show times!
My apologies for not adding this immediately: A few days ago, the first production still from the upcoming film, Aftershock was released. The still shows Eli and his co-stars covered in blood and sweat. Are you excited yet? Head over to the gallery for the latest additions.
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Hemlock Grove
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Piranha (2010)
Inglourious Basterds (2009)
