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Eli Roth has opened up about his current projects and his hopes for the future. The Inglourious Basterds actor, whose film is nominated for eight Oscars, has revealed details on a collaborative film with rapper RZA and admitted his one regret with 2007 horror movie Hostel 2.
Roth told Paste: “Currently, I’m producing this movie by RZA from Wu-Tang Clan that we wrote together called The Man With The Iron Fist. We’re looking to start shooting in August, and I’m writing a script – the next one for me to direct – called Endangered Species. It’s science fiction.
“Right now, it’s awards season. I’ve never experienced anything like this. With Inglourious Basterds, we won the Critics’ Choice awards, then there’s the BAFTAs, then there are the SAG Awards and Golden Globes. I’m having a great time. I don’t want to miss any of it. This is such a rare, once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, so I want to enjoy every minute.”
He continued: “I learned that on Hostel. I went right into Hostel 2 a little too quickly. My only regret is that I really hadn’t stopped to take a moment and really enjoy the success of everything we accomplished with that film.”
Roth added: “I think that’s why I got so burned out after Hostel 2 is that I didn’t have that break. I don’t want to look back a few years from now and say, ‘Wow, this was an amazing, wonderful, special time in my life, and I wish I had taken the time to enjoy it’. So it’s a little distracting to block everything out to write, which is what I need to do. But I’m also having a great time.”
The 2010 Academy Awards will be broadcast live on Sunday, March 7. (Source)
Rapper RZA’s new kung-fu film looks set to become a major movie franchise – if producer Eli Roth has his way. The filmmaker and “Inglourious Basterds” star has teamed up with the Wu-Tang Clan star, real name Robert Diggs, to make “The Man With The Iron Fist” – and Roth is convinced his pal will be able to turn the film into a series of cult hits.
He tells WENN, “RZA’s one of the smartest, most creative people I have ever met. He’s obsessed with movies the same way Quentin and I are, and his knowledge of the kung fu genre is nothing short of astounding. He knows everything, and everyone in it, and he’s on a mission to reinvent the genre he loves.
“We worked together on the script all summer, and we have watched and discussed many, many movies. He’s already got the soundtrack figured out. He understands every detail of the world.
“It’s going to be something spectacular, unique, and original that stays true both to the genre and to RZA’s fans. It’s a really fun script. We see this film as the first step in a franchise.”
The Los Angeles Times is reporting that rap-mogul RZA (“Digi Snacks”) will script a new film, which director Eli Roth (Hostel) will direct. A member of the Wu-tang hip hop conglomerate, RZA has had much exposure to film including “Coffee and Cigarettes,” “Derailed,” and “American Gangster.” Plot details are being kept quiet on the feature, which is titled The Man with the Iron Fist, but RZA states:
“Tarantino is my teacher…I’ve watched hundreds of movies with him and spent hundreds of hours learning craft from him. I’m a disciple of Tarantino” (LA Times).
Announced details on this upcoming movie are stating it will have grindhouse elements, kung-fu stylings and likely some horror tones inside. Overall, it’s (already) features an A-List crew: RZA (writer), Eli Roth (director) and Quentin Tarantino (producer).
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