Over the past few weeks word has begun to leak out (starting at the close of the Cannes Film Festival) that Eli Roth has set up his return to directing (he hasn’t made a feature since ‘Hostel: Part II’) by selling distribution rights to the flick known as ‘The Green Inferno’. Well, Variety is reporting here that Roth’s flick will be about Cannibals, and will have a spiritual tie of sorts to the cult classic ‘Cannibal Holocaust’ (presenting either a really good or really bad sense of irony, depending on how you tie that in to current news events). After the jump you can see the little bit about the plot that’s known right now, but as someone who thinks that Roth has a world of talent but has yet to really harness it, I’m hoping that this could be the one for him. You can read more below…
Here’s what the story says the film will be about:
Apparently inspired by Italo mondo films like Ruggero Deodato’s notorious 1980 “Cannibal Holocaust” and Antonio Climati’s 1988 “Natura contro” (also known as “The Green Inferno” and “Cannibal Holocaust II”), “The Green Inferno” follows an idealistic student and a group of naive do-gooders who are captured by cannibalistic Indios after their plane crash lands in the Peruvian jungle. Exclusive Media is handling international sales for the pic.
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Joey Magidson
June 9, 2012 at 4:44 pm
He’s got a few projects in the works I’m more interested in than this one, but I’ll be seeing it.
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Jessie Makowski
June 9, 2012 at 5:49 pm
How timely!
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Joey Magidson
June 10, 2012 at 1:40 am
I know, right?
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John Rivera
June 9, 2012 at 11:32 pm
He should make it a documentary with the recent events
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Joey Magidson
June 10, 2012 at 1:49 am
He actually could, yes.
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Josh P.
June 10, 2012 at 2:04 am
I know that Tarantino has vouched for him over the years, but I’ve yet to really see something he’s done that shows me that promise of a filmmaker. What qualities do you see in Roth as a filmmaker give him potential? I’m not asking sarcastically; I’m genuinely curious.
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Joey Magidson
June 10, 2012 at 2:23 am
He’s got an interesting sense of humor that he infuses into his flicks…while I think his bets work is still the fake trailer for Thanksgiving, if you look at the Hostel flicks, they’d be much worse with a for hire director. I’ve yet to see him fully put it all together, but I get this sense that he’s always on the verge of something really good.
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Josh P.
June 10, 2012 at 1:39 pm
Fair enough. I agree that the fake trailer to “Thanksgiving” is probably his best work, and one of the highlights of “Grindhouse.”
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Joey Magidson
June 10, 2012 at 2:57 pm
Indeed.
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