David O. Russell (The Fighter, Silver Linings Playbook and the upcoming American Hustle) has announced that to support himself he’s been writing several unproduced scripts, and that one of those is a horror movie to be directed by Eli Roth.
“I had to write to support myself,” said Russell during THR’s Directors Roundtable. “So I wrote a horror for producer Colleen Camp – a horror film that I thought was interesting. And Eli thinks its interesting, I think he’s going to make it more interesting. It’s emotional, it’s also… we’ll see. It’s also…I don’t wanna say anything more, I’ll let Eli talk about it.”
David O. Russell has slowly become one of my favorite directors, delivering a great blend of character study, drama, and comedy like no one else really can, whereas Roth is known for trashy horror movies such as Cabin Fever and Hostel, so this definitely comes a a big surprise. While I’m not the biggest Eli Roth fan, but I think with the best script he’s capable of making a great horror movie.
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Originally published November 16, 2013. Updated December 13, 2019.
