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24 July 2008 8:41 AM, PDT | From DreadCentral.com | See recent Dread Central news

Oh, man, another short film competition. Though this one is definitely cooler than most as Unviersal is putting it on to coincide with this year’s Halloween Horror Nights.

Uni have announced a new short film competition called “Where Nightmares Come Alive”, inviting perspective filmmakers to submit their shorts ranging in runtime from 90 seconds to three minutes. Certainly not a lot of time to get your story told, is it?

A panel of horror icons like Eli Roth and Bill Moseley, as well as Universal Studios Hollywood execs, will judge the films and the winner will have their film shown at the Eyegore Awards ceremony and will receive a $1,000,000 cash prize. That’s enough to make a damn fine indie film if you know how to spend it!

For all the rules, regulations and stipulations visit the official “Where Nightmares Come Alive” page, and keep it here for updates on the competition!

Johnny Butane

21 July 2008 12:03 PM, PDT | From wenn.com | See recent WENN news

Rapper RZA is to step behind the camera and make his directorial debut - with the help of filmmaker pal Eli Roth

RZA got his first taste of Hollywood when he teamed up with Quentin Tarantino to provide the soundtracks and film scores for 2003's Kill Bill: Vol. 1 and 2004's Kill Bill: Vol. 2.

And now the Wu-Tang Clan star is to take the helm of new martial arts film The Man With The Iron Fist.

Director Eli Roth tells Billboard.com, "Yes, it is true. RZA's script is amazing. He has been studying and directing with Tarantino for years and he's really ready to get behind the camera.

"His impact on rap music and hip hop culture cannot be measured, and he's ready to add his own unique style and vision to the world of film. This movie will have everything martial arts fans could want, combined with RZA's superb musical talent."

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21 July 2008 9:24 AM, PDT | From TwitchFilm.net | See recent Twitch news

I’m not a great fan of microcinema; however, I’m not above spending an insomniatic hour or two trolling YouTube or fingerpopping to scopitones at Bedazzled TV, or even occasionally dipping into the Twitch Video Player.  I certainly enjoy the Twitch Trailer Park for each year’s Toronto International Film Festival.

And speaking of trailer parks, Trailers From Hell—the brainchild of film director Joe Dante, new media entrepreneur Jonas Hudson, graphic artist Charlie Largent and producer Elizabeth Stanley, born out of their mutual love of classic films of all types, but particularly horror and exploitation films—has been rocking my late night world of late.  With an impressive list of “Grindhouse Gurus” to guide the way, Trailers From Hell offers up vintage trailers with contemporary commentary.  Where else will you find Eli Roth enthusing over Alfred Hitchcock’s trailer for The Birds?  Or Jack Hill offering directorial insight into Foxy Brown?

Michael Guillen

14 July 2008 1:13 AM, PDT | From DreadCentral.com | See recent Dread Central news

Our man Andrew Kasch reported in this past weekend with news that the one and only Clu Gulager, father of John and actor in more roles than I care to count, is starting up his very own film festival in Los Angeles. Running August 27th-30th, the craftily titled Clu Gulager Film Festival will feature some great movies and even better guests.

The festival will go down at La’s New Beverley Cinema, the theater that has hosted programmed film festivals from the likes of Eli Roth and Edgar Wright, and will definitely be showing the two movies horror fans love Clu for; Feast and Return of the Living Dead. Other films in discussion to be showcased are Killers and The Last Picture Show because, well, Clu loves those movies!

Of course some big name guests are expected to attend, but no names have been solidified yet other than most

Johnny Butane

12 July 2008 6:57 AM, PDT | From firstshowing.net | See recent FirstShowing.net news

In about a month I'll finally be living in Los Angeles, enjoying such lavish luxuries as film festivals at the New Beverly Cinema theater in Hollywood. We've mentioned two awesome fests before, one them called The Wright Stuff with Edgar Wright, the other one featuring Eli Roth himself titled The Greats of Roth. Continuing the tradition, the New Beverly is in the midst of launching a new film festival coordinated by Oscar winning screenwriter Diablo Cody. The fest officially started yesterday night with Thank You for Smoking and Stripes and will continue on all the way through July 24th. As always, guest appearances are very likely and Cody will be on hand to introduce most of the movies every night. If you live in La, this is a fest you don't want to miss - she has chosen a rather appealing collection of eclectic classics. The schedule below comes from

Alex Billington

8 July 2008 12:43 AM, PDT | From GetTheBigPicture.net | See recent Get The Big Picture news

Spurred on by the discovery of a small blurb in a Billboard magazine article, Chud decided to track down Eli Roth and get the real scoop: Was RZA, founding member of Wu-Tang Clan and now a bit of a go-to guy for musical scores, going to direct a martial arts movie with Roth producing and his mentor Quentin Tarantino standing by for assistance? The short answer is yes.

RZA will be behind the camera for The Man with the Iron Fist, based on his own original script. I spoke with RZA when he was promoting the Jet Li film Unleashed, which featured his contributions on the musical score, and I came away with the impression that his breadth of knowledge about martial arts is pretty substantial. Apparently, it's damn near encyclopedic, and he's been picking up pointers from Tarantino for years, according to Chud, and that's gotta help.

Roth is

Colin Boyd

7 July 2008 3:29 AM, PDT | From Digitalspy | See recent digitalspy news

RZA will make his directorial debut on the film The Man With The Iron Fist. According to filmmaker Eli Roth (Hostel), the Wu-Tang Clan leader is Quentin Tarantino's current protege and has crafted an impressive screenplay for a martial arts feature. He told Chud: "RZA's script is amazing. He has been studying directing with Tarantino for years and he's really ready to get behind the camera. His impact on rap music and hip-hop culture cannot be measured, and he's ready to add his own unique style and vision to the world of (more)

By Simon Reynolds

28 June 2008 5:10 PM, PDT | From iconsoffright.com | See recent Icons of Fright news

Consider this a rumor until it can be confirmed. But last week, the news got out that Lionsgate had begun early discussions for a Hostel: Part 3 and that series creator Eli Roth would not be involved. Now, Bloody-Disgusting got a tip from a reliable source that the studio is talking with series producer Scott Spiegel to write and direct Hostel: Part 3.

Now, for those of you who don't know, Spiegel co-wrote my all time favorite horror movie... Evil Dead 2: Dead By Dawn. He was one of the producers on 2001 Maniacs, as well as the first 2 Hostel films, and even had a cameo in buddy Sam Raimi's Spider-man 2. (He's the guy on the balcony that tries to eat one of Spidey's slices.) The guy's got a long history with the genre, so even though I'm personally not interested in yet another Hostel sequel, I'd be curious

27 June 2008 2:00 PM, PDT | From bloody-disgusting.com | See recent Bloody-Disgusting.com news

We just received a very interesting phone cal from a reliable source that informs us that writer-director-actor-producer Scott Spiegel is in serious talks to both write and direct Hostel: Part III, which we're told is slated to go direct-to-dvd/Blu-ray. Spiegel is a big genre fav as he produced both Hostel and Hostel: Part II for Lionsgate and Sony Screen Gems, starred in Raimi's The Evil Dead, wrote and starred in Evil Dead II, and has also been part of various other horror projects (check out his IMDb listing). There is still no word on Eli Roth's involvement, but we'll you posted as news comes in and when we can officially confirm Spiegel's involvement.

23 June 2008 4:24 PM, PDT | From DreadCentral.com | See recent Dread Central news

Okay, by a show of hands ... who is ready for more tourists getting sliced up because they meandered into the waiting clutches of foreign psychos? Anyone? Anyone? Bueller? Bueller?

Bloody-Disgusting got word earlier today that early talks have begun on the next sequel on the block, Hostel III, and franchise creator Eli Roth will not be writing or directing.

I don't know about this one. I'm in the minority here, but I liked Hostel and Hostel Part II. Part of what made them work was Roth's insanity. I fear putting the series in someone else's hands will turn it into just another quickie torture-porn fiasco. Then again, maybe new blood will breathe some new life into the flicks. I guess we'll just have to wait and see.

Stay tuned for more as it comes.

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23 June 2008 11:37 AM, PDT | From iconsoffright.com | See recent Icons of Fright news

I genuinely loved the first Hostel. It's great as it's own film. I liked the 2nd one, although it was an unnecessary sequel. (The opening completely diminishes the first one's ending!) Now, Bloody-Disgusting is reporting that Lionsgate have begun early talks for a Hostel: Part III. One things confirmed, it will Not be written or directed by Eli Roth. No word yet on if Roth will be involved in any capacity although I'd imagine he'd be a producer. Also no word on if Lionsgate is planning a theatrical release for Hostel 3 or a direct-to-dvd sequel. Read the original post on B-d Here! More when we hear it!

22 June 2008 9:59 AM, PDT | From bloody-disgusting.com | See recent Bloody-Disgusting.com news

Before Lionsgate and Sony Screen Gems' Hostel: Part II arrived in theaters, there was talk of a third film being made, but after the sequel was released everything went silent. We have now confirmed rumors this weekend that early talks have officially begun for Hostel: Part III, the sequel to Eli Roth's torture series that puts American tourists in peril during their trip to Europe. No word yet on how involved Roth might be, or whether the sequel will hit theaters or go direct-to-video. We'll update you as soon as we have more information. Hotel: Part II made over $35 million worldwide.

5 May 2008 8:14 AM, PDT | From ifc.com | See recent IFC news

By Neil Pedley

This week sees the return of the Wachowski brothers, Tarsem Singh ("The Cell") and Henry Bean ("The Believer") to the big screen, not to mention new films from documentarians Nick Broomfield ("Tupac and Biggie") and Doug Pray ("Scratch"). On the other hand, after running around Tribeca, we still need to catch up on last week's releases.

"The Babysitters"

The idea of the spunky teenage boy succumbing to the allure of an experienced older woman is the kind of Hollywood golden goose that launches major careers (think Dustin Hoffman). But when the roles are reversed, the result is the directorial debut of David Ross that sees an entrepreneurial high schooler (Katherine Waterston, daughter of Sam) and her friends turn their babysitting ring into a call girl service, realizing there are alternative ways to pay for college besides waiting tables. It stars when one local dad (John Leguizamo) goes

Neil Pedley

25 April 2008 2:31 PM, PDT | From wenn.com | See recent WENN news

German film director Uwe Boll has challenged Hollywood rival Michael Bay to a boxing match, to settle their differences after an internet war of words.

The battle started after much-criticised BloodRayne director Boll vowed to quit making movies if one million people signed an online petition asking him to do so.

Boll reacted furiously to news film fans were flocking to the petition, and posted an online rant, demanding a petition in his favour, and attacking Bay and fellow directors Eli Roth and George Clooney.

He said, "I'm not a f**king retard like Michael Bay or other people running around in the business, or Eli Roth making the same sh**ty movies over and over again. If you really look at my movies you will see my real genius, you know?"

Bay responded with his own blog entry, writing, "I find people who rant like that - calling s**t about both me, and George Clooney - comes from someone screaming because he is not being heard. He is obviously a sad being. When you ask 'do I care?' Not in the slightest."

Now Boll is demanding the pair settle their differences in a boxing ring. In his latest posting, he says, "Michael Bay responded to my note about him in a very insulting way for me. He said that he doesn't care about me and this was very insulting because I care about him and I think that with the money he has for his movies, he sucks big time. I think it's time to meet in the ring actually.

"So it's my message to Michael Bay, Michael, in between your pool parties in La or your casting sessions with the strippers you should start training now. I think you're a fit guy and you do like private karate Asia bulls**t crap fighting stuff in La where you think you're super cool that you do that with your 500 bucks per hour trainer. So let's meet in the ring in September or October. Pay-per-view. Mandalay Bay. Las Vegas. Twelve rounds of boxing. Boll against Bay."

It's not the first time Boll has battled his detractors in the ring; In 2006, he was so angered by continued critical attacks on his films he challenged his five harshest detractors to a boxing match. The matches went ahead and Boll won them all.

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24 April 2008 8:23 AM, PDT | From Digitalspy | See recent digitalspy news

Director Eli Roth has revealed that his next film will be less gory than his previous work, Reuters reports.

Speaking at the Nme Awards in Los Angeles, Roth, who directed the Hostel films, said his new project will be family friendly.

He said: "This will be my first big-budget, Pg-13, mass-destruction movie. I want total chaos and pandemonium."

The Pg-13 certificate suggests that some material may not be suitable for children under 13. The stricter R rating requires those . . .

Simon_Reynolds_imdb_@digitalspy.co.uk (Simon Reynolds)

11 April 2008 4:06 AM, PDT | From Digitalspy | See recent digitalspy news

Michael Bay has attacked Uwe Boll after the German director posted a video rant calling him a "retard".

Boll's YouTube video is in response to a petition on the internet that, should it receive 1 million signatures, will persuade him to stop making movies.

In the clip, the Alone in the Dark helmer said: "Look, I’m not a f***ing retard like Michael Bay or other people running around in the business... or Eli Roth making the same s***ty movies over and over again. If you really look in my movies you will see my . . .

Simon_Reynolds_imdb_@digitalspy.co.uk (Simon Reynolds)

16 articles from 2008