Eli Roth is switching it up and is just about done a script for a PG-13 Sci-Fi Film. We get the following scoop from our fiends at firstshowing:
Roth spoke to Yahoo last week and told them that he is two weeks away from finishing a new script for a science-fiction action film inspired by Cloverfield and Transformers. “This will be my first big-budget, PG-13, mass-destruction movie. I went total chaos and pandemonium.” Roth wouldn’t share any further details pending an announcement coming in May. However, he did go on to say later that although the film would initially be PG-13, he would shoot “some gratuitous violence to include on an unrated version of the DVD” in order to appease his fans’ desire for the gore that Roth is really known for.0
I am all for Sci-Fi destruction films. Cities leveled by monsters of unknown origins, aliens with laser rifles running amok or just a big ol’ mutated animal that has decided to put humans back on the food chain; this is all good stuff and worthy of a PG rating. Science Fiction delights me because of the limitless possibilities.
It will be interesting to see what adventure Mr. Roth births from his brain. He has been known as a high ambassador for torture porn and I th bnink it was a wise move for him to switch it up. If he knocks this Sci-Fi film out of the park it will show his ability to create regardless of genre or rating. You can get a lot of violence into a PG film, especially if the enemies are robots and/or aliens. You can de damn sure Roth is going to try to pack as much as he can into the PG rating, he stretched the R rating to capacity and I think it’s safe to say that he will do the same for PG.
