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Some Final Tweaks on Eli Roth’s ‘Endangered Species’
This past spring Eli Roth revealed that he was working on a huge sci-fi movie “along the lines of ‘Transformers’ or ‘Cloverfield,’ ” only more fully “science fiction-based and with lots of chaos and mass destruction.” Since then it was revealed to be titled Endangered Species, although plot details are mum. Some good news for fans of Cabin Fever and Hostel as the director/writer/actor and now producer (Cotton) is getting closer to getting back behind the camera. “Quentin (Tarantino) actually loved the draft and had some really great suggestions, so I’m tweaking the script,” he tells MTV. “And I’m working out some visual effects tests, which is going to determine how I shoot it.” For the full story, click the link above. No word on if he’s still planning on shooting Thanksgiving immediately following.
Two-time BAFTA winning filmmaker Joe Wright (Hanna, “Black Mirror“) is set to direct the feature adaptation of post-apocalyptic thriller novel, Juice, Deadline reports today.
Emmy winner Abi Morgan (Shame, “Eric”) will adapt Tim Winton‘s novel for Working Title Films.
In Juice, “A young husband and father is recruited into a top-secret resistance organization, to join the ranks of militia men tasked with targeting the isolated and wealthy culprits responsible for this global catastrophe. When a mission goes wrong, he finds himself on the run, having to fight to the end to survive in this hostile world.”
It’s set in a world ravaged by climate-change disaster.
“I couldn’t be more thrilled that Tim Winton has entrusted us with his extraordinary epic,” Wright told Deadline. “The story is both a thrilling modern family saga and an urgent call to action. I cannot wait for audiences to experience it on the big screen.”
Winton added, “I’m pleased to know a filmmaker of Joe Wright’s calibre has chosen to adapt Juice for the screen. His capacity to portray the turmoil and the turning points of nations and peoples as well as private individuals distinguishes his work as a director and I’m confident that Juice is in good hands.”
Juice was initially published in October 2024 and longlisted for The Climate Fiction Prize 2026.
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