Eli Roth
Lively-Reynolds Box Office Domination: ‘Deadpool & Wolverine’ Stays No. 1 With $54M, ‘It Ends With Us’ Soars to Huge $50M
Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds have succeeded in creating their own Barbenheimer moment at the box office with their two very different films, Deadpool & Wolverine and It Ends With Us. Marvel Studios and Disney’s Deadpool & Wolverine — in addition to crossing the $1 billion mark at the global box office on Saturday — […]
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Eli Roth’s ‘Borderlands’: What the Critics Are Saying
Lionsgate’s Borderlands hits theaters Aug. 9, but the review embargo for the film broke Thursday, and the early reaction from critics has been dire. A live-action adaptation of Gearbox Software’s popular video game series, Eli Roth’s film takes place on the planet Pandora and tells the story of a band of outlaw misfits. The film […]
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‘Borderlands’ Review: Cate Blanchett Is a Gunslinging Bounty Hunter in Eli Roth’s Joylessly Gonzo Adaptation of the Popular Video Game
Kevin Hart, Ariana Greenblatt and Jamie Lee Curtis also star in this fight to survive on the lawless planet Pandora, with Jack Black providing the voice of a wisecracking robot.
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‘Hostel’ TV Series Starring Paul Giamatti in the Works (Exclusive)
Hostel is coming to television. Paul Giamatti has closed a deal to star in a Hostel TV series with the franchise’s Eli Roth, Chris Briggs and Mike Fleiss all returning for the project from Fifth Season, the studio behind Apple TV+’s Severance. The Hostel show, which is currently in development and does not yet have […]
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Lupita Nyong’o Recalls Crush on Leonardo DiCaprio, Crying Inconsolably During ‘Titanic’ on First Date
Oscar-winner Lupita Nyong’o said that when word came her way that she’d been selected to receive CinemaCon’s star of the year award during the closing night Big Screen Achievement Awards, it led her to ponder what cinema has meant to her. “One of my strongest memories from my adolescence came to mind,” said the 41-year-old […]
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How ‘Borderlands’ Landed Cate Blanchett to Star
Over the past few years, one Hollywood mystery has been how the video game adaptation Borderlands managed to attract such a stacked A-list cast led by Cate Blanchett, given its raunchy, violent nature. At CinemaCon on Wednesday, director Eli Roth said the key to landing Blanchett, whom he said he decided to call on a […]
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‘Thanksgiving 2’ in the Works with Eli Roth Returning
Eli Roth is returning to the Thanksgiving table. The filmmaker is developing a sequel to his horror feature, which bowed earlier this month and has grossed more than $30 million globally. It stands as Roth’s best reviewed movie as a director. Sony’s Tristar plans on releasing the sequel in 2025. The first Thanksgiving began life […]
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How ‘Thanksgiving’ Director Eli Roth Turned a Fake Trailer Into His Best-Reviewed Movie
Thanksgiving filmmaker Eli Roth has been dreaming of a Thanksgiving-themed slasher movie since he was 12 years old, and he thought he’d forever scratched that itch when he made a fictitious trailer for a movie called Thanksgiving inside of Robert Rodriguez and Quentin Tarantino’s Grindhouse (2007) double feature. But much to his surprise, genre fans […]
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‘Thanksgiving’ Director Eli Roth on Making a Black Friday-Inspired Slasher and Lessons He Took From ‘The Idol’
The Vista Theatre hosted two premieres on Tuesday night — the first was for Thanksgiving, Eli Roth’s latest horror offering based on the fake trailer he created for the 2007 film Grindhouse. The second was for the movie house itself, which held its first premiere since Quentin Tarantino purchased the single-screen theater in 2021 and […]
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‘Thanksgiving’ Review: Patrick Dempsey in an Eli Roth Flick That Offers Just Enough Cheap Kills
A serial killer gets very upset about a Black Friday sale in a throwback slasher pic from the 'Hostel' director.
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Patrick Dempsey, Addison Rae Try to Survive the Holidays in Eli Roth’s ‘Thanksgiving’ Teaser
It’s not just a turkey that gets carved in the teaser trailer for Sony Pictures’ holiday-themed horror offering Thanksgiving. The slasher film from director Eli Roth hits theaters Nov. 17 and stars Patrick Dempsey and Addison Rae. Thanksgiving is based on a fake trailer that Roth made for co-directors Robert Rodriguez and Quentin Tarantino’s 2007 […]
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Eli Roth Wants to Make His Shark Slaughter Doc ‘Fin’ a “Totally Obsolete Movie”
This story is part of The Hollywood Reporter’s 2023 Sustainability Issue (click here to read more). Director Eli Roth entered the documentary feature world in 2021 when he helmed and starred in Fin, an advocacy title about the forces driving the global trade in shark fins and other products derived from the increasingly threatened animals. […]
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