Details Emerge Regarding Eli Roth’s Produced ‘AFTERSHOCK’

Eli Roth seems to be sliding into the new position of producer quite easily.  So much so, who’s to say if we will ever see the man behind the camera again.  There has been talk for a while now about his sci-fi thriller Endangered Species.  However, he now has enough projects on his plate that I doubt we will even see that film in the next five years or so.  Now, the director/writer/actor/producer has another project on deck.  Deadline is reporting that Roth will be producing Aftershock, an earthquake thriller directed by Nicolas Lopez which is to include a cameo by Selena Gomez (groan).  Roth will co-write the film with Lopez and fellow writer Guillermo Amoedo.  The plot is centered around patients who are released from an insane asylum due to a devastating earthquake.  Inspired by the earthquake that skook Chile in 2010, Aftershock is now four weeks into production in Chile.  Here is what Roth has to say about the project.

“I’ve been a huge fan of Nicolas Lopez since his remarkable debut Promedio Rojo and have watched him grow into one of the best young filmmakers out there,” Roth said. “He has the incredible combination of commercial sensibility with an artistic eye, and what he has done here in Chile with their film industry is revolutionary. This collaboration marks the beginning of what we call Chilewood, making genre films for the global market using all the resources Chile has to offer. We are making a smart elevated disaster genre movie with superb production value, something really big. The film’s going to be very scary, very intense, and very real.”

Between this, the sequel to The Last Exorcism, RZA’s The Man With The Iron Fists, and a full-length version of Clown (based on the popular trailer), Roth will have very little time to sleep yet alone make any head-way on his Endangered Species project.  As a fan of all of the man’s directed films, hopefully he will be back sitting in the director’s chair soon.