![]() You don't have to love Roth's work - or even like it - to recognize that his career is impressive. Roth has largely stayed in his lane, exercised patience, and made the most of his opportunities. Even now, "Borderlands" represents his first true blockbuster, even if things haven't gone swimmingly behind the scenes. Both of those came out in 2018 - 15 years after his first movie. His "Death Wish" remake cost $30 million to make, while "The House with a Clock in its Walls" cost $42 million. That fake trailer for "Thanksgiving" was made in 2007 and now, 16 years later, he's actually getting to make that movie.īeyond that, Roth waited years before tackling anything with a bigger budget. Eventually, his script that he was assured would never get made was "so good they made it twice." Even now, his career is seemingly all about patience. But, eventually, he got to put his director's cut out in the world. It ultimately took him eight years to get "Cabin Fever" made and, even after securing distribution, he had to watch the cut he loved get chopped up for its theatrical release. Solid B-Horror film if you can get past a few bad dialogue choices. It's hilarious and got me laughing quite a few times and the moments of horror were fairly poignant and hit hard enough. But then there various changes over there and it never got done." Cabin Fever (2002) Went for a rewatch last night and found myself pleasantly surprised. Part of the thing they said to appease me is they told me we'd do a director's cut DVD. You put the movie on and you feel like you're hanging out with those characters. I thought one of the things that made the movie work was the characters. There's other stuff, just dialogue and character things that don't make sense. "All of the cuts were made for time, like four or five minutes, but there was one cut involving a scare that I was bummed about. The issue for Roth is that they ended up altering his cut in ways that made him pretty unhappy. Indeed, Lionsgate, then just a few years old, won the day. "The bidding war lasted through the night, and by the time we had our Midnight Madness screening four days later, I was able to announce our sale to Lionsgate for $3.5 million, and $12 million P&A." ![]() ![]() By the time the credits rolled, I walked out into a sea of distributors, who swarmed me shouting offers," Roth said in a 2013 piece he wrote for The Hollywood Reporter. "Ten minutes into the film, we had sold out the U.K. ![]()
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