Eli Roth Wants Pitt, Brolin in His Sci-Fi Flick

Splat Pack director Eli Roth, who can be seen in QT's Inglourious Basterds in a few weeks, recently spilled the beans to io9 about another project he's working on and even played the dangerous game of dream casting. As you may know, particularly if you follow the career of the Hostel director, Roth has been developing a sci-fi film tentatively titled Endangered Species. The goal is to have it ready in about a year-and-a-half, and it's being geared to a wider audience than Roth's earlier works by shooting for a PG-13 rating. He says he has written roles for specific actors, and for Endangered Species, he'd like to use two of the most in-demand stars in Hollywood:

"Well there's this guy Brad [Pitt] I just worked with, it would be wonderful to work with him again. Josh Brolin I'd love to work with him. Big fan of Josh and we each other's work and have been looking for something to do together."

The advantage Roth has over just some guy with a good script is that he does know Pitt and Brolin, and the combination of those two actors could be enough to convince them to do it, especially if they like where Roth's script is coming from. Again, this is just dream casting, which directors don't normally do publicly. Plus, having seen Roth's three most recent writing-directing projects, there's a good chance the script blows. If that's the case, you could probably expect Pitt and Brolin to pass. But at the rate their careers are going, I wouldn't be surprised if the two recent Oscar nominees do wind up on the same set before long.

Comments

[mdamien13]

"Plus, having seen Roth's three most recent writing-directing projects, there's a good chance the script blows." -- Absolutely spot-on and hilarious, Colin!

[i kill nazies]

his work does not blow so shut the fuck up you loser I'd like to see you write a script you fucking faggot
dipshit!

and if he wants to work with pitt and josh again then why not?they probably had a great time on the
set of inglorious basterds and I think endangered species sounds like a cool film it'll probably be like
cloverfield!

his work is better then the stupid bullshit saw films cause the hostel stories are mostly true and cabin
fever rocks so stick with saw you loser.