Eli Roth Angry...Blames Hostel II failure on Piracy - Sitcoms Online Message Boards

Brian Damage · 06-23-2007, 10:01 PM

Writer and director Eli Roth wrote a blog on his MySpace recently talking about the poor box office results of Hostel: Part II, blaming piracy among other things, discussing other problems in Hollywood, and stating that Cell is now on hold, presumably given the poor results of Hostel: Part II.

“However, piracy has become worse than ever now, and a stolen workprint (with unfinished music, no sound effects, and no VFX) leaked out on line before the release, and is really hurting us, especially internationally. Piracy will be the death of the film industry, as it killed the music industry, and while it makes a smaller dent in huge movies like Spider Man 3, it really hurts films like mine, which have far less of an advertising and production budget. Not only that, critics have actually been REVIEWING the film based off the pirated copy, which is inexcusable. Some of these critics I have actually known for a few years, and while I wouldn't dignify them by mentioning them by name, I know who they are, as do the studios, and other filmmakers, and they will no longer have any access to any of my films."

TJL · 06-23-2007, 10:24 PM

Maybe the summer movie audiences weren't in the mood for more of your torture porn Eli....

06-23-2007, 10:01 PM	#1
Brian Damage I'm Rich Bitch Forum Icon Join Date: Feb 03, 2002 Location: What Ain't No Country I Ever Heard Of...They Speak English in What? Posts: 63,107	Eli Roth Angry...Blames Hostel II failure on Piracy Writer and director Eli Roth wrote a blog on his MySpace recently talking about the poor box office results of Hostel: Part II, blaming piracy among other things, discussing other problems in Hollywood, and stating that Cell is now on hold, presumably given the poor results of Hostel: Part II. “However, piracy has become worse than ever now, and a stolen workprint (with unfinished music, no sound effects, and no VFX) leaked out on line before the release, and is really hurting us, especially internationally. Piracy will be the death of the film industry, as it killed the music industry, and while it makes a smaller dent in huge movies like Spider Man 3, it really hurts films like mine, which have far less of an advertising and production budget. Not only that, critics have actually been REVIEWING the film based off the pirated copy, which is inexcusable. Some of these critics I have actually known for a few years, and while I wouldn't dignify them by mentioning them by name, I know who they are, as do the studios, and other filmmakers, and they will no longer have any access to any of my films."
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06-23-2007, 10:24 PM	#2
TJL Suburbanite Extrordinaire Forum Star Join Date: Dec 29, 2001 Location: New Jersey - the cradle of civilization Posts: 16,588	Maybe the summer movie audiences weren't in the mood for more of your torture porn Eli....
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