‘Cabin Fever’ Remake Will Use Eli Roth’s Original Script
We’re far enough away from some of the big horror moments of the last decade that reboot time is coming around for some.Cabin Fevernever really caught on as a franchise —Eli Roth’s debut film made his career as a filmmaker, but theCabin Feverfilms that followed have, er, struggled. (Ti West lobbied to have his name removed from the direct sequel after producers took control of the edit, and the prequelPatient Zerohas had a low-key release.)
Now there’s aCabin Feverremake brewing, which we heard aboutearlier this year. The new info is that Eli Roth is on board as exec producer. Even more weird than that is this fact: the remake will use the original script for the film, written by Roth and Randy Pearlstein.
The Wrapreports thatTravis Zariwnyis directing, and that Armory Films and Pelican Point Media are financing. The film is shooting now in Portland, OR. The cast includesGage Golightly(Teen Wolf),Dustin Ingram(Paranormal Activity 3),Samuel Davis(theFrom Dusk Till DawnTV show),Matthew Daddario(Delivery Man) andNadine Crocker(Deadgirl).
Evan Astrowsky, who produced the original film, is on the producing team this time, along with Armory Films' Chris Lemole and Tim Zajaros. Cassian Elwes is exec producing with Roth.
In a statement, Roth said,
Oddly, I can get behind this whole concept. I have no real attachment to the original film, which helps, but I have a perverse admiration for the idea of going back to the original script — like doing a play, as Roth says — to hopefully come up with a fresh look at the film. This doesn’t have to be a shot-for-shot remake, but at least this time there won’t be any of that horror remake business where a script is changed seemingly only for the sake of being changed.
